- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the prevalence is of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.
Answer
The prevalence of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria is estimated to be 13 cases per million.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what reduction in complaints about Scottish Water and other water companies there has been in each year since the establishment of Waterwatch Scotland.
Answer
This information is not held centrally and I have asked the Chief Officer of Waterwatch to reply to the member.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the patients who contracted Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital were assessed for discharge and recorded on the delayed discharge database before they were diagnosed with the infection.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the patients who contracted Clostridium difficile at the Vale or Leven Hospital and were assessed for discharge and placed on the delayed discharge database before they were diagnosed with the infection died.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-43070 on 16 March 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the number needed to treat (NNT) value for treatment with eculizumab is one.
Answer
That information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what instructions it has issued to the board and management of Waterwatch Scotland regarding reductions in either staff or functions since the coming into force of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
Answer
No instruction has been issued to Waterwatch Scotland regarding reductions in staff or functions since the coming into force of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) it saved between 1 December 2008 and 31 December 2009 and (b) extra it will spend between 5 January and 31 December 2011 due to changes to the rate of VAT, broken down by (i) directorate and (ii) public body.
Answer
VAT is the responsibility of individual public bodies and as such information on their VAT costs is not held centrally.
Figures are available in relation to savings in VAT paid in respect of the Scottish Government''s own VAT registration, covering core activities. These figures exclude NHS boards, local authorities and non-departmental public bodies.
During the period January 2009 to December 2009 the saving in expenditure resulting from the reduction in VAT from 17.5% to 15% was:
Period January 2009 to December 2009
| Directorate General | Saving £ million |
| Economy and Chief Economic Adviser | 0.14 |
| Education | 0.23 |
| Health and Chief Executive NHS Scotland | 0.29 |
| Justice and Communities | 0.81 |
| Permanent Secretary | 0.33 |
| Rural Affairs, Environment and Services | 1.32 |
| Total | 3.12 |
In relation to extra costs during 2011 as a result of the VAT increase, I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34796 on 14 July 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether compensation is provided to NHS boards that lose trainee input as a result of decisions by regional medical workforce groups.
Answer
In any cases where boards have had trainee reductions due to disestablishment, the base salary for the post has been returned to the board. There are, of course, other trainee movements that are dictated by training requirements and there have always been movements between boards.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for negotiations on NHSScotland Management Steering Group’s mixed economy for doctors.
Answer
A number of meetings have been held between the Management Steering Group and the British Medical Association, the most recent on 8 March 2011. There is a commitment to discussions on both sides but no timetable as such has been agreed. Discussions will be on-going.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trainee doctor posts it plans to disestablish in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013, (d) 2014, and (e) 2015 at (i) first year level 1, (ii) first year level 2 and (iii) Certificate of Completion of Training level.
Answer
There are no plans to disestablish posts at first or second year level. For 2011 the planned reduction in Specialty Training posts is 49. Reductions in future years will depend upon the rate at which current trainees complete training and will be in line with Scotland''s needs. There will be further consultation before any future reductions are announced.
