- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many maternity care assistants have worked at the Inverclyde maternity unit in each of the last five years.
Answer
According to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, no maternity care assistants have ever been employed at the Inverclyde Royal Hospital Community Maternity Unit. The board confirms that there are no plans to change this.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives have worked at the Vale of Leven maternity unit in each of the last five years.
Answer
Number of Midwives Employed “ Vale of Leven CMU (Whole-Time Equivalent):
| Year | |
| 2006-07 | 29.98 |
| 2007-08 | 26.79 |
| 2008-09 | 23.67 |
| 2009-10 | 23.89 |
Source: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Note: Board does not hold Argyll and Clyde data before 2006-07.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many objections from sportscotland regarding planning applications to build on playing fields have been referred to Scottish ministers in the last five years and how many were upheld in 2009.
Answer
Objections from sportscotland regarding planning applications to build on playing fields are not notified to Scottish ministers but to the relevant planning authority. The number of planning applications notified to Scottish ministers by planning authorities as a consequence of a sportscotland objection over the last five years are set out in the following table.
Cases Referred to Scottish Ministers by Planning Authorities
| Year | |
| 2005-06 | 3 |
| 2006-07 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | 2 |
| 2008-09 | 2 |
| 2009-10 | 3 |
The applications notified to Scottish ministers in 2009 were all cleared back to the relevant planning authority to deal with as they see fit.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many maternity care assistants have worked at the Vale of Leven maternity unit in each of the last five years.
Answer
According to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, no maternity care assistants have ever been employed at the Vale of Leven Hospital Community Maternity Unit. The board confirms that there are no plans to change this.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many surgical errors occurred in 2009, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) type of error.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.
NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients underwent an inappropriate operation in 2009, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.
NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients had a foreign body accidentally left in a body cavity during a surgical procedure in 2009, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) type of foreign body.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.
NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients had organs accidentally punctured or cut during surgery in 2009, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Patient safety is a key priority for the Scottish Government. It is vital for patients to have confidence that when they access any part of the healthcare system, they will receive the best available treatment without fear of harm. The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being implemented in every NHS board and is designed to improve the safety of care.
NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services they provide. Appropriate governance arrangements are in place and these arrangements are the subject of review by a number of external bodies and agencies. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) have commenced a review of all NHS boards in Scotland with regard to performance against NHS QIS Clinical Governance and Risk Management Standards.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to encourage more children to walk to school since 2007.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to questions S3W-34276 and S3W-34279 on 18 June 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: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 18 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a detailed breakdown by local authority area of the planned 18,500 new start apprentices in 2009-10.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. I will ask the Chief Executive of Skills Development Scotland to write to you with the information you have requested.
