- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made about the Scottish Ambulance Service in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
In 2009-10 a total of 477 complaints were made about the Scottish Ambulance Service.
As the Scottish Ambulance Service is a Special NHS Board in its own right, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of this total by geographical health board area.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the NHS of cardiovascular disease.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made about NHS family health services in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
In 2009-10 it was estimated that a total of 3,515 complaints were made about NHSScotland Family Health Services.
See table in S3W-36374 answered on 29 September 2010 to see a breakdown of this total by geographical health board area. 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, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to involve patients and carers in the procurement process for the purchasing of clotting factor products.
Answer
The current round of procurement was carried out on a UK basis and included patient involvement.
We recognise the part that patient and carer involvement can play in these areas. For example, in the 2009-10 procurement round for blood clotting factors in Scotland, patients were consulted on their views on the home delivery service and packaging and labelling of products for home use.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £1.6 million of government funding for the Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian covers the whole cost of the pilot or whether funding is also being provided by NHS Lothian or other partners.
Answer
Yes. The £1.6 million of government funding for the Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian covers the whole cost of the pilot.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the environmental effects outwith Scotland of a proposed development could be a material consideration in determining an application for development consent and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
Answer
The determination of Section 36 applications is not easy or straight forward and ministers must strike the right balance in their decision making between developing and delivering Scotland''s energy future and the protection of environmental, cultural heritage, economic and community issues. Likewise, environmental effects outwith Scotland can also be a material consideration, although it would of course depend on the individual circumstances of an application.
In a situation where an EIA development in Scotland appears to the Scottish Ministers to be likely to have significant effects on the environment in another European state, there is a requirement to send the EEA state in question certain information in relation to the EIA. The requirement to give that information also exists where the other state requests it and both are set out at regulation 12 of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29215 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 December 2009 and in light of Lord Penrose’s statement that the inquiry’s terms of reference did not enable him to consider compensation, whether its position on the matter has changed and, if so, whether it will reconsider the issue once the inquiry has made its final recommendations.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not changed its position on this matter. We have set up the Penrose Inquiry to investigate the circumstances in which patients treated by the NHS in Scotland were infected with hepatitis C or HIV following treatment with blood or blood products.
On 8 September 2010, Lord Penrose published his preliminary report. In it, he sets out the facts on the questions which he is investigating, including evidence from scientific progress being made during the 1970s and 1980s. He sets out a number of draft issues for further investigation during the public hearings. He invites comments on these draft issues, and any proposed additions to his list. Further information is available on the website www.penroseinquiry.org.uk .
It would be inappropriate to comment further on the issue in advance of the conclusion of the inquiry.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the cost of implementing the recommendations on compensation made by Lord Archer’s independent public inquiry on contaminated blood and blood products.
Answer
The Scottish Government has set up the Penrose Inquiry to investigate the circumstances in which patients in Scotland were infected with hepatitis C or HIV following treatment with blood or blood products.
Further Information is available on the website www.penroseinquiry.org.uk.
Lord Archer made recommendations on a range of issues some of which relate to issues which the Penrose Inquiry is looking at. The Scottish Government will wish to consider the findings and recommendations of Lord Penrose before reaching any final view.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider implementing the recommendations on compensation made by Lord Archer’s independent public inquiry on contaminated blood and blood products.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36189 on 22 September 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: Monday, 06 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, given the regulatory regime for carbon capture and storage (CCS), whether work is being undertaken to determine the potential future liabilities of the Scottish Government should consent be given for a new coal-fired power station and CCS turn out not to be technically feasible.
Answer
The Scottish Government has a clear commitment to decarbonise the electricity generation sector by 2030 and strongly supports the early demonstration of CCS at commercial scale. As stated in our Roadmap published in March 2010, the role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in this process will be subject to a rolling review of its technical and economic viability.
That review process will also take place in conjunction with the knowledge gained from UK and EU CCS demonstration programmes. Should CCS be deemed not to be technically feasible, it will be important to ensure that any future liabilities are fully understood and effectively addressed.
In such a circumstance, we would expect other market interventions, such as revisions to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the proposed UK-wide Emissions Performance Standard would be used to ensure decarbonisation of electricity generation by 2030, whilst maintaining security of supply.
