- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 16 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all medical personnel providing care to NHS patients will be required to register interests in pharmaceuticals.
Answer
All NHS staff require tocomply with the standards of business conduct for NHS staff and should declareany interest which may conflict with their NHS employment. The ScottishExecutive Health Department published guidance in 2003, A commonunderstanding on joint working between NHS Scotland and the PharmaceuticalIndustry. This guidance advises employers and independentcontractors to review and monitor local standing orders, registers of jointworking arrangements, and that all employees and independent contractors mustrecord any financial interests.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22996 by Mr Andy Kerr on 2 March 2006, what information has been given to patients in respect of the shutdown at the Protein Fractionation Centre and the safety of products made under the circumstances that led to the shutdown.
Answer
The safety and regulatory implications of the suspension of manufacturing at the Protein Fractionation Centre are being carefully reviewed as part of the response to the recent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency inspection. I cannot comment further on these aspects at present other than to confirm that patients are not affected as appropriate alternative arrangements for supply of blood products to the NHS are in place.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22995 by Mr Andy Kerr on 2 March 2006, whether it will publish the communications between the Protein Fractionation Centre (PFC) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in respect of risk assessments carried out on products manufactured by the PFC.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23791 on 14 March 2006. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22994 by Mr Andy Kerr on 2 March 2006, whether it will provide details of the (a) specific areas of improvement found to be necessary and (b) parts of the production process affected as a result of the shutdown of the Protein Fractionation Centre and what specific risks each area of concern represents to the products, listing each risk and the products associated with each risk.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23791 on 14 March 2006. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22997 by Mr Andy Kerr on 2 March 2006, whether it or any of its agencies considered lessons from the past when deciding not to recall products made under the circumstances leading to the shutdown of the Protein Fractionation Centre.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23791 on 14 March 2006. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22995 by Mr Andy Kerr on 2 March 2006, whether it will list in detail (a) each risk assessment carried out at the Protein Fractionation Centre and its full outcome and (b) the actual risks calculated in respect of patient safety and describe, in scientific terms, what is meant by “any significant risks”.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23791 on 14 March 2006. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22386 by Tavish Scott on 31 January 2006 and given that the Skye Bridge concessionaire required to be in possession of an assignation statement, when the intended concessionaire received the unsigned and undated seven-page document.
Answer
I understand that the then ScottishOffice position was that Skye Bridge Tolls Limited was in possession of the documentby the time it was made available for public inspection on 23 October 1991.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the provisions of the A87 Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Special Road Regulations 1995 applying a 40 mph speed limit and clearway status on the specified special road and prescribing use by all classes of traffic still apply following revocation of the A87 Skye Bridge Crossing Toll Order.
Answer
The Invergarry-Kyle of LochalshTrunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order (Revocation) Order2005 does not affect the A87 Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Special Road Regulations1995. The 40mph speed limit and clearway status on the special road therefore stillapply.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive in what way the provisions of Schedule 2 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 were applied in 1995 to advise the public of the commencement of the Skye Bridge toll period.
Answer
There was no statutory requirementby the Scottish Office of that time in terms of schedule 2 to the Roads (Scotland)Act 1984, to advise the public of the commencement of the toll period.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22386 by Tavish Scott on 31 January 2006 and given that the Skye Bridge concessionaire required to be in possession of an assignation statement, why the intended concessionaire received only an unsigned and undated seven-page document whose year of issue could not be identified.
Answer
I understand that the then ScottishOffice position was that the concessionaire held the Skye Bridge Assignation Statementas it was made available for public inspection in 1991. The document was not signedor dated.
