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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-15466

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what dental centres have (a) all and (b) some of their equipment sterilised at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

(a) NHS Lothian advises that the Edinburgh Dental Institute sends all equipment to the hospital sterilisation and decontamination unit (HSDU) at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) to be sterilised.

Instruments from St John’s Hospital dental unit clinics are also decontaminated and sterilised at the HSDU at the RIE. These include: Specialist services for older, frail patients; Out of Hours services; Orthodontics; Special Needs/ Sedation; Medical Photography - including items used to access the area/s to be photographed such, as mirrors, and their subsequent need to be decontaminated and sterilised.

Instruments from the Paediatric department in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and St John’s Hospital maxillo-facial OPD 4 are all decontaminated and sterilised at the HSDU at the RIE.

Theatre sessions in which patients receive general anaesthetic for more invasive procedures are not classified as dental clinics. This includes Paediatrics and Oral Surgery. These instruments are decontaminated and sterilised at HSDU at RIE.

(b) As reported in S4W-15465, some of the equipment from the Chalmers Dental Centre is sterilised at the HSDU at the RIE.

Question reference: S4O-02237

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how the NHS supports people with heart disease.

Question reference: S4W-15097

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the 2012-13 Land Managers Options was allocated.

Question reference: S4W-15096

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the budget for Land Managers Options entitlement was in 2012-13.

Question reference: S4W-15095

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of farming businesses uses its full Land Managers Options entitlement.

Question reference: S4W-15055

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on plans in England for each older person to have a named individual responsible for all of their care needs and whether it has similar plans for Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-02196

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how it will safeguard local access to the justice system in rural areas.

Question reference: S4O-02177

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding raised by the public health supplement has been allocated to preventative spend initiatives.

Question reference: S4W-14732

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 17 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many reprimands have been issued to each NHS board for poor hygiene practices in the last four years.

No formal reprimands have been issued by the Scottish Government to any NHS Board for poor hand hygiene compliance in the past four years.

Infection prevention and control measures, including hand hygiene, are discussed when the Cabinet Secretary, Director General Health and Scottish Government officials meet with NHS board Chairs and Chief Executives. These meetings provide an opportunity for the Scottish Government to seek assurances from NHS boards that the highest standards of hygiene are being maintained to protect patients, staff and the public.

Question reference: S4W-14733

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 17 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff have been reprimanded for poor hygiene practices in the last four years, broken down by NHS board.

This information is not held centrally. It is a matter for individual NHS boards to consider any disciplinary measures in relation to NHS Staff who are not compliant with hand hygiene practices.

Latest hand hygiene figures show that national hand hygiene compliance by NHS staff remains consistently high at 95%. However, there is no room for complacency and all NHS chief executives should continue to ensure a culture of zero tolerance by all NHS staff towards non hand hygiene compliance.

Number of businesses that applied	11,571	53.5%
Number of claims submitted	9,431	43.6%
Number of businesses that claimed and utilised their full maximum allowance	425	1.9%