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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-05376

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-03697 by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011, whether the investigation into the delivery of care at the Elsie Inglis nursing home is now complete.

Question reference: S4W-05315

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that patients concerned about their PIP implants are able to receive a scan from their private healthcare provider free of charge.

Question reference: S4W-05211

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many shifts have been discontinued at the Vale of Leven Ambulance Station since May 2007.

Question reference: S4W-05191

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide all territorial NHS boards with pump priming to extend the creation of managed clinical networks for chronic pain.

It is for NHS boards to develop and deliver healthcare services to meet the needs of their local population.

However, we continue to advocate a managed clinical network (MCN) approach to the development of chronic pain services and see the existing Network in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde as setting an example for other boards to follow.

The Chronic Pain Steering Group has been working to establish a quality improvement infrastructure to support chronic pain service improvements in NHS boards, including work to establish a chronic pain service improvement group or MCN in each NHS board.

We would therefore be pleased to receive applications for two year funding from any board wishing to develop an MCN approach to chronic pain services, including setting up local service improvement groups.

Question reference: S4W-05200

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Chronic Pain Steering Group has completed its scoping exercise with NHS boards to assess each board's service levels and how these relate to the agreed service model for chronic pain and, if so, when this will be published.

Question reference: S4W-05212

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many single-crewed ambulances have been dispatched from the Vale of Leven Ambulance Station in the last year.

Question reference: S4W-05283

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-04930 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 January 2012, how much of the funding for (a) local authorities and (b) NHS Scotland was spent on independent advocacy services.

Question reference: S4W-05208

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a paramedic in every Scottish Ambulance Service ambulance crew.

Question reference: S4W-05202

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether referral to treatment waiting time targets apply to chronic pain services and, if so, whether any penalties have been incurred.

Patients referred to chronic pain clinics are covered by the 18 weeks referral to treatment target. The 18 weeks target which came into effect on 31 December 2011 is that 90% of patients should be seen and treated within 18 weeks from referral.

Latest published figures for September 2011 showed that 89.8% of patients were seen and treated within 18 weeks from initial referral. Performance against the target for 31 December 2011 is due to be published on 28 February 2012.

Question reference: S4W-05216

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether each NHS board has completed its review of patient records to establish if PIP breast implants have been used and, if so, what the outcome was.