- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of radiographers undertakes plain film reporting, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The following table sets out the number of Radiographers that are undertaking plain film reporting, broken down by NHS boards:
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NHS Board
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Number of Radiographers at appropriate banding level
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Number of Radiographers at appropriate banding level qualified to undertake plain film reporting
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Number of Radiographers undertaking plain film reporting
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Fife
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71
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6
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2
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Lothian
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276
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9
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5
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Tayside
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151
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4
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4
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Borders
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22
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4
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4
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Ayrshire and Arran
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111
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5
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5
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Dumfries and Galloway
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27
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2
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2
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Forth Valley
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52
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1
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1
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Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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535
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6
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3
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Lanarkshire
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131
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3
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3
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- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of radiographers is qualified to undertake plain film reporting, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The following table sets out the number of Radiographers qualified to undertake plain film reporting, broken down by NHS boards:
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NHS Board
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Number of Radiographers at appropriate banding level
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Number of Radiographers at appropriate banding level qualified to undertake plain film reporting
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Fife
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71
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6
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Lothian
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276
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9
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Tayside
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151
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4
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Borders
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22
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4
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Ayrshire and Arran
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111
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5
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Dumfries and Galloway
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27
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2
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Forth Valley
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52
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1
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Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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535
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6
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Lanarkshire
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131
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3
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- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many distinction awards were made to clinicians in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and have been made in 2011-12, broken down by category of award.
Answer
The Distinction Award Scheme is specifically for eligible NHS Scotland Consultants. The information requested for 2009 and 2010 is contained within the Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards (SACDA) Annual Reports. These can be found on the SACDA website:
http://www.shsc.scot.nhs.uk/upload/file/national_committee_services/sacda/annual_report/2011_sacda_annual_report_2010_awards_round.pdf.
The 2011 Annual Report will be published shortly. For ease, the information for each of the three years requested, is as follows:
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Year
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Total Number of Awards Made
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Breakdown of Awards by Category
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As at:
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A+
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A
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B
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Sept 2009
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103
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9
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29
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65
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Sept 2010
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52*
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8
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16
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28
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Sept 2011
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0**
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0
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0
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0
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Notes:
* New Awards were frozen and only re-cycled awards were available for distribution
** The scheme was fully frozen.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review paediatric cardiac surgery at Yorkhill Hospital and, if so, when this will be carried out and by whom.
Answer
To provide external and independent assurance of the recognised high quality of the paediatric cardiac surgery services provided by Yorkhill Hospital, I announced in June 2011 that a review of the service would be undertaken by the Safe and Sustainable Programme team who have assessed these services across England.
The review, led by Sir Ian Kennedy, took place on 3 November 2011.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that gay and bisexual men will be able to access relevant sexual health and HIV prevention services in NHS Grampian.
Answer
The delivery of HIV and sexual health prevention services for gay and bisexual men is a matter for NHS boards to determine locally. NHS Grampian has informed us that they have been working with their former third sector provider and their local networks to ensure that sexual health and HIV prevention services are available between December and April. Local NHS clinical services will also provide support for people living with HIV during the transition period.
Scottish Government will monitor this activity through performance management visits to the NHS Grampian area as part of the Sexual Health and Bloodborne Virus Framework activity.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason NHS Grampian has cancelled its contract with the Terence Higgins Trust for sexual health and HIV prevention work with gay and bisexual men.
Answer
The commissioning of third sector organisations, and the performance management of any contracts that exist, is a matter for NHS boards locally. The role of government is to ensure that our policy priorities of fewer new blood-borne virus infections and fewer STIs are achieved, and that individuals in the Grampian area are not adversely affected by any commissioning decision. NHS Grampian has informed us that this is not the case, and we will be monitoring this closely.
NHS Grampian has advised that they will re-tender this service early in the new year, with service delivery due to commence from April 2012. Terrence Higgins Trust, as with other third sector organisations, will be able to bid for the new contract to provide this service.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a commitment that no person who receives concessionary travel will have that entitlement removed as part of the reform of welfare benefits by the UK Government.
Answer
We are looking at how the reform of welfare benefits by the UK Government will affect disabled people’s eligibility for concessionary travel in Scotland as they emerge. We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Transport to ensure that appropriate passporting links between the proposed Personal Independence Payment and concessionary travel eligibility can be established. Discussions are at too early a stage to confirm any new arrangements.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to ensure that sexual health and HIV prevention services in Grampian are not reduced between 1 December 2011 and April 2012.
Answer
The delivery of HIV and sexual health prevention services is a matter for NHS boards to determine locally. NHS Grampian has informed us that they have been working with their former third sector provider and their local networks to ensure that HIV prevention services are available between December and April. Local NHS clinical services will also provide support for people living with HIV during the transition period.
Scottish Government will monitor this activity through performance management visits to the NHS Grampian area as part of the Sexual Health and Bloodborne Virus Framework activity.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the qualifying criteria for the concessionary travel scheme to ensure that no disabled person loses their entitlement following the reform of welfare benefits by the UK Government.
Answer
We are looking at how the reform of welfare benefits by the UK Government will affect disabled people’s eligibility for concessionary travel in Scotland as they emerge. We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Transport to ensure that appropriate passporting links between the proposed Personal Independence Payment and concessionary travel eligibility can be established.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 1 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will pass on the UK Government's proposed 10% reduction in council tax benefit to local authorities when that benefit is devolved.
Answer
Subsequent to my answers to questions S4W-02669 on 23 September 2011 and S4W-03105 on 13 October 2011, the UK Government has confirmed its intention to abolish rather than devolve council tax benefit. The Scottish Government is working with COSLA to identify potential ways of reducing individuals’ local taxation liabilities and will consult on potential options later this autumn.
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