- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the review of the role of a senior charge nurse is now complete and, if so, what key changes have arisen from the review.
Answer
The review of the role of the senior charge nurse (SCN) was completed in 2008, with the key aim of creating a modern role which maximised the SCNs contribution to delivering safe and effective care.
Leading Better Care, launched in June 2008, established a national role framework for SCNs working in hospital settings across NHS Scotland. The framework for the role includes four core responsibilities:
Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice (including responsibilities for tackling healthcare associated infection),
Enhancing the patient experience,
Managing and developing the performance of the team and
Contributing to the delivery of the organisation''s objectives.
The national progress reporting process is demonstrating that Leading Better Care is providing NHS Scotland with SCNs who are visible, approachable and empowered clinical leaders, who are being supported in fulfilling their role as guardians of care quality and clinical standards. SCNs also have a key role in implementing clinical quality indicators (CQIs) for nursing and midwifery which cover food, fluid and nutrition, falls, pressure ulcer prevention and in monitoring of infections within their clinical area “ a key element of Scotland''s patient safety programme.
Leading Better Care set out the aim that the framework for SCNs and the CQIs should be fully implemented within NHS boards by December 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Pringle on 7 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it allows paid time off for employees to attend the mobile blood transfusion service when it visits the Parliament.
Answer
Yes, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body does allow paid time off for employees to attend the mobile blood transfusion service when it visits the Parliament.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the real-time data on infection rates is not provided by every NHS board and whether it will list those boards for which no data has been supplied.
Answer
All NHS boards publish reports on their websites using the HAI reporting template introduced in January 2009. The content and substance of each report varies by board but, as a minimum, all NHS boards publish Clostridium difficile and Staphylococcus aureaus Bacteraemia data by month and by hospital.
A short-life working group has been established by NHS Scotland to review the structure and presentation of the HAIRT and to consider what changes are necessary in order to make the information, as presented, more consistent across NHS boards and easier to understand. This group will report the outcomes of its finding in the New Year. I expect their recommendations to be adopted and implemented in full by all NHS boards. It is anticipated that the revised mandatory template will be rolled out from March 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29585 by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009, which NHS boards have implemented savings plans to break even in 2009-10 and what the scale is of those savings, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Efficiency savings are a key component of financial plans contributing to the overall financial performance of NHS boards. All boards have savings plans and all boards continue to forecast either breakeven or an underspend in 2009-10. The following table provides an analysis of in-year efficiency savings (2009-10), broken down by NHS board.
Every penny of the efficiency savings made by NHS boards is retained and reinvested by the board in frontline patient care.
Efficiency Savings (2009-10)
| NHS Boards | Forecast (£m) |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 11.3 |
| Borders | 5.1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4.8 |
| Fife | 10.1 |
| Forth Valley | 9.0 |
| Grampian | 17.3 |
| Greater Glasgow | 49.4 |
| Highland | 15.6 |
| Lanarkshire | 15.8 |
| Lothian | 24.8 |
| Orkney | 1.7 |
| Shetland | 1.2 |
| Tayside | 14.1 |
| Western Isles | 1.8 |
| NHS Boards Total | 181.8 |
| NHS Special Health Boards | |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | 6.9 |
| National Services Scotland | 5.6 |
| NHS 24 | 1.2 |
| The State Hospital | 1.3 |
| National Waiting Times Centre Board | 0.8 |
| NHS Education Scotland | 0.9 |
| NHS Health Scotland | 0.4 |
| Quality Improvement Scotland | 0.1 |
| NHS Special Health Boards Total | 17.2 |
| Grand Total | 199.0 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the publication of the Audit Scotland report, Overview of the NHS in Scotland's performance 2008/09, on 10 December 2009, what its position is on the forecast by NHS bodies that, for 2009-10, they will need to make more than £175 million in recurring and £25 million in non-recurring efficiency savings.
Answer
Efficiency savings are a key component of financial plans and contribute towards overall financial performance. NHS Scotland boards are currently forecasting delivery of additional efficiency savings of £199 million for 2009-10, exceeding the in-year target of £159 million by £40 million.
All boards are projecting either financial breakeven or an underspend in 2009-10.
Every penny of the efficiency savings made by NHS boards is retained and reinvested by the board in frontline patient care.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29783 by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009, whether the Information Services Division will analyse and publish information on uptake rates for breast screening in deprived areas on an annual basis.
Answer
Information Services Division (ISD) have published information on uptake rates for breast screening in deprived areas from years 1999-2001. ISD plans to undertake a further analysis of this information, up to screening year 2007-08, and publish this information on their website in July 2010. Thereafter, ISD will report this information on a three-yearly basis.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29652 by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009, what savings plans have been put in place by the Scottish Ambulance Service in order to break even in 2009-10.
Answer
Efficiency savings are a key component of financial plans contributing to the overall financial performance of NHS boards. All boards, including the Scottish Ambulance Service, have savings plans. The Scottish Ambulance Service is forecasting to deliver £6.9 million in-year efficiency savings (2009-10).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether every senior charge nurse has direct responsibility for the deployment of cleaning staff.
Answer
Leading Better Care identifies the senior charge nurse''s (SCN) role and responsibilities to promote a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols, including health and safety, healthcare associated infection, risk management and critical incident reporting and analysis.
SCNs are the guardians of quality and clinical standards in their areas of responsibility and have a key responsibility with regard to ensuring the cleanliness of their clinical areas.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive where light-induced fluorescence endoscopy systems are available in the NHS
Answer
Whilst research has been undertaken into light-induced fluorescence endoscopy, no such systems are currently available to patients in NHS Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to increase the number of endoscopy clinics in primary care settings.
Answer
Each NHS board has responsibility for the planning and provision of health services in its area, based on an assessment of need and in accordance with local and national priorities.
