- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive where the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry will be held.
Answer
The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Team is based in offices at Lothian Chambers, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh.
It will be for the inquiry to decide on a suitable venue for public hearings and evidence sessions.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been incidents or outbreaks of Clostridium difficile in care homes that have been investigated by the Care Commission.
Answer
The Care Commission is responsible for ensuring that care homes meet the legislative requirement to have appropriate procedures for the control of infections. Care homes are required to notify the commission of any outbreaks of infectious diseases that occur, and the commission will follow up on cleanliness, hygiene and infection control measures in care homes if it has concerns.
How that follow-up is carried out, and the number of times the commission has followed up concerns about infection control, are operational matters for the Care Commission. Details can be obtained from the Chief Executive:
Mrs Jacquie Roberts, Chief Executive, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, Compass House, 11 Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD1 4NY, telephone: 0845 603 0890, email:
[email protected].
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the responses to the consultation on the proposed Healthcare Environment Inspectorate, rather than a summary of responses.
Answer
The responses, minus any personal references to respondents, will be published on the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland website as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what is included in the £496 million reduction in the planned departmental expenditure limit budget for 2010-11 apart from the £391.7 million in efficiency savings, £128.6 million reduction in NHS capital spend and the budget consequentials of £24.7 million.
Answer
The £496 million reduction is made up by the three items included in the question.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) provisional and (b) actual budget outturns were for the departmental expenditure limit for (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27336 on 30 September 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the figure of a £496 million reduction in the planned departmental expenditure limit budget for 2010-11 quoted by ministers includes the pre-Budget report consequentials of £5.2 million.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27334 on 30 September 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report actual rather than provisional outturn for comparative purposes, as outlined in paragraph 6 of its report, Provisional Outturn and End Year Flexibility 2004-05.
Answer
Table 4 in the annex to the Draft Budget 2010-11 compares actual outturn for previous years. The 2008-09 figures are provisional at the time of publication, but will be updated to show final outturn in next year''s Draft Budget.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement of inspections by the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate on 21 September 2009, how many hospitals will be subject to full inspection during September 2009 and September 2010.
Answer
The current work programme for the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate for the year September 2009 to September 2010 has 28 inspections planned, this includes both announced and unannounced inspections. However, there has been sufficient slack built into the work programme to undertake additional inspections and follow up inspections as and where required.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement of inspections by the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate on 21 September 2009, how inspections will be carried out; what information will be sought, and whether all hospitals will be visited in any given NHS board area.
Answer
The inspection methodology and accompanying policies for Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) has been published on the QIS website:
http://www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/6710.html.
The HEI work programme was developed using a risk-based approach and has 28 inspections planned for the year September 2009 to September 2010. Using ISD classification there are 47 acute hospitals within NHSScotland. The remaining acute hospitals not included within the first year''s work programme will be included within subsequent work programmes. As detailed within the Scottish Government consultation paper, every acute hospital will be visited at least once within any three year period.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement of inspections by the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate on 21 September 2009, for what reason NHS Borders and NHS Fife will not be subject to an inspection between September 2009 and September 2010.
Answer
On 21 September 2009, the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) published a list of the NHS boards who will have at least one announced inspection from HEI between September 2009 and September 2010. As detailed in the announcement, HEI will also undertake unannounced inspections during this period, however the programme for these will not be published.
