- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive to whom the Care Environment Inspectorate will report.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be accountable to report to Scottish ministers through the board of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. The reports, findings and recommendations of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be made public.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the role is of a learning disability liaison nurse.
Answer
A learning disability liaison nurse will help support people with a learning disability to access acute health services and promote appropriate health care for the individual.
They will work with the individual, their families or carers and health staff to promote positive experiences, outcomes and co-ordination of care for the person.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have learning disability liaison nurses; how many there are in each NHS board area, and where they are based.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
However, information provided in boards'' fatal accident inquiry action plans indicates the following liaison nurses for people with a learning disability are in post.
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 3 acute liaison nurses |
| NHS Borders | 1 acute liaison nurse |
| NHS Fife | 1 acute liaison nurse |
| NHS Forth Valley | 1 acute liaison nurse |
| NHS Grampian | 1 acute liaison nurse |
| NHS Highland | 1 acute liaison nurse |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 1 acute liaison nurse |
| NHS Lothian | 2 acute liaison nurses |
| NHS Tayside | Consultant nurse with 50% clinical time for acute liaison |
These plans also indicate other areas are considering the appointment of liaison nurses or other ways of delivering better care in general and acute hospitals.
We have no information on where the current posts are based.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the composition is of the teams that will undertake inspections for the Care Environment Inspectorate.
Answer
The Chief Inspector of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be supported by regional inspectors and associated inspectors, including members of the public, and a range of specialists and experts reflecting the need to ensure that appropriate standards in the care environment, with regards to healthcare associated infection, are being achieved.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the post of chief inspector for the Care Environment Inspectorate has been advertised and, if so, where and when.
Answer
The post of Chief Inspector of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate was advertised in The Herald and The Scotsman on 24 March 2009 and the Sunday Herald and Scotland on Sunday on 29 March 2009, with a closing date of 6 April 2009. The post was also advertised in S1Jobs.com and the NHS (SHOW) website and internally in the NHS.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Care Environment Inspectorate will follow up inspections.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will require NHS boards to publish an improvement plan to ensure all necessary action is taken. There is a clear intention to ensure rigorous follow-up on findings and recommendations through scrutiny and challenge of NHS board action plans and on the basis of further announced and unannounced visits to provide necessary levels of assurance and accountability. The chief inspector will be able to raise specific concerns directly with Scottish ministers and an escalation process will be in place.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons it believes that the Care Environment Inspectorate is independent of government when it is based within NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will operate independently of the Scottish Government and of NHS boards which will be the subject of its inspections. The reports, findings and recommendations of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be published independently.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for recruiting and establishing inspection teams for the Care Environment Inspectorate.
Answer
The regional inspector posts were advertised on 24 April 2009 and associate inspector posts were advertised the week beginning Monday 29 April 2009.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how inspection teams in the Care Environment Inspectorate will operate when carrying out hospital inspections and, specifically, whether protocols will be developed.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will publish its detailed operational arrangements for undertaking inspections when these have been finalised following the appointment of the chief inspector.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when the review of the Guidance on Prevention and Control of Clostridium difficile Associated Disease (CDAD) in Healthcare Settings in Scotland, published in October 2008 by Health Protection Scotland and due for review in March 2009, will be published.
Answer
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) have confirmed the review will be published in September 2009 and in the meantime that the current guidance remains extant.
