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NHS boards are responsiblefor the provision of services to meet local needs. When nurses are off sick, oron unexpected leave, it is important to ensure that patient care comes firstand that the rest of the team are not subject to further workload and pressure.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 December 2006
The Executive has accepted therecommendation from the Scottish Public Service Ombudsman that consideration shouldbe given to the need for Scotland-wide guidance on the management of DVT.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is confident that it will receive bids to operate the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services. The Scottish Executive is committedto implementing a fair and robust tendering process that will create a level playingfield for bidders.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2006
However, hospices that provide specialist palliative care for NHSboards are expected to deliver services at a level set out in the Clinical Standardsfor Specialist Palliative Care which were published in 2002 by the ClinicalStandards Board for Scotland (now part of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland).
A Framework for MaternityServices in Scotland published in February 2001 sets out clearly andexplicitly the maternity service which should be offered across Scotland.
The Executive is committed toincreasing the proportion of early years and child care workers with qualifications,to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration criteria, from 65% in 2003to 85% in 2009.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to amend the provisions of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 to ensure that any person who has complaints against an organisation which has reported itself to the ombudsman under section 2.2 of the Act will not only be informed of the reporting as a matter of entitlement but will also be intervi...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 March 2006
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspectorof Prisons recommendations related mainly to work that was currently planned includingbuilding work underway. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) produced an actionplan in response to these recommendations.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent assessment it has made of the level of funding for mental health services. The overall level of health funding was assessed by ministers in Spending Review 2004.