Parliamentary questions
Cathy Jamieson
1,344 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action was taken in light of the 2004 Audit Scotland report, Better Equipped to Care? Follow-up report on managing medical equipment.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: We continue to support NHSScotland to implement the recommendations of the report by separately identifying and allocating specific resources for medical equipment. Within the capital budget agreed for SR 2007, £90 million has been identified to support inves…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in light of the Audit Scotland report, Asset management in the NHS in Scotland, published on 29 January 2009.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government welcomes the publication of the Audit Scotland Report <i >Asset Management in the NHS in Scotland</i> and will respond positively to address the key messages and recommendations contained within the report.</p>
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce an annual analysis of NHS bodies’ asset strategies.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20499 on 23 February 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/App…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce routine collection of information relating to NHS property management policies.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Yes. This will be a requirement of the new NHSScotland Asset Management Policy which currently in development and scheduled for issue by end of May 2009.</p>
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve public awareness of dementia.
Answer · Shona Robison: Following research into public attitudes and understandings of dementia in 2008 we will shortly launch a pilot public awareness campaign in Tayside which is intended to increase the number of people with dementia coming forward for diagnosis. We will evaluate…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to provide extra training for GPs on how to recognise the warning signs of dementia.
Answer · Shona Robison: GPs as independent contractors are expected to identify and address their own education needs throughout their careers. GPs are also expected to follow national clinical guidelines on the management of patient with dementia, which includes diagnosis (Bib. num…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance is provided to the families of people with dementia.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government recognises the impact that caring for someone with dementia can have on the carer and family. Under the GMS contract, GPs are paid to maintain a register for those with dementia and undertake an annual review assessment. These reviews …
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of dementia.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to answer to question S3W-20486 on 26 February 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/B…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that dementia is identified and treated.
Answer · Shona Robison: We have a specific timetabled target for NHS boards, linked to the GMS contract, to achieve improvements in the early diagnosis and management of patients with dementia by March 2011. The Mental Health Collaborative is supporting NHS boards in this work and h…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to services to identify and treat dementia in 2008-09.
Answer · Shona Robison: Current spend on mental health services, including dementia, is drawn from the record funds allocated to NHS boards and local government. For 2008-09, £10.6 billion has been allocated to Health and £11.2 billion to local government.</p> <p >We are also inves…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-19802 by Stewart Maxwell on 27 January 2009, when it intends to announce the reallocation of funding to meet demand for home adaptations.
Answer · Alex Neil: Slippage of £0.500 million from elsewhere in the Affordable Housing Investment Programme has been identified and has been re-allocated to East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire councils to help meet demand for home adaptations.</p> <p >We will contin…
3 Feb 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-19801 by Stewart Maxwell on 27 January 2009, what level of funding shortfall it is aware of for home adaptations by housing associations, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Alex Neil: The currently known level of shortfall for home adaptations by housing associations, broken down by local authority, is as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=center >Local Authori…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any funding was ring-fenced for the development of mental health and wellbeing services in 2008-09, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: Spend on mental health services will continue to be drawn from the record funds allocated to NHS boards and local government overall. It is the responsibility of these agencies to work in partnership and to allocate funds from the total resources available to…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many physiotherapists are employed in the NHS and how many were employed in May 2000 and May 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not centrally available. Information on staff in post is collected as at 30 September each year. The following table shows the head count and whole-time equivalent (WTE) of physiotherapists employed in NHSScotland as at 30 Septemb…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Life Begins health checks for people over 40 have been performed in 2008-09, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: We are currently developing our proposals for Life Begins health checks, which are likely to involve telephone and web-based self assessment and follow up support for those people who identify themselves as being at higher risk. We will make a detailed announ…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13230 by Rhona Brankin on 3 June 2008, what action it has taken to ensure that school pupils receive two hours of physical education each week.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Within Curriculum for Excellence, provision of two hours quality physical education for each child every week is a key element of the health and wellbeing experiences and outcomes which are being finalised for publication later in the year. The experiences an…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16718 by Shona Robison on 28 October 2008, whether it will take steps to ensure that information on the number of young carers waiting for support services in each local authority area is available centrally.
Answer · Shona Robison: As part of our new relationship with local government, we are placing greater emphasis on ensuring positive outcomes for stakeholders, and less emphasis on inputs and processes.</p> <p >To support this, we are working with local partnerships to develop and i…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the commitment to deliver an additional 10,000 respite weeks for carers by 2010-11.
Answer · Shona Robison: We have agreed with COSLA that local authorities will provide an additional 2,000 respite weeks in 2008-09, an additional 6,000 weeks in 2009-10 and an additional 10,000 weeks in 2010-11. These additional weeks will be measured using the baseline of Audit Sco…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend the use of average speed cameras on the A77 to include the sections south of Girvan not currently covered.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: There are currently no plans to extend average speed cameras on the A77. The potential to introduce more average speed cameras on the Scottish trunk road network to reduce casualties will be informed by an assessment of the accident data for the A77 average s…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans for engineering works on the A77 south of Ayr.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20236 on 9 February 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/App…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16656 by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008, whether further engineering works are planned to improve the safety of the A77 in south Ayrshire.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: Yes, the following engineering schemes are within the current Transport Scotland programme:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td width=206 valign=top > <p align=left >Ardwell to Slockenray</p> </td> <td width=310 valign=top…
28 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs were associated with the production of the A77 Maybole Transport Study - Design Manual for Roads and Bridges - Stage 2 Report.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The costs associated with the production of the <i >A77 Maybole Transport Study “ DMRB Stage 2 Report</i> were £605,092.21.</p>
5 Jan 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it records the number of in-patients who develop deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism following joint replacement and, if so, what these figures are, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is provided in the following table. The figures in each column give the total numbers for the five years 2002-07. Aggregated data for five years on the number of re-admissions was necessary, due to the low annual incidence of deep ve…
18 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to develop a national strategy on a metastatic breast cancer clinical nurse specialist service following the introduction of such a service by the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is the responsibility of individual NHS boards to decide what particular model of service delivery best fits the need of their patients.</p> <p >The Scottish Government has recently published <i >Better Cancer Care: An Action Plan</i> which sets out a nat…
18 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Better Together programme will specifically measure the experiences of patients with secondary breast cancer.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Better Together programme will provide NHS boards with the tools for staff to capture experience across all aspects of service delivery and care and to use that knowledge to improve services and how we deliver care. Currently, supported through the progra…
18 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Scottish Cancer Registry will be included in plans by the National Cancer Intelligence Network to start collecting information on the incidence of metastatic breast cancer.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information Services Division (ISD) is in discussions with the National Cancer Intelligence Network about how best to include information from the Scottish Cancer Registry in their work. It is likely that ISD will contribute an anonymised extract of cancer re…
9 Dec 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that the Accountant in Bankruptcy will publish data on the impact of protected trust deeds for the period of April to September 2008 referred to in its publication Credit Union Debts in Protected Trust Deeds: Report on Public Consultation.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: The Accountant in Bankruptcy has collected data on the protected trust deeds recorded in the Register of Insolvencies between April and September 2008 and is currently analysing this data. The Accountant in Bankruptcy has written to credit unions to seek any …
27 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16651 by Stewart Maxwell on 27 October 2008, when it expects discussion on detailed budget consequences for individual local authorities to be completed.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: COSLA have advised that leaders agreed at their meeting on 21 November 2008 that the £40 million local authority contribution to the accelerated Affordable Housing Investment Programme will be shared pro rata between all councils based on their shares of the …
27 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16790 by Stewart Maxwell on 28 October 2008, how many (a) off-the-shelf units and (b) land acquisitions are currently being progressed.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing announced a second tranche of the accelerated £30 million programme for 2008-09 on 28 November 2008. From both tranches announced to date there are 28 units (three projects) of off-the-shelf units being progress…
27 Nov 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to publish a statement on race equality.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: On Monday 8 December the Minister for Communities and Sport officially launched the Scottish Government Race Statement. The Statement lays out the Scottish Government''s approach to race equality over the next three years.</p>