Parliamentary questions
Cathy Jamieson
1,344 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote art therapy.
Answer · Shona Robison: A National Allied Health Professional (AHP) Mental Health Action Group was initiated in January 2009 to act as a steering group for the development of the AHP mental health action plan. This group has representation from all NHS boards (including special boar…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to resolve outstanding issues relating to the Agenda for Change programme in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran area.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: All staff in Ayrshire and Arran are being paid under the Agenda for Change system. Staff who were dissatisfied with their original pay banding, however, had the right to request a review. I understand that all the initial review panels in Ayrshire and Arran h…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it makes to compensate local businesses as a result of delays in the completion of major works on trunk roads.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: There is no legal requirement on Scottish ministers to pay compensation to local businesses as a result of delays in the completion of major works on trunk roads. Consequently, no provision is made within trunk road budgets to compensate for any disruption to…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils have received educational maintenance allowances in (a) South and (b) East Ayrshire in each of the last five years.
Answer · Keith Brown: The following table shows the number of school pupils in East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire who received at least one Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) payment in the academic years 2004-05 to 2008-09.</p> <p >School Pupils Receiving an EMA Payment in East…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran area have been referred for treatment involving gastric band procedures.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not available centrally.</p>
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been refused a gastric band procedure by NHS Ayrshire and Arran in each of the last five years.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not available centrally.</p>
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are in place regarding the use of gastric bands.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) published Guideline 115 on the Management of Obesity on 24 February 2010, which provides evidence-based recommendations for clinical practice in the management of adults and children, including the use of…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much a gastric band procedure costs per patient.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the cost of gastric band procedures is not held centrally.</p>
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many gastric band procedures NHS Ayrshire and Arran has budgeted for in 2010-11.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally, however, NHS Ayrshire and Arran has indicated that it has budgeted for 25 gastric band procedures in 2010-11.</p>
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran area have had a gastric band fitted in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of patients resident in NHS Ayrshire and Arran who have had a gastric band fitted in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p align…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the provision of a rail halt at Mauchline.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The Scottish Government has no plans to provide a rail halt at Mauchline. </p>
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the provision of a bypass for Mauchline.
Answer · Stewart Stevenson: We have no plans to provide a bypass for Mauchline.</p> <p >However, in the short term, major road improvement works at Mauchline involving the replacement of almost one mile of carriageway will begin this summer as part of a £4 million upgrade for the A76.<…
13 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the new Girvan Community Hospital incorporates all of the research that is available to make it accessible for people with cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s Disease.
Answer · Shona Robison: NHS Ayrshire and Arran is responsible for ensuring that Girvan Community Hospital is designed in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act. </p> <p >The hospital was designed and planned to fully comply with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulati…
29 Apr 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in NHS Ayrshire and Arran were directly connected to a diagnosis of assault by sharp object in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of occupied bed days in NHS Ayrshire and Arran where a diagnosis of assault by sharp object is recorded is presented in the following table.</p> <p >Number of Acute Occupied Bed Days<sup>1,2</sup> in NHS Ayrshire and Arran Connected with Assault b…
25 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to have results of clinical trials of the use of collagen crosslinking as a treatment for keratoconus.
Answer · Shona Robison: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued interventional procedures guidance on this treatment in November 2009 which was endorsed by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. The guidance which is available at <a href="http://guidance.n…
25 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any clinical trials of the use of collagen crosslinking as a treatment for keratoconus involve patients from Scotland and, if so, from which NHS board areas.
Answer · Shona Robison: We are not aware of any clinical trials involving NHS boards and its patients in Scotland that have or are examining the use of collagen crosslinking as a treatment for keratoconus. Although there is a body of literature reporting research studies on this tre…
25 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people who have been diagnosed with keratoconus were treated privately with collagen crosslinking in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of people who have been diagnosed with keratoconus and were treated privately with collagen crosslinking in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area, is not available centrally.</p>
25 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 16 who have been diagnosed with keratoconus were treated with collagen crosslinking in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of people under 16 who have been diagnosed with keratoconus and were treated with collagen crosslinking in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area, is not available centrally.</p>
25 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people who have been diagnosed with keratoconus were treated with collagen crosslinking in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of people who have been diagnosed with keratoconus and were treated with collagen crosslinking in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area, is not available centrally.</p>
25 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 16 have been diagnosed with keratoconus in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of people under 16 who have been diagnosed with keratoconus in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area, is not available centrally.</p>
25 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with keratoconus in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of people who have been diagnosed with keratoconus in each of the last four years, broken down by NHS board area, is not available centrally.</p>
24 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid to care homes in enhanced payments based on achievement of enhanced quality standards since 1 April 2009, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32729 on 14 April 2010. 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/…
24 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many care homes have achieved the enhanced quality standard resulting in additional payments being made since 1 April 2009, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The National Care Home Contract for publicly funded care home residents aged 65 and over in independent care homes is agreed on an annual basis between COSLA and representatives of the independent care home sector. The Enhanced Quality Award (EQA) was introdu…
18 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to communities in the South of Scotland that wish to purchase land for community use.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The Scottish Government provides a range of support for communities throughout Scotland wishing to acquire land. Officials can provide guidance to communities wishing to use the Community Right to Buy provisions in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Informa…
18 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many communities in the South of Scotland have purchased land for community use and what sources of funding were used.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The Scottish Government holds details of community land purchases under the Community Right to Buy provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (the 2003 Act). There is no requirement to intimate to the Scottish Government other arrangements between comm…
18 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what sources of funding are available to local communities in the South of Scotland for community land purchase.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Funding available to communities may include grant aid, loans, and private investment. Communities determine the best funding source appropriate to their proposed purchase of land.</p> <p >Information on funding is available through channels such as Rural Di…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation has been made of the success of bibliotherapy programmes in supporting people with mental health problems.
Answer · Shona Robison: No national Scottish evaluation has been commissioned on bibliotherapy. Bibliotherapy is included in NICE guidelines and <i >The Matrix</i> as a recommended treatment for anxiety and other disorders on the basis of a range of research evidence.<u></u></p>
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on bibliotherapy programmes in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not collected centrally.</p>
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated from Choose Life to bibliotherapy programmes.
Answer · Shona Robison: No funding has been allocated by Choose Life (now part of NHS Health Scotland) for Bibliotherapy.</p> <p >We are aware that some Choose Life co-ordinators have been involved to varying degrees, in bibliotherapy services in their area. These services, for th…
11 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards are supporting bibliotherapy programmes.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not collected centrally.</p> <p >We have developed a guide (<em>The Matrix) </em>for NHS boards to use in considering which psychological interventions might best be used to meet local need and demand. This guide includes bibliotherapy as…