Parliamentary questions
Jackie Baillie
9,397 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
18 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students were engaged in undergraduate podiatric education in each year since 2007.
Answer · Michael Russell: The information requested is contained in the following table. Table 1: Student Studying for an Undergraduate Qualification in Podiatry at the Scottish Higher Education Institutions, 2007-08 to 2009-10 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Institution First degree…
18 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether workforce plans for podiatrists include an assessment of the needs of the public and private sectors.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS boards’ workforce plans focus on their own staffing needs to provide high quality care in response to local circumstances and demand.
18 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many podiatrists have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the number of allied health professional staff by profession, including podiatry, broken down by NHS board, is published on the NHS National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) website at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-T…
18 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been provided for undergraduate podiatric education in each year since 2007.
Answer · Michael Russell: The Scottish Funding Council does not allocate specific amounts of funding for podiatry. Podiatry falls within the Scottish Funding Council’s Other Health and Welfare funding subject group. The table below provides the gross funding for teaching allocated to …
18 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the reported success of the podiatric surgery pilot in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, what action it will take to expand such surgery across Scotland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government supports the expansion of podiatric surgery across NHSScotland and a number of NHS boards are already designing orthopaedic services, using the expertise of podiatrists and physiotherapists, to triage patients and ensure they are seen …
13 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Ambulance Service is considering changing shift patterns in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area and, if so, what the changes will be.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In general terms, the Scottish Ambulance Service carries out periodic reviews of shifts operated by accident and emergency resources to determine the need for any adjustments to shift rosters or resource skill mix. The Scottish Ambulance Service advise that…
13 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proposed changes by the Scottish Ambulance Service to its rest period policy will incur additional costs.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I have been clear that following the tragic incidents at both Tomintoul and Crieff, current arrangements for handling rest breaks in the Scottish Ambulance Service cannot remain in place as they are not in the interests of the public or of our hardworking and…
13 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Ambulance Service's rest period policy is and what changes to this have been suggested by the service.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Scottish Ambulance Service staff are employed under the terms of Agenda for Change which grants staff an uninterrupted break of at least 20 minutes in any shift longer than six hours. How this is then managed is an operational matter for the employer concerne…
13 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive with what external stakeholders it has engaged regarding the development of a strategy for rare diseases.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The EU Council Recommendation on An Action in the field of Rare Diseases was published on 8 June 2009, and contains a number of recommendations for EU member states to take forward between now and 2013, including “plans and strategies in the field of rare dis…
12 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed by Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland as at 1 April 2011.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: At 1 April 2011, Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland employed 550 staff. This figure is not directly comparable to the figures for the predecessor bodies because not all the functions of the predecessor bodies transferred to SCSWIS, notably the s…
12 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inspection staff it anticipates will be employed by Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland as at 1 April 2012.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of inspections staff that will be employed by SCSWIS as at 1 April 2012 is an operational matter for SCSWIS according to the requirements and priorities detailed in SCSWIS inspection plan as approved by ministers. SCSWIS future budgets will be dec…
12 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inspection staff were employed by Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland as at 1 April 2011.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: SCSWIS employed 289 inspection staff as at 1 April 2011. These figures are not directly comparable to the number of inspectors employed by the predecessor bodies because not all the functions of the predecessor bodies transferred to SCSWIS. There are also eff…
12 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inspection staff were employed by the predecessor organisations to Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland as at 1 April 2010.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: At 1 April 2010 the Care Commission had 320 inspection staff. SWIA had 20 inspection staff but also used sessional inspectors on a part time fee contract basis and at 1 April 2010 there were 17 sessional inspectors. HM Inspectorare of Education (HMIe) had 107…
12 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed by the predecessor organisations to Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland as at 1 April 2010.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: At 1 April 2010 the Care Commission employed 590 staff, Social Work Inspection Agency employed 64 staff and HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIe) employed 213 staff. HMIe is also a predecessor organisation to Education Scotland.
12 Jul 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to fund the In Care Survivors Service Scotland project beyond October 2011.
Answer · Angela Constance: The Scottish Government is committed to supporting survivors of childhood abuse. The In Care Survivors Service Scotland (ICSSS) provides a specialist service to a group of people who have suffered trauma of a very specific nature which is tailored to their ne…
27 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the National Records of Scotland introduced a charging policy and what consultation was undertaken.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The National Records of Scotland has always made charges for certain of its services. For example, the charge for a replacement birth certificate goes back to 1855, and the ScotlandsPeople website has involved a charge per view since it was started in the lat…
27 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the National Records of Scotland charging MSPs for information that is required to assist them in representing their constituents.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The National Records of Scotland, like its predecessor bodies, has always charged the same prices to MSPs as to members of the public.
27 Jun 2011 · First Minister's Question
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government will take in response to figures showing that one in 10 care homes have been assessed by Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland as weak or unsatisfactory in at least one area of inspection.
23 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering changing the frequency of breast cancer screening.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The Scottish Government is not currently considering changing the frequency of breast cancer screening.
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made to reform the NHS pension scheme.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The last major reform of the NHS Superannuation Scheme (Scotland), which took effect on 1 April 2008, had the following key features: an increase in the Normal Pension Age (the age a scheme member is normally able to draw their accrued pension benefits witho…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether further changes will require to be made to reform the NHS pension scheme in light of the position adopted by HM Treasury.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Occupational pensions policy is reserved. It is not yet clear which of the range of potential longer-term reforms to the NHS Superannuation scheme the UK Government is currently considering will become policy. The Scottish Government understands that the UK G…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Barnett Formula implications are of reforming the NHS pension scheme in light of the position adopted by HM Treasury.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is not yet clear what the Barnett Formula implications may be of the range of potential reforms the UK Government is considering introducing in its response to Lord Hutton’s recommendations, which can be found at the following web address – http://cdn.hm-t…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering changing the frequency of cervical cancer screening.
Answer · Michael Matheson: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-01152 on 18 July 2011. 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/MAQASearch/…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering decreasing the age range of those invited for breast cancer screening.
Answer · Michael Matheson: The Scottish Government is not currently considering decreasing the age range of the Scottish Breast Screening Programme.
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost is of providing cervical cancer screening for women aged 20 to 25.
Answer · Michael Matheson: NHS Boards currently meet the costs associated with the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme, therefore this information is not held centrally.
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering withdrawing cervical cancer screening from women aged 20 to 25 and, if so, for what reason.
Answer · Michael Matheson: A review of the age range and frequency of the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme is currently taking place. The Expert Review Group undertaking this work is expected to report to the Breast and Cervical Screening National Advisory Group in the Autumn.
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women aged 20 to 25 have taken up cervical cancer screening in each year since 2007.
Answer · Michael Matheson: Information on the number of women, aged 20 to 25 years, who have taken up cervical cancer screening, is not held centrally. The percentage of women who have a record of a previous screening test taken within the last 3.5 years is available on the ISD websit…
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Breast and Cervical Screening National Advisory Group will report and whether the report will be published.
Answer · Michael Matheson: A review of the age range and frequency of the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme is currently taking place. The Expert Review Group undertaking this work is expected to report to the Breast and Cervical Screening National Advisory Group for consideration …
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women aged 20 to 25 have been diagnosed with cervical cancer in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Data on the number of new cases of cervical cancer, diagnosed in each year since 2007, are shown in the following table. The latest year for which cancer registration data are complete is 2008. Cancer of the Cervix1 Scotland: trends in incidence 2007-2008 …
22 Jun 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women aged 20 to 25 have been offered cervical cancer screening in each year since 2007.
Answer · Michael Matheson: Information on the number of women, aged 20 to 25 years, who have been offered cervical cancer screening, is not held centrally.