Parliamentary questions
Jackie Baillie
9,397 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
5 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been treated for hypothermia during the recent cold weather conditions and what proportion was represented by individuals aged over 60.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: People with hypothermia may be treated in a number of different health care settings (for example; accident and emergency (A&E) departments, acute hospitals).</p> <p >The number of patients admitted to general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of hypother…
5 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been treated at emergency units due to falls during the recent cold weather conditions and what proportion was represented by individuals aged over 60.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The precise number of people attending NHS emergency services due to falls during the recent severe weather is not available from centrally collected, validated statistics.</p> <p >Please refer to the answer to the question S3O-9094 on 14 January 2010 for hi…
5 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many emergency hospital admissions can be attributed to the recent cold weather conditions and what proportion was represented by individuals aged over 60.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Official statistics relating to emergency admissions to acute general hospitals in NHSScotland are published as part of the quarterly update to the acute hospital care section of the Information Services Division''s (ISD) website <a href="http://www.isdscotla…
21 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people has haemochromatosis.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30253 on 26 January 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/Apps…
21 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a cost-benefit analysis of national screening for haemochromatosis.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30253 on 26 January 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/Apps…
21 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider piloting testing for haemochromatosis in one NHS board area.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30253 on 26 January 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/Apps…
21 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to encourage early diagnosis of haemochromatosis by GPs.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30253 on 26 January 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/Apps…
21 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to promote awareness of haemochromatosis.
Answer · Shona Robison: The GP curriculum includes genetics in primary care, such as recessive single gene disorders e.g. haemochromatosis and haemoglobinopathies (thalassaemia). Doctors who are training to be GPs need to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in this area and show …
21 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were cancelled by the NHS in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) from 1 April to 31 December 2009 and for what reasons.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The specific information requested is not available centrally.</p> <p >Information, although limited, is available on the number of hospital stays where operation or procedure were not carried out following admission to hospital. The number of cancelled oper…
21 Dec 2009 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it is aware of good practice by employers in enabling staff to attend mobile transfusion services without loss of pay and, if so, whether it will adopt such a practice.
Answer · Mike Pringle: The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is aware of this good practice and already allows its staff paid time off to attend the mobile transfusion service when it visits the Parliament.</p>
21 Dec 2009 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it allows paid time off for employees to attend the mobile blood transfusion service when it visits the Parliament.
Answer · Mike Pringle: Yes, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body does allow paid time off for employees to attend the mobile blood transfusion service when it visits the Parliament.</p>
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many carers have received carers assessments since May 2007.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information has never been held centrally.</p> <p >The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, as amended by the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (the 2002 Act), gives substantial and regular carers the right to request an assessment of their abili…
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28876 by Shona Robison on 19 November 2009, how it is monitoring the application of guidance on care charging.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30099 on 18 January 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Bu…
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28876 by Shona Robison on 19 November 2009, what its position is on the delivery of consistency by the updated guidance on care charging issued in April 2009.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30099 on 18 January 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Bu…
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28876 by Shona Robison on 19 November 2009, what its position is on the consistency of care charges set by local authorities.
Answer · Shona Robison: COSLA has issued guidance on charging for non-residential social care services. The aim of that guidance is to achieve consistency across local authorities. The guidance is not intended to produce uniformity but to provide discretion to councils to establish …
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to each local authority for additional respite needs for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government is providing an extra £4.19 million to local authorities on top of the overall settlement to enable local authorities to deliver in full by 2010-11 the commitment in the concordat to progress towards delivering 10,000 extra respite wee…
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the maximum period is that an older person is required to wait for an assessment of care needs by a local authority.
Answer · Shona Robison: On 28 September 2009, the Scottish Government and COSLA issued to local authorities joint guidance on National Standard Eligibility Criteria and Waiting Times for the Personal and Nursing Care of Older People. The guidance states that there will be, from 1 De…
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28899 by Shona Robison on 19 November 2009, whether all local authorities have confirmed that their local arrangements for access to social care services and timescales for access to personal and nursing care services are compatible with the national…
Answer · Shona Robison: Yes. All 32 local authorities have confirmed that their local arrangements for access to social care services and timescales for access to personal and nursing care services are consistent with the guidance.</p>
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28476 by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009, when the asset management system will be rolled out to NHS boards.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The asset management system will be rolled out to NHS boards on a phased basis between 19 January 2010 and 31 March 2010.</p>
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28475 by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009, which hospitals have existing plans to increase the number of single rooms in 2010-11.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In November 2008, I announced that, with immediate effect, all new build hospital projects should provide 100% provision of single room accommodation, and that there should be a move to a minimum of 50% provision in future refurbishment projects. This policy …
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28475 by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009, what action it is taking to increase the number of single rooms.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In November 2008, I announced that, with immediate effect, all new build hospital projects should provide 100% provision of single room accommodation, and that there should be a move to a minimum of 50% provision in future refurbishment projects. This policy …
15 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on employing bank nurses in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 and will be spent in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The cost of employing NHS Scotland bank nurses by NHS board in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 can be found on the ISD website <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/5685.html">http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/5685.html</a>. Information on NHS Scotland Bank nurse …
14 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to monitor the expenditure and performance of each NHS board against each of the objectives of the Scottish Enhanced Services Programme for Primary and Community Care.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: A working group has been established to evaluate the progress made by each NHS board under the programme. NHS boards submitted interim reports on expenditure and performance in August 2008 and we will be undertaking a further round of information gathering ne…
14 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was provided to each NHS board to implement the objectives of the Scottish Enhanced Services Programme for Primary and Community Care in 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The amount allocated to each NHS board under the Scottish Enhanced Services Programme for 2009-10 is detailed in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=186 valign=top > <p align=center >NHS …
11 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the publication of the Audit Scotland report, Overview of the NHS in Scotland's performance 2008/09, on 10 December 2009, what its position is on the forecast by NHS bodies that, for 2009-10, they will need to make more than £175 million in recurring and £25 million in non-rec…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Efficiency savings are a key component of financial plans and contribute towards overall financial performance. NHS Scotland boards are currently forecasting delivery of additional efficiency savings of £199 million for 2009-10, exceeding the in-year target o…
11 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29585 by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009, which NHS boards have implemented savings plans to break even in 2009-10 and what the scale is of those savings, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Efficiency savings are a key component of financial plans contributing to the overall financial performance of NHS boards. All boards have savings plans and all boards continue to forecast either breakeven or an underspend in 2009-10. The following table prov…
11 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will define those conditions referred to as underlying health conditions when considering cases of mortality from influenza A (H1N1).
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: An analysis of the underlying health conditions suffered by people who have died from influenza A (H1N1) is reported and published weekly by Health Protection Scotland in their weekly situation report.</p> <p >The total number of deaths in Scotland, as of m…
11 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake is of the influenza A (H1N1) vaccine, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Reporting mechanisms for uptake of the H1N1 vaccine are not yet consistent across all health boards, therefore accurate and comparable figures will not be available until the end of the vaccination programme. Overall, the vaccine uptake rate for all health bo…
11 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake is of the influenza A (H1N1) vaccine, broken down by at-risk category.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The estimated uptake rate so far for people under 65 years in a clinical at-risk group is 48.3%, among individuals aged 65 years and over in a clinical at-risk group the figure is 42.3% and among pregnant women it is 45.0%. Overall, this equates to 45.6% for …
11 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29783 by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009, whether the Information Services Division will analyse and publish information on uptake rates for breast screening in deprived areas on an annual basis.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information Services Division (ISD) have published information on uptake rates for breast screening in deprived areas from years 1999-2001. ISD plans to undertake a further analysis of this information, up to screening year 2007-08, and publish this informati…