Marlyn Glen

25 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been budgeted for the independent evaluation of the free school meals pilot for P1 to P3 pupils.

Answer · Adam Ingram: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-4073 on 19 September 2007, the original cost of the evaluation of the free school meals trial was approximately £60,000 (including VAT). The revised cost of the evaluation is approximately £76,200 (including VA…

25 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the anticipated cost is of the P1 to P3 free school meals pilot, broken down by local authority

Answer · Adam Ingram: The following table sets out the amount of funding we have already provided to each of the local authorities participating in the free school lunch trial.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=center >Local…

25 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) schools and (b) pupils are involved in the P1 to P3 free school meals pilot, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Adam Ingram: This information is available in Tables 6.1. and 6.4 of <i>Pupils in Scotland 2007</i>, which can be found on the Scottish Government website at:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/02/25145216/0">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publica…

25 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the year-end overspend or underspend has been for NHS Tayside in each of the last four financial years.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: NHS Tayside has had a year-end underspend for the last four financial years which are specified in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=71 nowrap valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> …

25 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related admissions of under-18-year-olds there were to the accident and emergency department of Ninewells Hospital in NHS Tayside in each of the last four years.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information held centrally on attendances at accident and emergency departments does not include the diagnosis of the patient. However, information held on hospital discharges includes information on whether a patient was admitted to hospital with an alcohol-…

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional time and resources staff in NHS Tayside will be given for training during the community health nurse pilot.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Community Nurses who take part in the Community Health Nurse pilot will be given the time and resources required to develop the skills needed for the new role.</p> <p >This will be determined through detailed learning needs analysis, mapping existing profess…

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the evaluation of the community health nurse pilot in NHS Tayside will cost.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This is unknown as the contract for the evaluation is not yet in place and has yet to be advertised or awarded.</p>

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional finance NHS Tayside has been given to administer the community health nurse pilot.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government has provided additional funding to NHS Tayside to develop the community health nurse pilot as follows:</p> <p >2006-07: £115,000</p> <p >2007-08: £172,000.</p> <p >&nbsp;</p>

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how the NHS Tayside community health nurse pilot intends to demonstrate that a generalist nurse can be skilled in the respective separate disciplines of school nurse, district nurse, health visitor and family health nurse.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The concept of a generalist nurse in the community is not new in Scotland with examples being family health nurses, practice nurses and nurse practitioners. In other countries, notably Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Netherlands and Finland, community nurses wo…

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how the commitment in Principles and Priorities: The Government’s Programme for Scotland to “increase the number of school nurses” is compatible with the introduction of the community health nurse pilot in NHS Tayside and three other board areas which will amalgamate the posts of school n…

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Our proposed health care support model for children and young people is being developed to meet the commitment in <i >Principles and Priorities: The Government''s Programme for Scotland</i> to increase the number of school nurses and the manifesto commitment …

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) school nurses and (d) family health nurses will participate in the community health nurse pilot in NHS Tayside.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Exact numbers will not be known until the completion of a detailed analysis of learning needs and mapping of existing professional/educational knowledge and qualifications. Following acquisition of any additional training or education, NHS Tayside will identi…

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental students at the University of Glasgow who received a dental bursary in their final year of study in 2006-07 are now in vocational training in Scotland, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: 58 dental students at the University of Glasgow who received a dental bursary in their final year of study in 2006-07 are now in vocational training in Scotland. A breakdown, by NHS board, is provided in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=…

20 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental students at the University of Glasgow applied for and received a dental bursary in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is set out in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=left >University of Glasgow</p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=center >Number of Students who …

20 Mar 2008 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in developing a system of accreditation for bowel screening colonoscopists and a programme of training to guarantee sufficient numbers of colonoscopists to enable the national roll-out of the bowel cancer screening programme.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: </b>NHS Education Scotland (NES) was commissioned in March 2006 to develop a national programme to support the education and training of health care professionals undertaking endoscopy. The estimates of numbers required were 150 clinicians and 25 non-medical …

14 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many biomedical science students in the third and fourth years of study of their degree courses have applied for and received a bursary of £2,000 in each year since 2006 to encourage them to work in the NHS after graduation, broken down by university.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The following table gives the number of biomedical students who have applied for and who have been awarded a bursary of £2,000 to encourage them to work in the NHS after graduation, broken down by institution. The bursary was introduced in academic session 20…

13 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS general dental practitioners there were in the (a) Dundee and (b) Angus local authority areas in each of the last five years, also expressed as a rate per 100,000 of the population.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is shown in the following table.</p> <p >Number of Dentists¹ Providing NHS General Dental Services; in (a) Dundee City and (b) Angus Local Authority Areas; at 31 March</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > …

13 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9957 by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 February 2008, what the initial allocations of revenue to NHS Tayside were in each year from 2004-05 to 2008-09 expressed at constant prices.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The initial revenue allocations to NHS Tayside from 2004-05 expressed in constant prices have been:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td rowspan=2 valign=bottom > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td valign=bot…

13 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the general dental services indicative allowance to NHS Tayside (a) has been in each year since 2004-05 and (b) will be in 2008-09, also expressed at constant prices.

Answer · Shona Robison: The general dental services indicative allocation to NHS Tayside since 2004-05 has been (also expressed in constant prices):</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=108 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> <…

13 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 22 February 2008 on the implementation of the NRAC recommendations and in particular that “no Board will receive less funding than it does at present and any changes will be phased in over a number of years”, w…

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: No board will receive less than at present, taking account of inflation.</p>

12 Mar 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 22 February 2008 on the implementation of the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) recommendations, which NHS boards presently (a) above the target allocation will receive smaller annual percentage…

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: All heath boards have received a standard increase of 3.15% in 2008-09. In addition, the Scottish Government has provided additional resources to those boards who are below both their current formula and NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) target…

29 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental students at (a) the University of Dundee and (b) the University of Glasgow are currently in receipt of dental bursaries for up to (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three and (iv) four years.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not available as a student is required to apply for the bursary in each of the four years that the bursary is available.</p>

29 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on dental bursaries in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

Answer · Shona Robison: In 2006-07 the total cost of the dental bursary was £1,788,000. To date, in 2007-08, the total cost of the dental bursary is £1,888,000.</p>

29 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentistry students at the University of Dundee applied for and received a dental bursary in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

Answer · Shona Robison: In 2006-07, 214 students at the University of Dundee applied for and received a dental bursary. In 2007-08 (to date), 219 students at the University of Dundee applied for and received a dental bursary.</p>

27 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the capital allocations have been to NHS Tayside in each year from 2004-05 to 2008-09, expressed also at constant prices.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows the formula capital allocations NHS Tayside received in each year from 2004-05 to 2008-09, expressed also at constant prices:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=cent…

27 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS Tayside’s percentage share is of the total general allocation to territorial NHS boards and what that percentage would be if the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) calibration was used.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In 2008-09, NHS Tayside's percentage share is 7.98%. The board's NRAC target share is 7.83%</p> <p >To avoid turbulence, no board will receive less funding than it does at present and changes flowing from the NRAC recommendations will be phased in over a num…

27 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the revenue allocations to NHS Tayside were in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 and what their corresponding values would be if the NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) target allocations were used.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Details are as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=71 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td width=155 valign=top > <p align=center >Actual Initial Allocation</p> <p align=…

18 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dental patients have been newly registered in NHS Tayside since April 2007 up to the latest date for which information is available.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is currently being collated and I will reply to the member as soon as possible.</p>

18 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dental patients have been deregistered in NHS Tayside since April 2007 up to the latest date for which information is available.

Answer · Shona Robison: The latest available information is shown in the table.</p> <p >NHS General Dental Service Patients whose Registration Status Shows Withdrawn^1,2 for NHS Tayside; by Month</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <t…

18 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dental patients were newly registered in NHS Tayside in each month from April 2006 to March 2007.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is currently being collated and I will reply as soon as it is available.</p>

18 Feb 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dental patients were deregistered in NHS Tayside in each month from April 2006 to March 2007.

Answer · Shona Robison: The latest available information is shown in the following table.</p> <p >NHS general dental service patients whose registration status shows withdrawn^1,2 for NHS Tayside; by month</p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <t…