Parliamentary questions
Marlyn Glen
917 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
18 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-8587 and S3W-8588 by Shona Robison on 28 January 2008, in which financial year it will publish details of the scheme to increase the percentage of all three to five-year-olds who are registered with a dentist to 80% by 2010-11, promised by the Cabi…
Answer · Shona Robison: <i >The Better Health, Better Care Action Plan (December 2007) </i>outlined our target for NHS Boards to ensure that 80% of all children are registered with a NHS dentist by 2010-11.</p> <p >This will be achieved in a number of ways:</p> <p >As part of the…
18 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S3W-8587 and S3W-8588 by Shona Robison on 28 January 2008, when it will publish details of the scheme to increase the percentage of all three to five-year-olds who are registered with a dentist to 80% by 2010-11, promised by the Cabinet Secretary for He…
Answer · Shona Robison: As part of the local delivery plan each NHS board has been asked to put in place plans to take forward plans to meet this target.</p> <p >A number of measures have been introduced over the last few years to recruit and retain dentists in the NHS, including …
18 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the revenue allocations to NHS Tayside (a) have been in each financial year since 2004-05 and (b) will be in 2008-09, expressed also at constant prices.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The 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 width=71 valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td width=114 valign=top >…
18 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated rate of health inflation was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In line with the HM Treasury estimate of the GDP deflator, the Scottish Government is using 2.7% as an estimate of average annual cost inflation across the full NHS resource budget.</p>
8 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it will hold in the next financial year with representatives of (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire councils to discuss the provision of free year-round access to council swimming pools.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6557 on 3 December 2007. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…
8 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has met representatives of (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire councils to discuss the provision of free year-round access to council swimming pools.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6557 on 3 December 2007. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
8 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed with individual local authorities the cost of providing lifeguards in association with free year-round access to council swimming pools.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6557 on 3 December 2007. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
8 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to fully fund the cost of providing children with free year-round access to council swimming pools.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6557 on 3 December 2007. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
8 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the cost of providing children with free year-round access to council swimming pools.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6557 on 3 December 2007. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
8 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what timescale it has set towards achieving the full provision of free access to council swimming pools for children.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6557 on 3 December 2007. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa…
8 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the SNP’s priority of free access to council swimming pools, as referred to on its website, is also a priority of the Scottish Government.
Answer · Stewart Maxwell: Yes, I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6557 on 3 December 2007. 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://scottish.parliament.uk/weba…
7 Feb 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been awarded in capital allocations under the Primary and Community Care Premises Modernisation Programme to projects within the NHS Tayside area in each year since 1999.
Answer · Shona Robison: A total of £9.618 million has been awarded for projects within the NHS Tayside area since 1999, in four tranches as set out in the table: </p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=center >Tranche</…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected number of secondary school pupils is in school session 2008-09 in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas and in total.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The information requested is published on the government website, at the following address <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PupilProjections2006">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected number of primary school pupils is in school session 2008-09 in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas and in total.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The information requested is published on the government website, at the following address <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PupilProjections2006">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected number of secondary school pupils is in school session 2010-11 in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas and in total.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The information requested is published on the government website, at the following address <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PupilProjections2006">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected number of primary school pupils is in school session 2010-11 in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas and in total.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The information requested is published on the government website, at the following address <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PupilProjections2006">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of whole-time equivalent qualified school nurses that it will make provision for by 2011 in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas and in total.
Answer · Shona Robison: The exact number of school nurses employed by 2011 in the local authority areas in question is a matter for the relevant health boards and will depend on a number of factors yet to be determined. Our intention is that those school aged children and young peop…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent qualified school nurses there are in the (a) Dundee City, (b) Angus and (c) Aberdeenshire local authority areas and in total.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The staff in post table in thenursing and midwifery section of the Workforce Statistics website at <ahref="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a> givesthe whole-time equivalent (WTE) and head count of school nurses employed in…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the commitment in Principles and Priorities: The Government's Programme for Scotland to “increase the number of school nurses” is the equivalent of the commitment on page 10 of the SNP manifesto to “a doubling of the number of school nurses”.
Answer · Shona Robison: Our plans are to increase the range of nursing and other health care support available to school aged children and young people. A health care model targeted at deprived and other areas with high numbers of disadvantaged children will be developed in 2008. Sc…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make available the statistical evidence that demonstrates that the Counterweight Programme has produced positive results in the NHS Tayside area.
Answer · Shona Robison: We are monitoring progress of the Counterweight programme on a regular basis. In addition Robert Gordon University are, as part of the roll-out, evaluating its performance. We expect to make available analysis on the delivery of Counterweight across all healt…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been awarded to NHS Tayside to administer the Counterweight Programme in each year since commencement.
Answer · Shona Robison: The cost of delivering Counterweight in NHS Tayside between April 2006 and March 2008 will be £308,000. Of that, £268,000 goes to Robert Gordon University who lead the development of Counterweight in Scotland and £40,000 to NHS Tayside. The programme is desig…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive in which year financial support was initially provided to NHS Tayside to administer the Counterweight Programme.
Answer · Shona Robison: Funding for delivery of Counterweight in NHS Tayside is for two years from April 2006. The programme is designed to be self-sustaining after two years as a key element is training of staff that allows the Counterweight team to withdraw direct involvement in d…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacant posts there are for dentists in hospital and community dental services in NHS Tayside and, of these, how many have been vacant for six months or more.
Answer · Shona Robison: The details of vacant consultant posts are published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce">www.isdscotland.org/workforce</a>. The consultant vacancies table in the medical and d…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of attendances at the accident and emergency department of Dundee Dental Hospital since April 2007.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9007 on 19 February 2008. 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/weba…
28 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many attendances there were at the accident and emergency department of Dundee Dental Hospital in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested has been provided by NHS Tayside and is shown in the following table. The information relates to walk in patients, the majority of whom are not registered with a general dental practitioner.</p> <p >Accident and Emergency Attendance…
25 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are employed at the (a) Scottish Social Services Council, (b) Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and (c) NHS Education Scotland offices in Dundee.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Human resources, includingthe level and structure of staffing, is an operational matter for the organisationsconcerned. Contact details for the organisations are:</p><p>Ms Jacquie Roberts</p><p>Chief Executive</p><p>Scottish Commissionfor the Regulation of Ca…
18 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were waiting for first outpatient appointments following referral at Dundee Dental Hospital in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available, broken down by department.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requestedis not held centrally. Information held relates only to the number of patients waitingfor a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in all facilities providingdental specialties in Tayside, including Dundee Dental Hospital, Pe…
18 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median waiting times were for first outpatient appointments at Dundee Dental Hospital in the last 12-month period for which figures are available, broken down by (a) quarter and (b) speciality.
Answer · Shona Robison: The latest availableinformation is shown in the table below. Later data are not currently held centrallybecause of changes to NHS Tayside’s patient administration records.</p><p>NHSScotlandMedian Waiting Times in Days for a First Out-Patient Appointment follo…
18 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental practices have stopped offering NHS general dental services in NHS Tayside since April 2007.
Answer · Shona Robison: Three dental practicesstopped providing NHS general dental services in NHS Tayside in the relevant period.</p>
18 Jan 2008 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental practices have begun offering NHS general dental services in NHS Tayside since April 2007.
Answer · Shona Robison: One dental practicebegan providing NHS general dental services in NHS Tayside in the relevant period.</p>