Parliamentary questions
Mary Scanlon
4,514 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to ensure that those with diabetes receive annual eye examinations and blood pressure checks.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) has produced seven guidelines setting out best practice for the care and treatment of people with diabetes. These guidelines are currently under review. An updated diabetes guideline will be published nex…
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what detoxification programmes are available to current methadone users.
Answer · Angus MacKay: I refer Ms Scanlon to the responses to her earlier related questions (S1W-8866, S1W-8871 and S1W-8872). Methadone treatment is a long-term process and joint assessment and care management arrangements are an important component of any good programme. Good joi…
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been placed on a Methadone programme in each of the last five years, listed by health board, and how many of these people were under 16.
Answer · Angus MacKay: Information on the number of people entering methadone programmes is not centrally available, as such details are only collated at local health board level, if their GPs have signed up to local shared care schemes.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The Scottish Drug Misuse D…
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are used when deciding whether a person is to be placed on a methadone programme.
Answer · Iain Gray: Prescribing of methadone is only one component of a comprehensive package of counselling, support and rehabilitation aimed at offering help to those with difficulties due to opiate dependence.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The decision to prescribe methadone as part of a…
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current nursing budget is for the State Hospital, Carstairs, and what the expenditure has been on nursing in each year since 1997.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The figures requested are as follows:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=378><TR><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Actual<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1997-98</TD><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Actual<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1998-99<…
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to create a personality disorder unit within the State Hospital, Carstairs.
Answer · Susan Deacon: There are no plans to create a personality disorder unit within the State Hospital. The State Hospital is currently implementing a programme of improvements, which includes expanding the range and availability of treatments for personality disordered patients.
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether approval has been given to fund the staff training at the State Hospital, Carstairs, which would be necessary for it to extend the anger management project to all relevant wards identified by the multidisciplinary management group.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mrs Scanlon to the answer I gave to S1W-8826 on 14 August.
26 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what are any adverse health effects of using methadone on a long-term basis.
Answer · Iain Gray: The long-term toxic effects of methadone are few when taken correctly at the prescribed dose.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Oral methadone solutions may exacerbate erosion of teeth, may cause constipation and some patients may show increased weight gain.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY…
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the centres where an integrated psychiatric service is available for people with dual diagnosis of substance abuse and mental health problems.
Answer · Iain Gray: The care and treatment of people with the dual diagnosis specified is in most areas tackled through close co-operation between substance abuse services and general adult psychiatry services. Substance abuse services are generally an integral part of wider men…
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-1155 by Susan Deacon on 17 February 2000, when the first set of figures for hospital-acquired infections will be available, broken down by individual hospital.
Answer · Susan Deacon: Data on hospital-acquired infection are collected by Infection Control Teams based in each Trust, from whom the information can be obtained.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">While Trusts need to collect data on hospital-acquired infection, there is an even greater need for …
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many general surgeons will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many paediatricians will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical radiologists will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trauma and orthopaedic surgeons will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many opthalmologists will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many geriatric consultants will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cardiologists will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The number of Specialist and Senior Registrars expected to be awarded a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in the specialty of cardiology for the years requested is given in the attached table.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">I also refer Mary Scanlon …
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many anaesthetists will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accident and emergency consultants will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mary Scanlon to the answer I have given today to question S1W-8849.
25 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many breast surgeons will be fully trained in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer · Susan Deacon: Details of the number of trainees who will become fully trained and will be awarded a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) for the years requested is given in Table 2, Annex B of NHS MEL (2000) 24, published on 28 April 2000. A copy of this…
24 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to implement fully the national strategy for the care of mentally disordered offenders.
Answer · Iain Gray: Health boards and local authorities throughout Scotland are working with others to determine how existing patterns of service can be utilised or adjusted to better reflect the national strategy aims and provide the safest and most appropriate configuration of…
24 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to improve staffing levels at the State Hospital, Carstairs, in the light of the description of the situation in the recent Scottish Health Advisory Service report.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I refer Mrs Scanlon to the answer I gave to S1W-8826.
24 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when those patients currently experiencing delays in discharge from the State Hospital, Carstairs, will be released to appropriate local secure facilities.
Answer · Iain Gray: The development of local forensic psychiatric units and associated services is being advanced by Health Boards and local authorities in response to the national strategy for this care group.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The first of these facilities to provide forensic …
24 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to improve the performance of senior management at the State Hospital, Carstairs, in view of the recent Scottish Health Advisory Service report.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The recent Scottish Health Advisory Service (SHAS) report covers the findings of the investigating team that visited the State Hospital in January 2000. The report acknowledges the many significant improvements made within the Hospital since SHAS last visited…
21 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures exist to ensure, in accordance with section 60(2) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, that education authorities establish which children in their area over two years old have special educational needs such as autism.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: An education authority has a statutory duty to establish which children or young persons in their area have pronounced, specific, or complex special educational needs which require continuing review. This duty applies to children of school age or who are at l…
20 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is providing any additional funding for training of health sector staff in order to improve their awareness and understanding of the needs of people with an autistic spectrum problem disorder.
Answer · Iain Gray: As recommended in the report of the Learning Disability Review, the Scottish Society for Autism and the National Autistic Society are co-ordinating the establishment of a national service network to improve awareness and understanding of the needs of people w…
20 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines currently exist as to weekly provision of speech therapy by the NHSiS for autistic children of pre-school age and what account is taken of the individual needs of such children.
Answer · Iain Gray: There are no guidelines existing as to weekly provision of Speech and Language Therapy by the NHSiS for autistic children of pre school age.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Children with autism require a multidisciplinary team approach which would include speech and langua…
20 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which education authorities provide funding for home-based education programmes for children with autism.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: This information is not held centrally.
20 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to ensure equal quality of treatment for all children with autism regardless of area of residence.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: It is for the local authorities and health boards to decide how best to meet their statutory duties in relation to children's health and education. The Executive has issued guidance and advice including the Special Educational Needs Manual of Good Practice. T…
20 Jul 2000 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to allow parents to appeal against the provisions made by local authorities for the educational needs of autistic children in line with practice in England and Wales.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: The National Special Educational Needs Advisory Forum, chaired by Peter Peacock, is reviewing all aspects of the Record of Needs process, including appeal procedures.