Parliamentary questions
Mary Scanlon
4,514 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
27 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average cost per patient per week to keep a patient in an NHS hospital bed when they are medically fit for discharge and how this compares with the average cost of a social work funded place in a nursing/residential home.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The cost per patient week for those awaiting discharge from NHS care varies by specialty, to a range of £700 to £1000.<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>The cost per resident week of a social work funded place in a nursing/residential home varies by client group, t…
27 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact "bed-blocking" has had on NHS waiting lists in the last year.
Answer · Susan Deacon: Since 1 April 1999, Health Boards and local authorities are for the first time working to the same definition of delayed discharge from NHS care. The information that will flow from this initiative will inform what impact, delayed discharge has on the organis…
25 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive further to the answer to the question S1W-73 by Susan Deacon on 19 July 1999, what specific measures have been taken by Health Boards and NHS Trusts to address bed-blocking in the light of the anticipated increase in admissions over the Millennium period.
Answer · Susan Deacon: All Health Boards and NHS Trusts continue to work with their local authority partners in addressing all avenues, including financial, to reduce or remove delays in discharge from NHS Care. This is an ongoing in-year process and features as an integral part of…
25 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to address the problem of chlamydia in younger age groups.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The promotion of sexual health is a priority for the Executive and we are working to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections, including among young people.<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>A Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network development g…
12 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive to detail the salaries, salary scales, and salaries and benefits packages combined for: (a) human resource directors; (b) medical directors; (c) directors of nursing services; (d) finance directors, and (e) chief executives and their equivalents for each of the acute hospital and primary …
Answer · Susan Deacon: Detailed information on the salaries and salary and benefits packages combined for individual human resource directors, medical directors, directors of nursing services, finance directors and chief executives or their equivalents in acute or primary care NHS …
23 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to extend the list of communities it will visit in its fact finding mission on poverty and deprivation, as announced by Ms Wendy Alexander in Scottish Office press release 1094/99.
Answer · Wendy Alexander: Our fact-finding mission will not be restricted to those areas listed in Press Release 1094/99. We recognise that poverty and deprivation exist across Scotland, and we will tackle them wherever they occur.
22 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to take to address public concern over the potential health risks in relation to mobile telephone telecommunication masts.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I am aware of current concerns about possible risks to health from mobile telephone telecommunication masts and the Executive will shortly be writing to all Members of the Scottish Parliament setting out in detail our position on this issue. Meanwhile, advic…
16 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address the drugs problem in Scotland.
Answer · Angus MacKay: Tackling Scotland's drugs problem is one of a number of priority areas the Scottish Executive has identified for cross-cutting action across departmental and other organisational boundaries. This broad based approach will embrace all the key areas including t…
16 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to take in addressing Scotland's record of chronic heart disease.
Answer · Susan Deacon: Tackling Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has been one of the clinical priorities of the National Health Service in Scotland for some years.<FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2><P>Scotland's CHD burden means that we must find ways to stop people getting the disea…
16 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to utilise the criteria for the deprivation index in the allocation of NHS resources.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The conclusions of the National Review of Resource Allocation for the NHS in Scotland were published on 15 July, in the form of the report 'Fair Shares For All'. In order to give Members and the general public sufficient time to consider the Review's recommen…
16 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans the Minister for Health and Community Care has to meet representatives from the British Dental Association (Scotland) to discuss dental decay in children under the age of 14.
Answer · Susan Deacon: I have written to the British Dental Association inviting them to a meeting to discuss oral health issues.
10 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to take account of the potential combined impact on hospital services of "bed-blockers" and the anticipated increase in hospital admissions over the 1999-2000 New Year holiday period in its Milleniunm contingency planning.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that Health Boards and NHS Trusts continue work with other agencies, including local authorities, to cope with periods of peak demand as part of the process of managing effectively the services provided to patie…
10 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to reassure junior doctors of its commitment to the target of "56 actual hours worked" as set out in the "New Deal for Junior Doctors 1991".
Answer · Susan Deacon: A commitment to the achievement of the 56 hour target here in Scotland has already been given and I can restate our determination to see that fully implemented. We have announced joint plans with the British Medical Association (BMA) to support NHS Trusts' i…
3 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive in the light of the proposed ending of the European Commission's scheme which supplies milk at reduced rates to school children (EC 3392/93), what plans does it have to adopt an equivalent scheme?
Answer · Ross Finnie: The EU funded School Milk Scheme has been in operation since 1977. My understanding is that the Commission has recently conducted an evaluation of the Scheme, although no proposal for altering or amending it has yet emerged. The UK Government line, which I …