Parliamentary questions
Nanette Milne
1,264 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
4 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital specialist appointments have been missed in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26533 on 14 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Busin…
4 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP appointments have been missed in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not collected centrally.</b></p>
4 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent by each NHS board on (a) away days, (b) overnight accommodation for NHS board members and (c) flights for NHS board members in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.</p> <p > </p>
4 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent by each NHS board on promotional (a) printed literature and (b) DVDs in each year since 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
4 Oct 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on art by each NHS board in each year since 2007, broken down by the cost of each artwork.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
28 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school playing fields there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer · Keith Brown: The information requested is not held centrally.</b></p>
28 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS employees have received compensation payments following an assault in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government does not request information from NHS boards on the numbers of staff or details of staff receiving compensation payments. Therefore this information is not held centrally.</b></p>
28 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been prosecuted for assaulting an NHS employee under regulations introduced in 2007 to extend the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table details the number of court proceedings under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005.</b></p> <p >Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Offences Under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005<sup> 1</sup>, 2005-06 to 2008-0…
28 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS employees have been assaulted in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally and this is a matter for individual employers.</b></p> <p >In the 2008 NHS Scotland staff survey, 18% of staff reported they had personally experienced a violent or aggressive incident in the …
28 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what incentives have been put in place to encourage people to train in rural medicine and work in rural areas since May 2007.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Following evaluation of choices made by medical trainees, NHS Education for Scotland has developed a refreshed marketing strategy to attract medical trainees to remote and rural areas of Scotland.</b></p> <p >Through year-on-year increases in resource alloca…
28 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new fast-track diagnostic and treatment centres there have been in the NHS in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not available centrally.</b></p> <p >The Scottish Government continues to work with NHS Scotland to provide a high quality of care which is quick and safe. For example, last year two £100 million new hospitals were opened at Stob…
28 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the short-life working group on alternative and augmentative communication’s final report will be published with recommendations to improve interagency working and cooperation.
Answer · Shona Robison: Following two recruitment exercises an alternative and augmentative communication project worker has been seconded to the Scottish Government for a period of six months to take forward this piece of work.</b></p> <p >A final report will be published at the e…
14 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) admission and (b) readmission rates for asthma have improved over the last 20 years and, if so, to what extent and whether the impact on these rates of quality improvement measures such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework can be measured.
Answer · Shona Robison: The following table shows the number of hospital stays where asthma is recorded as the main diagnosis at the beginning of the hospital stay and the number of emergency readmissions for asthma within 28 days of a previous hospital stay for asthma for the last …
14 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospital (a) admission and (b) readmission rates are for people with asthma, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The following table shows the number of hospital stays where asthma is recorded as the main diagnosis at the beginning of the hospital stay and the number of emergency readmissions for asthma within 28 days of a previous hospital stay for asthma for year endi…
14 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what role self-management will play in the NHS Quality Strategy and whether condition-specific self-management plans will be promoted.
Answer · Shona Robison: Self-management has a central role in NHS Scotland''s Healthcare Quality Strategy which includes three key quality ambitions: that services should be person-centred, safe and effective.</b></p> <p >The person-centred quality ambition promotes mutually benefi…
14 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with asthma have a self-management plan, broken down by NHS board, and what information it has on how this compares with other parts of the United Kingdom.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally.</b></p> <p >The revised clinical guideline (Guideline 101) on the management of asthma, published on 30 June 2009 by the British Thoracic Society in conjunction with the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Net…
13 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many football training facilities are available in each local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. Not all local authorities have in place sports pitch and facility strategies which outline current provision and help to determine future priority areas based on local needs and priorities. As…
13 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many football coaches are involved in football training in each local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36238 on 24 September 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Busin…
13 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children receive football training in each local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. As the independent and recognised sports governing body for football the Scottish Football Association is responsible for the development of football in Scotland and the member may wish to con…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the findings of its review of the personal expenses allowance for residents in care homes for older people, as referred to by the Convener of the Public Petitions Committee (Official Report c. 1721).
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36178 on 21 September 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/Ap…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive over what time period it reviewed the personal expenses allowance for residents in care homes for older people, as referred to by the Convener of the Public Petitions Committee (Official Report c. 1721).
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36178 on 21 September 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/Ap…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it received as part of its review of the personal expenses allowance for residents in care homes for older people, as referred to by the Convener of the Public Petitions Committee (Official Report c. 1721).
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36178 on 21 September 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/Ap…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations it consulted as part of its review of the personal expenses allowance for residents in care homes for older people, as referred to by the Convener of the Public Petitions Committee (Official Report c. 1721).
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36178 on 21 September 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Busin…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make publicly available all documentation relating to its review of the personal expenses allowance for residents in care homes for older people, as referred to by the Convener of the Public Petitions Committee (Official Report c. 1721).
Answer · Shona Robison: In response to enquiries from the Clerk of the Petitions Committee, the Scottish Government replied on 3 March 2009 to say that a feasibility study had been undertaken in spring 2009 into the operation and levels of the Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA). The …
30 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to improve mental healthcare for veterans.
Answer · Shona Robison: All NHS boards continue to work with their partners towards improved access to services and outcomes for veterans, their carers and families based on prevention, appropriate intervention and sustained recovery.</p> <p >These principles are at the heart of ne…
30 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many veterans have received mental healthcare in Scottish hospitals in each year since 1999.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. Data from primary care and psychiatric hospital activity does not separately identify veterans.</p>
30 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it provides to farmers and their families to address depression.
Answer · Shona Robison: Responding better to depression, anxiety and stress is a key priority for the Scottish Government and we are working with our partners to provide appropriate care and treatment for all those who suffer from depression, including farmers and those in remote an…
30 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many farmers have been treated for depression in each year since 1999.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. Data from primary care and psychiatric hospital activity does not identify occupation of patients.</p>
30 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many suicides there have been among farmers in each year since 1999.
Answer · Shona Robison: The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) publishes statistics of the numbers of probable suicides in Scotland. A suicide is a death which has been classified as either an event of intentional self-harm or an event of undetermined intent, and it is thou…
27 Aug 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct financial payments have been made to support sports clubs and sports governing bodies to improve club facilities in each year since 2007.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government as no direct payments are made to either sports clubs or sports governing bodies to improve club facilities. However, the Scottish Government funds sport</b>scotland, which in turn pro…