Parliamentary questions
Nicola Sturgeon
676 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how additional costs of teaching funding is divided between each NHS acute hospital where teaching takes place.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: A total of £86.071 million was allocated in 2002-03 to the four Scottish teaching boards to meet the additional costs to the NHS of teaching being carried out in hospitals. It is for the four teaching boards to arrange for distribution of this funding to thos…
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, emergency in-patients treated in the NHS in each of the last three years were over the age of 65.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The number and percentage of emergency in-patients treated in NHSScotland over the age of 65 for the last three years are contained in the following table.<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=394><TR><TD WIDTH="45%" VALIGN="TOP"> </TD><TD WIDT…
5 Mar 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which nursing agencies received a share of the #24,530,733 spent by the NHS on agency nurses in 2001-02, as shown in table E21 of the NHS workforce statistics produced by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally.
14 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much having patients ready for, but still awaiting, discharge from an NHS hospital cost the NHS (a) in total and (b) per person in each of the last three years.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not centrally available. The available information on delayed discharges is published on a quarterly basis by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency and is available at: <P><A HREF="http://www.show.s…
14 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were affected by delayed discharge in each of the last two years.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Information on the total number of all patients who experienced a delayed discharge over a period of time (for example, a year) is not centrally available. Information is only available on the number of patients experiencing a delayed discharge at given point…
14 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the patients ready for discharge, as specified by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency on 15 October 2002, were 65 and over.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is contained in <I>Patients Ready for Discharge in NHSScotland - figures from 15 October 2002 census</I> (Chart 5), published by ISD Scotland on 17 January 2003. This information is available at: <P><A HREF="http://www.show.scot.nhs.…
14 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will appoint a special NHS board to manage the National Golden Jubilee Hospital and who it will appoint to this board.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The National Waiting Times Centre Board (Scotland) Order 2000 (2002 Number 305), which came into force on 27 June 2002, established the hospital as a Special Health Board.<P>Substantive appointments to the board will be made in accordance with the procedures …
13 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether recipients of any blood products that have been exposed to hepatitis G are informed.
Answer · Frank McAveety: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34008 today. 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/webapp/searc…
13 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether blood transfusion products are not being tested for hepatitis G and what the reasons are for the position on the matter.
Answer · Frank McAveety: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34008 today. 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/webapp/searc…
13 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether blood products are being tested for hepatitis G.
Answer · Frank McAveety: The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service does not screen blood donations for this virus because it is unaware of any evidence that it causes any illness in humans.
13 Feb 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what viruses and diseases haemophiliacs have been exposed to through blood transfusion products.
Answer · Frank McAveety: The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) screens blood donations for HIV, HTLV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C. SNBTS has no knowledge of any of these infections having been transmitted to any haemophiliacs by transfusion of plasma derivatives man…
28 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring Scottish Enterprise undertakes in order to ensure that companies contracted to provide Training for Work courses continue to fulfil specified criteria.
Answer · Iain Gray: This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
28 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria a company offering a Training for Work course in internet web design needs to meet to ensure that it is in a position to provide the course satisfactorily.
Answer · Iain Gray: This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
28 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Netcon-X Enterprise Ltd receives each month per student from Scottish Enterprise for the provision of the Training for Work internet web design course.
Answer · Iain Gray: This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
16 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have well-being alliances.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The following local authorities are known to have well-being alliances:<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=453><TR><TD WIDTH="40%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Angus</TD><TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>East Dunbartonshire</TD><TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP"><P>Hi…
16 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have health improvement officers.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: All NHS boards have Health Promotion Departments which employ staff whose aim is to build the capacity of the public, business and voluntary sectors to promote the health of communities and individuals. These staff have various responsibilities of which healt…
14 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the number of nurses that have access to a workplace nursery and what resources have been made available to ensure that further action will be taken to increase the number of nurses with such access.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Guidance on Family Friendly Policies was prepared in partnership with the service, trade unions and the professions, and published in January 2000. This document contains a section on child care, and lists the provision of workplace nurseries as an option tha…
14 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests by nursing staff for increased flexible working were (a) made and (b) granted in the last 12 months, broken down by NHS trust area.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally.
14 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that NHS trusts implement Partnership Information Network guidelines and what penalties will be faced by trusts that fail to implement them in the future.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33183 on 23 January 2003. 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…
14 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how Partnership Information Network guidelines are monitored and enforced and what penalties are faced by NHS trusts that fail to implement such guidelines.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Partnership Information Network guidelines underpin the Staff Governance Standard and are an integral part of the Performance Assessment Framework which is the overarching process under which NHSScotland employers are held accountable. NHSScotland employers p…
14 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it has made available to NHS trusts for the implementation of Partnership Information Network guidelines.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: NHSScotland Organisations receive a general allocation of funding each year and it is for them to decide how to allocate that funding in accordance with national and local priorities. Area partnership and local partnership forums should be involved in determi…
9 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been ready for discharge from an NHS hospital but have had their discharge delayed for reasons defined in the census date snapshots provided by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency on patients ready for discharge in each year since Sep…
Answer · Frank McAveety: The member may access this information on the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency website at:<P>http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/Joint_futures/delayed_discharges/ready_for_discharges.htm.
8 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS trusts have a policy of removing patients from waiting lists after a certain period of time if the patient does not write to confirm that they wish to remain on the list.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: To ensure that waiting lists are kept up to date and reflect the personal wishes and circumstances of patients, and to enable the most efficient use of specialised services, NHS trusts may contact patients to check that they continue to wish treatment. If a p…
8 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurse vacancies there are in each NHS acute hospital, broken down by speciality.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not available centrally. Information on vacancies in each NHS Acute Trust, broken down by speciality is available. This information is substantial and I will write to the member with a full answer. This will also be placed in the …
8 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant vacancies there are in each NHS acute hospital, broken down by speciality.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally. Information on vacancies in each NHS Acute Trust, broken down by speciality is available. This information is substantial and I will write to the member with a full answer. This will also be placed in the Parli…
8 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the total expenditure spent on the treatment of patients within NHS acute hospitals was spent on treating (a) in-patients, (b) day-cases and (c) out-patients in each of the last five years.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is given in Report 310 (Provision of Health Care: Acute), Section 2 (Provision of Health Care) of the Scottish Health Service Costs as detailed in the table. Scottish Health Service Costs are published by the Common Services Agency o…
8 Jan 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of out-patients at each NHS acute hospital waited for over 21 weeks before seeing a consultant, broken down by speciality, in each of the last five years.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested was placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 25958) on 22 January 2003.
19 Dec 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations between it and the Department of Health regarding future access to plasma stored by Life Resources Incorporated have already taken place or are planned for the future.
Answer · Frank McAveety: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32793 today. 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/webapp/searc…
19 Dec 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations were undertaken with it regarding the purchase of Life Resources Incorporated by the Department of Health and what representations it made in response.
Answer · Frank McAveety: Neither the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) nor the Scottish Executive was involved at any level in the decision by the Department of Health in England to purchase Life Resources Incorporated.
19 Dec 2002 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been set aside for the purchase by the NHS of plasma from foreign countries in (a) each of the last three years, (b) the current year and (c) future years and whether it has any plans to modify the allocation of such current and future resources following the purchase of Life…
Answer · Frank McAveety: Expenditure set aside for the purchase of plasma for fractionation is as follows:<P>(a) 1999-2000: £5.3 million, 2000-01: £5.7 million and 2001-02: £4.6 million.<P>(b) 2002-03: £5.3 million.<P>(c) 2003-04: £5.8 and 2004-05: £5.8 million.<P>The Scottish Nation…