Parliamentary questions
Rhoda Grant
2,396 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
24 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage rate in the uptake of women aged 20 to 24 attending cervical screening has been in NHS Grampian in each of the last four years for which information is available and how these figures compare with the overall average of all age groups attending.
Answer · Shona Robison: The percentage uptake¹ of females who had a record of a previous screening test taken within the last 3.5 years, by five year age group is in the following table.</p> <p >NHS Grampian, 1 January 2006 to 31 March 2010</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellp…
24 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage rate in the uptake of women aged 20 to 24 attending cervical screening has been in NHS Western Isles in each of the last four years for which information is available and how these figures compare with the overall average of all age groups attending.
Answer · Shona Robison: The percentage uptake¹ of females who had a record of a previous screening test taken within the last 3.5 years, by five year age group is in the following table.</p> <p >NHS Western Isles, 1 January 2006 to 31 March 2010</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 …
24 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage rate in the uptake of women aged 20 to 24 attending cervical screening has been in NHS Shetland in each of the last four years for which information is available and how these figures compare with the overall average of all age groups attending.
Answer · Shona Robison: The percentage uptake¹ of females who had a record of a previous screening test taken within the last 3.5 years, by five year age group is in the following table.</p> <p >NHS Shetland, 1 January 2006 to 31 March 2010</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellp…
24 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage rate in the uptake of women aged 20 to 24 attending cervical screening has been in NHS Orkney in each of the last four years for which information is available and how these figures compare with the overall average of all age groups attending.
Answer · Shona Robison: The percentage uptake¹ of females who had a record of a previous screening test taken within the last 3.5 years, by five year age group is in the following table.</p> <p >NHS Orkney, 1 January 2006 to 31 March 2010</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpad…
24 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage rate in the uptake of women aged 20 to 24 attending cervical screening has been in NHS Highland in each of the last four years for which information is available and how these figures compare with the overall average of all age groups attending.
Answer · Shona Robison: The percentage uptake¹ of females who had a record of a previous screening test taken within the last 3.5 years, by five year age group is in the following table.</p> <p >NHS Highland, 1 January 2006 to 31 March 2010</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellp…
21 Feb 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget for rural home ownership grants was in 2009-10 and has been in 2010-11.
Answer · Alex Neil: The budget for rural home ownership grants in 2009-10 was £1.002 million and the budget for 2010-11 is £0.742 million.</b></p>
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities last met and what issues were discussed.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities last met on Tuesday 13 April 2010. This was the Task Force''s third and final meeting as part of its review of <i >Equally Well</i>. The Task Force considered papers on: Persistent Poverty; Health Inequalities…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives are in place to encourage people to give blood.
Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) utilise an integrated marketing and communications strategy to recruit and retain blood donors.</p> <p >This includes:</p> <p >Positive proactive PR targeting areas where the blood donation team is v…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been an increase in the number of patients registering with an NHS dentist since 1 April 2010.
Answer · Shona Robison: In the period from 30 March 2010 to 30 September 2010 there was an increase in NHS general dental service registrations for children from 815,248 to 867,200.</b></p> <p >In the period from 30 March 2010 to 30 September 2010 there was an increase in NHS gener…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it considers the NHS is sharing good practice.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The NHS shares good practice through a range of general and topic specific mechanisms.</p> <p >The NHS event held annually, The NHS Education Evidence into Practice website and the annual NHS Awards contribute to the sharing of good practice generally.</p> …
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on developing a referral-to-treatment target to drive faster access to psychological therapies and reduce antidepressant prescribing.
Answer · Shona Robison: The HEAT targets for 2011-12 were published in the <i>Local Delivery Plan Guidance</i> on 1 December 2010. This included a HEAT target to improve access to mental health services by delivering 18-week referral-to-treatment for psychological therapies from Dec…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in achieving the same-day surgery target.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Significant progress has been made against the same day surgery target by all NHS boards over the last year. Performance against the target is 80% overall for NHSScotland at March 2010. </b></p>
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the target to reduce non-attendance at a first outpatient appointment has been achieved.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The target to reduce first outpatient appointment did not attends (DNA) to 9.2% was due to be delivered by NHSScotland on 31 March 2010. Published figures show that for the quarter ending 31 March 2010 the DNA rate was 10.5%.</b></p> <p >This is disappointin…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the three pilot programmes in three NHS board areas focussing on patient experiences of cancer services has reported and, if so, whether the results have been published.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The three experience-based design cancer pilots have not yet formally reported. Each pilot will report at the end of three years, with NHS Glasgow and Greater Clyde and NHS Lothian completing in March 2012 and NHS Grampian in September 2012. Ongoing progress …
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives are in place to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of (a) lung, (b) breast, (c) colon, (d) rectal, (e) ovarian and (f) bowel cancer.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Through the Scottish Cancer Taskforce, the Scottish Government is working to improve awareness of possible signs and symptoms of all cancers amongst the public and amongst medical staff.</b></p> <p >To support GPs to identify and recognise possible cancer sy…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the survival rate was for bowel cancer in the periods (a) 1995 to 1999, (b) 2000 to 2002 and (c) 2005 to 2007, broken down by NHS board, and how this compared with the rates in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Comparative survival for bowel cancer within the United Kingdom is shown in the following table. It is important to note that survival depends on many factors, including data quality, characteristics of the patients and their tumours (case-mix), and health se…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the survival rate was for ovarian cancer in the periods (a) 1995 to 1999, (b) 2000 to 2002 and (c) 2005 to 2007, broken down by NHS board, and how this compared with the rates in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: </p> <p >Comparative survival for ovarian cancer within the United Kingdom is shown in the following table. It is important to note that survival depends on many factors, including data quality, characteristics of the patients and their tumours (case-mix), …
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the survival rate was for rectal cancer in the periods (a) 1995 to 1999, (b) 2000 to 2002 and (c) 2005 to 2007, broken down by NHS board, and how this compared with the rates in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Comparative survival for rectal cancer within the United Kingdom is shown in the following table. It is important to note that survival depends on many factors, including data quality, characteristics of the patients and their tumours (case-mix), and health s…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the survival rate was for colon cancer in the periods (a) 1995 to 1999, (b) 2000 to 2002 and (c) 2005 to 2007, broken down by NHS board, and how this compared with the rates in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Comparative survival for colon cancer within the United Kingdom is shown in the following table. It is important to note that survival depends on many factors, including data quality, characteristics of the patients and their tumours (case-mix), and health se…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the survival rate was for breast cancer in the periods (a) 1995 to 1999, (b) 2000 to 2002 and (c) 2005 to 2007, broken down by NHS board, and how this compared with the rates in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Comparative survival for breast cancer (in females only) within the United Kingdom is shown in the following table. It is important to note that survival depends on many factors, including data quality, characteristics of the patients and their tumours (case-…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the survival rate was for lung cancer in the periods (a) 1995 to 1999, (b) 2000 to 2002 and (c) 2005 to 2007, broken down by NHS board, and how this compared with the rates in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Comparative survival for lung cancer within the United Kingdom is shown in the following table. It is important to note that survival depends on many factors, including data quality, characteristics of the patients and their tumours (case-mix), and health ser…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it did not take part in the study by the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership, published in December 2010, into gaps in cancer survival rates between the United Kingdom and other developed countries.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland is not taking part in this particular study as it already takes part in a number of other similar projects and regularly contributes to a study comparing survival rates in European countries (EUROCARE).</p> <p >Furthermore, the Scottish Government …
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the abolition of prescription charges will have on the NHS budget.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39135 on 10 February 2011. 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/App…
27 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost to the NHS will be when prescription charges are reduced to zero in April 2011.
Answer · Shona Robison: The abolition of prescription charges in Scotland is being fully funded by the Scottish Government and as such will be achieved at no cost to the NHS. The Scottish Government estimates that the final step in abolition on 1 April this year will increase costs …
19 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37923 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010, whether the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation has agreed a timetable for implementation of the recommendations in its recently published report on the impact of the NHSScotland Resource Allo…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The key recommendation of the report, relating to GP out-of-hours, has been included on the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation''s work plan for 2011-12.</b></p>
19 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37293 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010, whether the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation considered its work plan for 2011-12 at its meeting on 30 November 2010 and, if so, what its work plan is.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation (TAGRA) on 30 November 2010 was cancelled due to the severe weather conditions. TAGRA''s work plan for 2011-12 has been discussed through correspondence with members, and will cover:</b></p> …
19 Jan 2011 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37293 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010, what issues were discussed at the meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation on 30 November 2010.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation (TAGRA) on 30 November 2010 was cancelled due to the severe weather disruption. The issues which were due for discussion were:</b></p> <p >Updates to the morbidity and life circumstances adj…
17 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the incidence of domestic abuse where the action taken by the police was referral to the procurators fiscal increasing from 35% of cases in 2008-9 to 42% in 2009-10.
Answer · Alex Neil: It is encouraging that there has been an increase in the percentage of cases referred by the police to procurators fiscal. It is important that domestic abuse perpetrators receive strong messages about the unacceptability of their actions, and that any crimin…
17 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sentences of (a) up to six months and (b) six months or over were issued in relation to the 21,660 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2009-10 referred to the procurators fiscal.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: Criminal proceedings data for 2009-10, covering the period April 2009 to March 2010, is planned for release on 25 January 2011.</p>
17 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-harassment orders were granted as part of the disposal in relation to the 21,660 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2009-10 referred to the procurators fiscal.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>