Paul Martin

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve cleanliness at Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: There are a number of measures in place to ensure that the healthcare environment is clean. Cleaning must be compliant with the mandatory requirements set out in the NHSScotland National Cleaning Services Specification which sets out the frequency and method …

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken in Lightburn Hospital to ensure that the design meets the required standards for patients with dementia, and whether there is a rating system against which these are measured.

Answer · Shona Robison: It is the responsibility of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to deliver effective and high quality health services to its population. While there is not a specific dementia rating system to measure dementia standards systems in these settings, there has been si…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what improvement plans it has for Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-29781 on 4 March 2016. 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/Business/P…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that there is no smoking in the grounds of Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: It is for NHS boards to determine how they communicate and enforce Smokefree policies within their properties. The Scottish Government welcomes the efforts that have been made to support the change in smoking behaviours thus far.

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the annual running cost is for Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: The annual running cost for Lightburn Hospital is £5,503,562. Source: Scottish Health Service Costs 2014-15, Report R020LS, Information Services Division Scotland

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used by managers at Lightburn Hospital when cleaning audits are carried out.

Answer · Shona Robison: Cleaning audits in Scottish Hospitals are carried out in accordance with the mandatory technical requirements set out in the NHSScotland National Cleaning Services Specification (NCSS) and its accompanying monitoring framework. These documents are published b…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many whole-time equivalent staff have been employed at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years, broken down by job family.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information on the number of whole time equivalent (WTE) staff employed at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years, broken down by job family, is not centrally held. Under this government, staffing levels in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have incre…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recruitment and retention payments paid to senior management at Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: This is a matter for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde which does not pay recruitment and retention premia for NHS executive and senior managers. Pay for NHS executive and senior managers is set in accordance with the Scottish Government’s Public Sector Pay Polic…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on repairs and maintenance at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is publically available on the NHS National Services Scotland Information Services Division website within their “Costs/File Listings” section: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Finance/Costs/File-Listings-2015.asp Scottish Financial…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years, and how the figure compares with facilities of a similar size in other NHS boards.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government allocates funding to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and does not hold information on the funding allocated to Lightburn Hospital.

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints have been made regarding Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: These complaint statistics are not held centrally. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirm that Lightburn Hospital received a total of 19 complaints in the last five years – two in 2011, six in 2012, five in 2013, four in 2014 and two in 2015.

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) non-medical, (b) administrative, (c) managerial, (d) nursing, (e) occupational therapy and (f) physiotherapy posts there have been in Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years, also expressed as a percentage of the number of all staff.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information on the number of (a) non-medical, (b) administrative, (c) managerial, (d) nursing, (e) occupational therapy and (f) physiotherapy posts at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years is not centrally held. Under this government, staffing le…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that people are made aware of the services provided at Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: This is a matter for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are responsible for the planning and provision of local services, including the publicity surrounding those services.

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what recent measures NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has put in place to improve services at Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: This is a matter for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are responsible for the planning and provision of local services.

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what services are provided by Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: Lightburn Hospital has three wards: two currently occupied and one held for further winter surge requirements. The two active wards are made up of 28 beds each and their focus is frail elderly rehabilitation. There is also a day hospital and outpatients clini…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the annual cost-per-patient has been at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally.

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that there is adequate parking for (a) staff, (b) patients and (c) visitors at Lightburn Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: Provision of parking facilities at hospitals is the responsibility of health boards. I have asked my officials to consult with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on the parking available at Lightburn Hospital. They have confirmed that there are 44 spaces available…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been sent for treatment at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last 10 years.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following table shows the number of patients that have had a hospital admission at Lightburn Hospital (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde) at least once during the year, in each of the last 10 years. The number of patients admitted at least once during the ye…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been employed on a zero-hours contract at Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde does not use the type of contracts which have been characterised as “zero hours”. All boards use staff banks made up of qualified staff who can be offered work on an as and when required basis to deal with peaks in demand or gaps…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what inspections have been carried at the Lightburn Hospital by the (a) NHS and (b) Care Inspectorate in each of the last five years; what the outcome was of each; what reports were published; whether the hospital is subject to any ongoing inspection; what further inspections are planned…

Answer · Shona Robison: There have not been any inspections of Lightburn Hospital in the past five years. Over the next two years, Healthcare Improvement Scotland will be adapting and extending its older people in acute care inspection and improvement programmes into other areas inc…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report in the Evening Times that medics at Lightburn Hospital claim that the building is "not fit for purpose".

Answer · Shona Robison: It is the responsibility of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to deliver effective and high quality health services to the population. There has been significant progress over the last two years in ensuring that the wards in Lightburn Hospital are fit for purpos…

8 Feb 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on (a) new and (b) used office furniture in Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information requested is not held centrally.

18 Jan 2016 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde paper, Service and Financial Planning for 2016/17 and beyond.

11 Jan 2016 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve health in the east end of Glasgow.

5 Jan 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

8 Dec 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle unemployment in Glasgow Provan.

28 Oct 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with the study into pub tenancies that it announced in May 2015.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: Following the debate in May 2015, I have been engaged in a series of meetings with stakeholders in order to discuss the most appropriate content of the study and my officials have carried out a public procurement exercise to select an appropriate research con…

21 Oct 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support pensioners' rights in Glasgow Provan.

Answer · Alex Neil: We have invested in services and initiatives designed to empower and improve the lives of older people, including almost £500,000 from the Equality Fund (2015-16). We are committed to working with older people and older people’s organisations to ensure that …

21 Sep 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the value of BBC Scotland is to Glasgow’s creative industries and economy.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: We recognise that BBC Scotland, employing over 1,000 people across the nation, brings significant value to Glasgow’s creative industries while contributing to the wider economy. BBC Scotland’s location at Pacific Quay is a key ingredient to the development of…

31 Aug 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland uses GPS technology to track registered sex offenders.