Parliamentary questions
Ross Finnie
558 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
1 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Inspectorate of Education reports will include a specific report on each school’s progress towards the provisions in the Curriculum for Excellence on substance misuse.
Answer · Michael Russell: HMIE reports comment on the quality of the school''s approaches to promoting the overall health and wellbeing of children and young people. Reports will not usually make specific comments about a school''s progress/success in six individual organisers (mental…
1 Dec 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how the provisions in the Curriculum for Excellence on substance misuse will be assessed and reported on by HM Inspectorate of Education.
Answer · Michael Russell: HMIE include the assessment of a school''s approaches to promoting learners'' health and wellbeing in all school inspections. In doing so, HMIE talk directly to young people about how effectively the school helps them to keep themselves safe and well. This in…
29 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the statement in the Draft Electricity Generation Policy Statement 2010 that "NPF2 does not set policy in stone and energy policy has moved rapidly in the EU, UK and Scotland during the past year in line with evolving technologies”, whether it plans to remove the provision of…
Answer · John Swinney: The National Planning Framework is subject to a statutory five yearly review. There are no plans for an early revision of any aspect of the framework. The 2011 National Planning Framework Monitoring Report will address the spatial planning implications of dev…
29 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orthopaedics-related outpatient appointments there were in the winter of (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Tables 1a and 1b show the number of orthopaedic consultant outpatient new<b> </b>attendances for the months of November 2008 to February 2009 and <br> November 2009 to February 2010 respectively, by NHS board of treatment.</p> <p >Table 1a: Number of Monthly…
29 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many orthopaedics-related attendances at accident and emergency departments there were in the winter of (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: While data on the overall number of attendances at accident and emergency departments is available for the period, it is not possible to determine the reason for these attendances as this is not routinely collected for centrally held data.</p> <p >ISD is wo…
29 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were treated in hospital as a result of falls on snow or ice in the winter of 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows the number of emergency inpatient hospital admissions related to falls involving ice and snow between 1 November 2009 and 28 February 2010.</p> <p >Month of Admission</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td…
29 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people attended NHS accident and emergency services as a result of falls outside their homes in the winter of 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: While data on the overall number of attendances at accident and emergency departments is available for the period, it is not possible to determine the reason for these attendances as this is not routinely collected for centrally held data.</p> <p >ISD is wo…
29 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people attended NHS accident and emergency services as a result of falls in the winter of 2009-10.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: While data on the overall number of attendances at Accident and Emergency Departments is available for the period, it is not possible to determine the reason for these attendances as this is not routinely collected for centrally held data.</p> <p >ISD is wo…
3 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many written complaints have been made to (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, (b) the Minister for Public Health and (c) other ministers regarding out-of-hours healthcare provision.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: No complaints have been recorded by the Scottish Executive regarding out-of-hours healthcare provision.</b></p> <p
3 Nov 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many written representations have been made to (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, (b) the Minister for Public Health and (c) other ministers regarding out-of-hours healthcare provision.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: 37 items of correspondence were received between 1 May 2007 and 5 November 2010 under the heading out-of-hours healthcare provision. </b></p> <p >The breakdown of cases are as follows:</p> <p >Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing “ 2</p> <p >Minister…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the impact that free personal care has had in terms of reducing hospital admissions among older patients.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not currently available. We are however developing better links between existing data collected by the NHS and local authorities to improve both how we measure, and achieve, better outcomes for older people.</p>
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to the NHS has been of hospital inpatient care for patients aged 60 and over in each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information is not held centrally.</p>
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital admissions of patients aged 60 and over there have been in each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Table 1 shows the number of acute hospital inpatient and day case episodes for patients aged 60 and over for each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board of residence. Table 2 shows acute hospital inpatient and day case episodes for patients aged 60 and ove…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is of the Active Nation campaign.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Active Nation was launched on 1 March 2010 as the flagship Games Legacy public engagement programme to get Scots active in the run up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games and beyond. The spend for Active Nation for 2009-10 was £150,000 which covered the development…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the NHS of cardiovascular disease.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent estimate is of the annual cost of community-based care for people with long-term conditions.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent estimate is of the annual cost of hospital-based care for people with long-term conditions.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: This information requested is not held centrally.</p>
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the NHS of treating long-term conditions, also expressed as a percentage of NHS annual expenditure.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made about the Scottish Ambulance Service in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In 2009-10 a total of 477 complaints were made about the Scottish Ambulance Service.</p> <p >As the Scottish Ambulance Service is a Special NHS Board in its own right, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of this total by geographical health board area…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made about NHS family health services in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In 2009-10 it was estimated that a total of 3,515 complaints were made about NHSScotland Family Health Services.</p> <p >See table in S3W-36374 answered on 29 September 2010 to see a breakdown of this total by geographical health board area. All answers to w…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made about NHS 24 in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In 2009-10 a total of 112 complaints were made about NHS24.</p> <p >As NHS24 is a Special NHS Board in its own right, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of this total by geographical health board area.</p>
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made about NHS hospital and community services in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In 2009-10 a total of 7,123 complaints were made about NHSScotland Hospital and Community Health Services. See table in S3W-36374 answered on 29 September 2010 to see a breakdown of this total by geographical health board. All answers to written parliamentary…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints were made about the NHS in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: In 2009-10 a total of 11,644 complaints were made about NHS in Scotland. Please see breakdown of this total by geographical health board area in the following table.</p> <p >NHSScotland Complaints<sup> </sup>- by Health Board, 2009-10<sup>P</sup></p> <table…
20 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £1.6 million of government funding for the Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian covers the whole cost of the pilot or whether funding is also being provided by NHS Lothian or other partners.
Answer · Shona Robison: Yes. The £1.6 million of government funding for the Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian covers the whole cost of the pilot.</p>
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to involve patients and carers in the procurement process for the purchasing of clotting factor products.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The current round of procurement was carried out on a UK basis and included patient involvement.</b></p> <p >We recognise the part that patient and carer involvement can play in these areas. For example, in the 2009-10 procurement round for blood clotting f…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider implementing the recommendations on compensation made by Lord Archer’s independent public inquiry on contaminated blood and blood products.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36189 on 22 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 whether it has considered the cost of implementing the recommendations on compensation made by Lord Archer’s independent public inquiry on contaminated blood and blood products.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government has set up the Penrose Inquiry to investigate the circumstances in which patients in Scotland were infected with hepatitis C or HIV following treatment with blood or blood products.</p> <p >Further Information is available on the webs…
9 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29215 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 December 2009 and in light of Lord Penrose’s statement that the inquiry’s terms of reference did not enable him to consider compensation, whether its position on the matter has changed and, if so, whether it will reconsi…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government has not changed its position on this matter. We have set up the Penrose Inquiry to investigate the circumstances in which patients treated by the NHS in Scotland were infected with hepatitis C or HIV following treatment with blood or b…
6 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, given the regulatory regime for carbon capture and storage (CCS), whether work is being undertaken to determine the potential future liabilities of the Scottish Government should consent be given for a new coal-fired power station and CCS turn out not to be technically feasible.
Answer · Jim Mather: The Scottish Government has a clear commitment to decarbonise the electricity generation sector by 2030 and strongly supports the early demonstration of CCS at commercial scale. As stated in our Roadmap published in March 2010, the role of Carbon Capture and …
6 Sep 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the environmental effects outwith Scotland of a proposed development could be a material consideration in determining an application for development consent and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
Answer · Jim Mather: The determination of Section 36 applications is not easy or straight forward and ministers must strike the right balance in their decision making between developing and delivering Scotland''s energy future and the protection of environmental, cultural heritag…