Parliamentary questions
Stewart Maxwell
854 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
14 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what facilities are available to direct patients with chronic conditions who contact NHS 24 out of hours to the appropriate service to treat their condition.
Answer · Andy Kerr: When people with chronic conditions experience an acute episode during the out of hours period and they contact NHS 24, they will be assessed and triaged to receive the appropriate care for their condition at the time.</p> <p>NHS 24 and NHS boards are working…
14 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the performance has been to date against the specific targets set by the Adding Life To Years Implementation Group.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19215 on 26 September 2005. 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/web…
14 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific targets were set by the Adding Life To Years Implementation Group and how they are being monitored.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: Following publication of Adding Life to Years, the Implementation Group was set up to monitor progress and the impact of change across Scotland. It did not set specific targets.</p>
14 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Adding Life To Years Implementation Group cost to set up and run.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The group comprised officials from within the Scottish Executive and there were no costs apart from the time of officials attending meetings, for which no separate accounting was made.</p>
14 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the report, Adding Life To Years, cost to research and produce.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The total budget for the Adding Life To Years report was £115,000. Preparation for the Report and its printing cost £44,500, and the associated research cost £70,500. This research was a specially commissioned poll of the views of 500 older people on their ex…
12 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18407 by Peter Peacock on 8 September 2005, what the projected number of full-time-equivalent teachers is for (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Projected numbers of full-time equivalent teachers for (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007 are in the National Statistics Publication Notice <i>Results of Teacher Workforce Planning for 2005-06</i> and can be accessed using the following hyperlink <a href="http:/…
12 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18407 by Peter Peacock on 8 September 2005, what percentage increase in the number of teachers it expects to achieve in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19184 on 21 September 2005. 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/web…
7 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the gender balance has been of those who volunteered to become members of the children's panel system in each of the last five years.
Answer · Robert Brown: Table 1 shows the gender balance of respondents to the annual national children’s panel recruitment campaign in each of the last five years. Table 2 shows the gender balance of those appointed by Scottish ministers to children’s panels in each of the last fiv…
7 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current gender balance is of the volunteers who make up the Children's Hearing System.
Answer · Robert Brown: As at 9 September 2005, the total number of children’s panel members in Scotland was 2,469, of which 1,463 (59%) were female and 1,006 (41%) male.</p> <p>The total number of ministerial appointees to Children’s Panel Advisory Committees as at 9 September 2005…
1 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of service was of volunteers for the children's panel system when they withdraw from the system in each of the last five years.
Answer · Robert Brown: Table 1 shows the information requested in respect of member of children’s panels. Table 2 shows the information requested in respect of members of Children’s Panel Advisory Committees.</p> <p>Over the last five years, the average length of service on resigna…
1 Sep 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors were on the register for working shifts in the Glasgow Emergency Medical Service in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table represents the number on the register of Greater Glasgow NHS Board for working shifts in Glasgow Emergency Medical Service centres in each of the last five years as supplied by the Greater Glasgow NHS Board.</p> <p>No of GPs on register as…
31 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people who started training to be children's panel members failed to complete their training in each of the last five years.
Answer · Robert Brown: This data is not held either centrally or by the four Children’s Hearings Training Units. From 2005 onward, however, the Scottish Executive plans to capture such data and this will form part of the Children’s Panel Annual Report to the Parliament.</p>
31 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been seen at each Glasgow Emergency Medical Service centre on its busiest night in the last twelve months.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table shows thenumber of patients that have been seen at each Glasgow Emergency Medical Servicecentre on its busiest night (in terms of patient numbers) between 1 September 2004 and31 August 2005. These figures are supplied by the Greater Glasgo…
31 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors are on duty in each Glasgow Emergency Medical Service centre each night.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information is as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p align=center>Primary Care Emergency Centre</p></td> <td colspan="2"> <p align=center>Doctors on Duty</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td>…
31 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been seen at each Glasgow Emergency Medical Service centre in each of the last five years.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table represents the number of patients seen at each Glasgow Emergency Medical Service centre in each of the last five years. These figures are supplied by the Greater Glasgow NHS Board.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead…
31 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have failed to complete children's panel training in each of the last five years.
Answer · Robert Brown: This data is not held either centrally or by the four Children’s Hearings Training Units. From 2005 onward, however, the Scottish Executive plans to capture such data and this will form part of the Children’s Panel Annual Report to the Parliament.</p>
31 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have volunteered to become a member of the children's panel system in each of the last five years.
Answer · Robert Brown: Table 1 shows the number of respondents to the annual national children’s panel recruitment campaign in each of the last five years. Table 2 shows the number of people appointed by Scottish ministers to children’s panels in each of the last five years. Table …
31 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children's panel members have resigned from their voluntary positions in each of the last five years.
Answer · Robert Brown: The information requested is provided in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <p align=center>Year</p></td> <td> <p align=center>Number of Resignations</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2000</p></td> …
29 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to protect domestic fowl from avian influenza and when this information will be made public.
Answer · Ross Finnie: Whilst the threat of avian influenza to the UK is judged to be low a number of actions have been taken to protect the Scottish poultry industry. In particular the Scottish Executive has been working with other UK administrations to:</p> <p>Provide stakeholder…
29 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been conducted into the economic impact of an outbreak of avian influenza amongst poultry flocks.
Answer · Ross Finnie: There have been no recent outbreaks of avian influenza in the UK and as such no quantified assessments are available. The impact of any outbreak would depend on specific circumstances such as the type of birds infected, their location the scale of any outbrea…
26 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many annual reports have been published by the Adding Life To Years Implementation Group; on what dates they were published, and when the next annual report is due to be published.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: One such report was published by the Scottish Executive in December 2003. There are no plans to issue any further reports.</p>
26 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients in each NHS board area have been referred by NHS 24 to a hospital and have subsequently been referred on to another hospital due to the first hospital to which they were referred not having the facilities to treat their complaint.
Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not held centrally.</p>
26 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the nurses who staff NHS 24 have access to details of the services available at each hospital in order that patients can be directed, not to their nearest hospital, but to the nearest hospital that has services to treat the condition which the nurse suspects the patient to be suff…
Answer · Andy Kerr: NHS 24 offers a triage and consultation service to patients. Nurse advisers come to NHS 24 with a wide range of nursing experience, gained over a substantial period of time. The nurse adviser asks a series of questions with the support of a clinical evidence …
26 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18180 by Lewis Macdonald on 22 August 2005, which developments referred to in Adding Life To Years are being monitored by the implementation group set up by its Health Department.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: The Implementation Group concluded its work following the Adding Life to Years National Conference in June 2003.</p>
19 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18177 by Mr Andy Kerr on 18 August 2005, which NHS boards have provided an osteoporosis service using the PHIS and SIGN 71 guidelines.
Answer · Andy Kerr: The information requested is not held centrally.</p>
17 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the written answer to question S2W-18331 by Cathy Jamieson on 16 August 2005, what the "robust response" by the Scottish Police Service will consist of.
Answer · Cathy Jamieson: Chief constables have been very explicit about the seriousness with which racial attacks and harassment are treated. Scotland’s eight police forces continue to work together to ensure that contingency plans are in place for any eventuality. That includes high…
16 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1417 by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 July 2003, when the 2003 Scottish Health Survey will be published.
Answer · Andy Kerr: Results from the 2003 Scottish Health Survey will be published in November 2005 in the form of a summary report and four separate volumes focussing on cardiovascular disease, adults, children and a technical report. All of these will be available on the web a…
11 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards currently carry out hearing tests on new-born babies and what the timetable is for introducing these tests in NHS boards that do not carry out such tests.
Answer · Lewis Macdonald: All health boards in Scotland currently carry out hearing tests for newborn babies. Twelve boards routinely offer universal newborn hearing screening to newborn babies and the other three boards offer targeted screening for babies who are at a high risk of he…
11 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers there have been in each of the last three years.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Information on the full-time equivalent number of teachers in the last three years in publicly funded schools can be found in Table 1.1 of Teachers in Scotland 2004 which can be accessed by the following link.</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Public…
11 Aug 2005 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of households have been in fuel poverty in each of the last three years.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The latest data available are contained in the Scottish House Condition Survey 2002. At that time it was estimated that around 286,000 households lived in fuel poverty, approximately 13% of the total housing stock. The Scottish House Condition Survey is the o…