- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-986 by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 July 2003, of the 17,600 people with dementia presented to their GP in 2002, how many were under 65.
Answer
Of the estimated 17,600people with dementia presented to their GP in 2002, 780 were under 65 years ofage.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what training is given to medical professionals in respect of the diagnosis of dementia.
Answer
At present, generalpractitioners are expected to identify their own personal learning needs tobetter provide for the health needs of their patients and to seek trainingaccordingly. Guidance and assistance is available to GPs from NHS Education forScotland (NES) via the postgraduate directors of general practice education.
Training for hospitaldoctors in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia, is currently deliveredthrough continuous professional development programmes, which are organised andapproved by the medical Royal Colleges. Guidance and assistance is available tohospital doctors from NES via the postgraduate deans and tutors.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 24 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will consult on proposed animal welfare legislation and when it anticipates introducing a bill on the matter.
Answer
We anticipate that the firstconsultation paper on proposed changes to animal welfare legislation will beissued in March and this will be followed by a more detailed consultation paperand a draft bill in the autumn. No exact date has been agreed for theintroduction of the bill, but it is expected to be during this Parliament.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-1061 by Cathy Jamieson on 15 January 2004 and its news release SEFD 348/2004, whether the #400,000 announced to "help establish a co-located justice centre in Rosetta Road, Peebles" represents additional capital funding or borrowing consent and whether discussions between Lothian and Borders Police and the Executive's Police Division have now reached a conclusion and, if so, what that conclusion is.
Answer
The announcement of £400,000,which follows discussions between the Scottish Executive, Lothian and Borders Policeand the Scottish Borders Council, represents additional capital consent. The Rosetta Roadproject will now go forward. The next stage is for Lothian and Borders Police,in consultation with the Scottish Borders Council.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis the draft report on the "Miss X" case was returned to the Chief Inspector of Social Work Services by Scottish Borders Council on 5 November 2003 and when it anticipates that the report will be publicly issued.
Answer
On 5 November 2003,the Chief Executive of Scottish Borders Council provided comments on theinitial draft findings of fact. No date has been set for publication.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23351 by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 March 2002, what funding was provided by NHS Lothian for sleep disorder services in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02, (c) 2002-03 and (d) 2003-04 and what additional funding was provided to other NHS boards for referrals to the Sleep Centre in each year since 2001-02, broken down by board.
Answer
The table shows the fundingprovided by NHS boards in Scotland to the Sleep Centre in Edinburgh:
| NHS Boards | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 3,348 | 3,515 | 3,620 | 3,761 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 3,104 | 3,255 | 3,353 | 3,483 |
| Borders | 24,870 | 40,561 | 41,778 | 43,400 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 800 | 1,111 | 1,144 | 1,189 |
| Fife | 57,000 | 59,850 | 61,646 | 64,040 |
| Forth Valley | 47,293 | 50,407 | 51,919 | 53,935 |
| Grampian | 58,164 | 88,000 | 90,640 | 0* |
| Glasgow | 8,000 | 10,160 | 10,465 | 10,871 |
| Highland | 5,872 | 6,166 | 6,351 | 6,598 |
| Lanarkshire | 10,126 | 10,632 | 10,951 | 11,376 |
| Lothian | 172,420 | 266,744 | 274,746 | 285,416 |
| Orkney | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 225 | 237 | 244 | 254 |
| Tayside | 62,000 | 65,100 | 67,053 | 69, 657 |
| Western Isles | 459 | 482 | 496 | 516 |
| Total | 454,025 | 606,220 | 624,406 | 554,496 |
Note: * Local provision since 2003-04.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the finding of the report endorsed by the British Sleep Society, Dead Tired, whether it considers that a total 20 minutes teaching per student on sleep disorders is satisfactory and, if not, what steps it will take to ensure that a greater amount of teaching time is given to such disorders.
Answer
The responsibility fordetermining the educational requirements for all medical undergraduates restswith the General Medical Council (GMC).
The GMC is the regulatorybody which determines the content of the courses and decides the standard ofexpertise to maintained.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many private sleep units there are and how many patients are registered with them.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dedicated diagnostic sleep beds there are and where they are located.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, with reference to page 4, paragraph 8, of the report from the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland, Evidence & Equity, published in April 1999, infertility due to cancer treatment would be an appropriate diagnosed cause.
Answer
Evidence and Equity, the report of the Expert Advisory Group onInfertility Services in Scotland (EAGISS), states that NHS funded assistedconception should be available to couples who meet all of the relevanteligibility criteria, including:
“Couples with infertilityof a diagnosed cause (of any duration) for which assisted conception representseffective treatment” (p17).
Infertility as a result ofcancer treatment would generally be considered as an appropriate diagnosedcause. However it would be for the lead consultant in each individual case todecide whether treatment would be appropriate.
