- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to the supplementary questions to question S2O-862 by Cathy Jamieson on 27 November 2003, what the timetable is for the proposed future bill on animal welfare and whether any such proposed legislation will affect the transportation of young companion animals.
Answer
The Scottish Executive planto introduce an Animal Health and Welfare Bill to the Parliament during Session2004-05. It is not currently intended to legislate on the transportation ofyoung companion animals in this bill as new regulations on the transportationof animals are currently being considered by the European Council. The ScottishExecutive is in the UK negotiating team in Brussels and we hope to secure aprohibition on the commercial movement of puppies and kittens younger than eightweeks unless accompanied by their mother.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS trusts comprise the 30% that do not have a validated nutritional screening tool, as referred to in Audit Scotland's report Catering for Patients.
Answer
Details of the report are amatter for Audit Scotland.
The Malnutrition UniversalScreening Tool (MUST) was launched on 19 November 2003 by the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition(BAPEN). MUST is the first universal screening tool for all types of adultpatients in all health care settings.
NHS Quality ImprovementScotland (NHSQIS) issued new clinical standards for Food, Fluid and NutritionalCare in Scotland on 19 September 2003. The standards requirethat when a person is admitted to hospital an assessment, using a validatedscreening tool, is carried out. The new standards and the availability of thenew tool will help ensure more effective screening in Scottish hospitals.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS trusts comprise (a) the 68% who have not put in place targets for food wastage reduction and (b) the 44% who do not regularly monitor their wastage levels and what steps will be taken to introduce a 10% food wastage reduction target, as referred to in Audit Scotland's report Catering for Patients.
Answer
Details of the report are amatter for Audit Scotland. The Health Department will write to NHS boards and trustsrequesting them to respond positively to the recommendations of the AuditScotland report.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures will be taken to address malnutrition among hospital patients, in particular the 40% found to be either malnourished on admission or who became malnourished during their stay in hospital, as referred to in Audit Scotland's report Catering for Patients.
Answer
The new NHS QualityImprovement Scotland (NHSQIS) Standards on Food, Fluid and Nutritional Care inHospitals (September 2003) require all patients to be screened on admission forthe risk of malnutrition and that care plans are prepared which reflect theirnutritional needs. NHSQIS will be monitoring the implementation of the standardsand reporting on the performance of the NHS in due course.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been (a) allocated and (b) spent in each local authority on the grading of pavements in public areas to improve access for disabled people to shops and other public amenities, in each year since 1999.
Answer
It is up to each localauthority how it allocates its funding, taking account of national prioritiesas well as local needs and priorities.
Information on the amountspent by each local authority on the grading of pavements is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will advise local authorities and NHS boards to support services that provide financial advice and support to people affected by cancer such as the partnership between Macmillan Cancer Relief and Airdrie Citi'ens Advice Bureau.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3559 on 17 November 2003. 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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 4 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to recommendation 19 of NHS Audiology Services in Scotland, what other professionals are being considered for further training to enable them to provide care to people in need of audiology services but unable to access them due to any shortage of audiologists in their area.
Answer
The modernisation actionplans, which NHS boards have been asked to prepare in relation to audiologyservices, will identify the functions and areas in which the training of otherstaff suggested in recommendation 19 might be appropriate. In rural areas, forexample, this could involve the training of GP practice nurses in the fittingof hearing aid batteries. Training of this type would be delivered by staffworking in the NHS board area involved.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Your Local Care: A survey of diabetes services in primary care organisations, what steps will be taken to bring access to specialist obstetrics services for pregnant women with diabetes or those who develop gestational diabetes up to and beyond the 90% level in England.
Answer
The Scottish Audit ofPregnancies in Women with Diabetes reports that all consultant-led maternity units in Scotlandprovide ante-natal care for women with diabetes through multi-disciplinaryclinics led by designated obstetricians and physicians. The Dr Foster report YourLocal Care was based on incomplete data and many of its conclusions aremisleading.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Your Local Care: A survey of diabetes services in primary care organisations, what steps will be taken to encourage NHS boards that do not provide designated diabetes clinics to do so.
Answer
The Scottish DiabetesFramework encourages all providers of services for people with diabetes toimprove the care they provide. The Scottish Primary Care Collaborative whichwas launched earlier this year provides support to primary care to redesign anddevelop diabetes services.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 27 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that Care Commission reports are readily accessible to the public.
Answer
Yes.Providers of regulated services are expected to make inspection reportsavailable, and they can also be obtained from the Care Commission on request.
