- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the conditions for staff and young people at Glenview Young People's Unit, Galashiels, in light of recent inspection reports.
Answer
This report was produced by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission) which becamethe independent regulator of care homes, including those for children, from 1 April 2002. The CareCommission regulates services by inspecting them against associated legislationand the relevant national care standards. It will be for the Care Commission towork with Borders Council to ensure the issues raised in their report are addressed.The Care Commission has powers should they be unsatisfied with the action taken.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what statistics it has on the incidence of staff long-term sickness in young people's residential units.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Borders Council has at any time expressed any concerns, or made any representations, concerning Glenview Young People's Unit, Galashiels.
Answer
We have received no such representationsfrom Scottish Border's Council about its own facility.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are in place on the preparation, form and publication of Care Commission reports.
Answer
The inspection process includingthe preparation, form and publication of inspection reports and any associated guidelinesare an operational matter for the Care Commission.
An individual may raise any concernsthey have over the operation of a care service or with the way the Care Commissionhas conducted any part of the regulatory process through the Care Commission’s complaintsprocedure. Details can be found on its website at:
www.carecommission.com.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what statutory duties NHS boards have to provide NHS dental services.
Answer
Section 25 of the National HealthService (Scotland) Act 1978 places a duty on NHS boards to make, as respectstheir area, arrangements with dental practitioners under which any person for whoma dental practitioner undertakes in accordance with the arrangements to providedental treatment and appliances shall receive such treatment and appliances.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received representations from Lothian and Borders Police regarding the funding of any development of a joint courthouse and police station in Peebles.
Answer
Lothian and Borders Police werein contact with the Executive in 2002 about the possibility of exceptional additionalfunding for a joint proposal.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish Collegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) publications were issued within the NHS in each of the last four financial years; how many print runs were carried out for such publications; what the cost of these publications was in each of the last four financial years; whether any costings are made of the professional time involved in producing such publications; who receives SIGN publications, and how their effectiveness is monitored.
Answer
SIGN Guidelines Published
| | SIGN Budget |
| 1999-2000 | 5 | £457,000 |
| 2000-01 | 7 | £656,000 |
| 2001-02 | 7 | £817,000 |
| 2002-03 | 11 | £830,000 |
For the majority of these guidelinesonly one print run is carried out. If there is strong interest in a guideline anadditional print run is undertaken.
SIGN budgets for each of thelast four years are shown above. The cost of involving self-employed practitioners(general medical and dental practitioners) and practice nurses are met by the SIGNbudget. The costs associated with NHSScotland employees are currently met by theiremploying NHS boards.
SIGN guidelines and quick referenceguides are distributed free of charge to NHSScotland employees. In addition, allSIGN guidelines are available to download free of charge from their website (
www.sign.ac.uk).The effectiveness of SIGN guidelinesis generally monitored through clinical audit at local level. A report on the implementationof SIGN guidelines was published by Clinical Recourse and Audit Group (CRAG) in2002 (available from http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/crag/).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders regarding the provision of court services in Peebles and the time taken to resolve the situation.
Answer
None. However, the Scottish CourtService, which has operational responsibility for courthouses, has kept the SheriffPrincipal of Lothian and Borders fully advised of its discussions with the ScottishBorders Council on providing court services from an alternative location in Peeblesand the reasons for the delay in concluding these.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place for the funding of (a) free personal care for patients registered with cross-border practices where the practice and the majority of patients are located in Scotland and (b) drugs for patients who live in England but are registered with a Scottish practice.
Answer
(a) The concept of free personal and nursing care only appliesto those who would normally pay for, or towards, such care in community settings.After a care needs assessment by the socialwork department in the area where the person lives, eligible people assessed asrequiring personal care at home are not charged for that care. A payment of either£145 or £210 is provided towards the care costs of eligible people living in a carehome. The medical practice where a person is registered has no relevance here, and
(b) Unified budget allocations, which includeprescribing costs, take into account the number of patients registered with GP practicesin the area of the health board concerned, irrespective of the patient's countryof residence.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-776 and S1W-30468 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 June 2003 and Mr Jim Wallace on 10 October 2002, what the reasons are for delay in issuing the consultation paper on the future of Peebles Sheriff Court following the feasibility study on the refurbishment being issued to interested parties.
Answer
It would not have been appropriateto issue a consultation paper on the closure of Peebles Sheriff Court and the transferof business to another court, while discussions were continuing on the potentialto deliver court services from another building in Peebles.
The detailed discussions betweenthe Scottish Court Service and the Scottish Borders Council on the use ofcouncil buildings at Rosetta Road for court hearings has resulted in an outlineagreement which will be submitted to elected members for their approval.
If the council’s approval isgiven it will no longer be necessary to transfer the court business from Peeblesand the consultation process previously envisaged would no longer be required. However,it would remain the intention of the Scottish Court Service to involve local interestedparties in discussion on the delivery of court services from the Rosetta Roadbuilding.
