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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-15592

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the “full details of the outbreak” to be produced by the Outbreak Control Team, as outlined on page 12 of Independent Review of Clostridium difficile Associated Disease at the Vale of Leven Hospital from December 2007 to June 2008.

Question reference: S3W-15610

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when the independent review team on Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital decided to invite the participation of relatives of those who had died of the infection.

Question reference: S3W-15580

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive why there is no current single guidance document on Clostridium difficile issued to NHS boards.

Guidance on the control of Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD) was first issued in the early 1990s by the then public health laboratory services and evidence has shown that this guidance has remained relevant.

Specific Scottish guidance on surveillance of CDAD has been available since the start of the mandatory CDAD surveillance programme in September 2006 and this was updated in October 2007.

A range of CDAD documents have been produced by Health Protection Scotland for NHS boards. These include the standard infection control precautions model policies which have been available since September 2006, with supporting education materials for hand hygiene and personal protective equipment also available, transmission-based precautions model policies, including contact precautions policy with Clostridium difficile specific hand hygiene and cleaning guidance, which was launched April 2008, the CDAD care bundle which was launched in March 2008 and a checklist for preventing and controlling CDAD was circulated for comment on 19 June 2008 to all infection control managers.

Health Protection Scotland is drafting new overarching national guidance to draw together the above publications and the Scottish Government''s HAI Task Force has been advised that a final draft will be provided to them in September 2008.

Question reference: S3W-15574

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the reporting structure is from the infection control nurse at the Vale of Leven Hospital through various agencies up to and including the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.

The Vale of Leven Hospital follows the same reporting structure as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. All Healthcare Workers (HCW''s), who suspect that an outbreak may be occurring must contact a member of the Infection Control Team (ICT).

The ICT will then take action and decide on the need for an Outbreak Control Team (OCT) based on the agreed outbreak severity. If necessary, the ICT will close the ward and inform the following; Consultant Public Health Medicine (CPHM), Occupational Health, Board Infection Control Manager, Nurse Consultant Infection Control, Bed Manager, Head of Nursing, Service General Manager, Facilities/Site Manager, Clinical Service Manager, Lead Nurse Service, General Manager Diagnostics Directorate.

The Board Infection Control Manager or Nurse Consultant Infection Control will then inform other Chief Officers and the Press Officer for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. If the outbreak has been classified as orange or above, as outlined in The Watt Report Infection Control Outbreak/Episode Risk Matrix, the Board Infection Control Manager will inform Health Protection Scotland (HPS) and Scottish Government Health Directorates (SGHD).

Should an outbreak be reported to SGHD, my officials, the Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Task Force, chaired by the Chief Nursing Officer, will inform the Chief Medical Officer and Director General of Health and Wellbeing. I am kept regularly briefed at all times.

Question reference: S3W-15771

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15494 by Kenny MacAskill on 25 August 2008, whether ministers routinely seek the approval of the Parliament when determining the remit and chairing of a public inquiry.

There is no requirement under the Inquiries Act 2005 for a minister to seek the approval of the Parliament when determining the remit and chairing of a public inquiry.

Under section 6 of the act, however, a minister who proposes to cause an inquiry to be held, or who has already done so, must as soon as is reasonably practicable make an oral or written statement to that effect to the relevant Parliament

The statement must state:

(a) who is to be, or has been, appointed as chairman of the inquiry;

(b) whether the Minister has appointed, or proposes to appoint, any other members to the inquiry panel, and if so how many;

Question reference: S3W-15770

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15494 by Kenny MacAskill on 25 August 2008, what public inquiries have been initiated by the Scottish Ministers since the Inquiries Act 2005 was passed.

Since the Inquiries Act 2005 was passed, an inquiry was set up in March 2008 to look into the fingerprints in the Shirley McKie case, under the chairmanship of Lord Justice Campbell. Another inquiry was announced in April this year which will consider cases where patients have contracted hepatitis C, under the chairmanship of Lady Cosgrove.

Scottish Ministers have also jointly set up an inquiry in conjunction with the Department of Work and Pensions to investigate the explosion at the ICL Stockline factory under the chairmanship of the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Gill.

Question reference: S3W-15690

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline all services available at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Question reference: S3W-15691

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many inpatient beds are available at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Question reference: S3W-15685

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executivewhen NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will have completed the integration of the former Greater Glasgow area with the former Clyde area.

Question reference: S3W-15684

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive why there has been no consideration of a new acute facility serving the north Clyde population, listed as option two on page 21 of Report of the independent external clinical review of anaesthetic services at the Vale of Leven Hospital.