- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to provide any additional funding to police boards to cover the extra police pensions costs for 2009-10.
Answer
There are no plans to provide any additional funding to police boards for this. Under the terms of the concordat, it is for police authorities to negotiate jointly the amount of funding that will be provided by local authorities to meet policing costs.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will indicate the cost of policing Faslane 365 protests at HMNB Clyde.
Answer
The organisation of police operations, including the allocation of resources to this operation, is a matter for the Chief Constable of Strathclyde.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to provide an additional £29 million to Strathclyde Joint Police Board to cover its additional pension costs for 2009-10.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14795 on 15 July 2008 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Vale of Leven Hospital was last deep cleaned.
Answer
I am advised by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that the Vale of Leven Hospital is cleaned in accordance with The National Cleaning Specification and monitored in accordance with the National Monitoring Tool. Returns for the standard of cleanliness are submitted to Health Facilities Scotland on a monthly basis in accordance with national reporting arrangements for cleaning services.
Terminal and Isolation cleans are completed in line with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Infection Control Policy Standard Operating Procedures when they are required. Terminal cleans involve domestic services and nursing staff thoroughly cleaning all surfaces and equipment within the clinical environment. This includes the removal of curtains and bed screens for laundering, beds, lockers and drip stands etc. In the majority of cases a hypochlorite based cleaning solution is used but this may vary according to any advice provided by the Infection Control Team on specific precautions to be taken.
In addition, when a patient is being treated in isolation for an infection, specific “Isolation Cleans” are carried out twice a day in the area in which the patient is being nursed. Isolation Cleans are thorough cleans of all the patient and nurse contact areas which minimise the risk of contamination.
Wards at the Vale of Leven Hospital undergo terminal cleans for a variety of reasons and I have been advised by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that 13 terminal cleans have taken place in various wards at the hospital since December 2007. I am also advised that a rolling programme of terminal cleans of all wards at the Vale of Leven began on 13th June and that this was completed on 28 June 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on the BBC's Politics Show on 15 June 2008 that she was told on Tuesday 10 June 2008 about the clostridium difficile issue at the Vale of Leven Hospital, and, in light of evidence to the contrary, whether she will withdraw her statement.
Answer
No. I clearly set out the timeline of events in my statement to the Parliament on 18 June 2008. I made clear in the BBC interview that I was first aware of the cases of clostridium difficile (C. diff) at the Vale of Leven in late May. I advised that on 6 June 2008, a local Dumbarton newspaper informed me that it intended to report a possible five deaths from C. diff at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
On 10 June 2008, the Scottish Government was advised by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that, in addition to a range of other actions being taken, a full look-back review had been conducted. That review has now identified a total of 55 cases of C. diff infection from December 2007, including nine deaths where C. diff was the main cause of death and another nine cases where it was a secondary cause.
The infection control team met on 10 June 2008 and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde updated issued a press release on 11 June 2008. I received an interim report on the situation from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 13 June 2008 and a further report on 17 June 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS Scotland has core standards which NHS boards should meet and are legally enforceable.
Answer
NHS boards are required to meet certain statutory requirements including a duty of quality. In addition, NHS boards are expected to take account of a range of standards and guidance, including those issued by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland in the planning and provision of NHS services.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive who it has appointed as parliamentary liaison officers, broken down by portfolio.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11317 on 27 March 2008. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the employment of one infection control nurse covering all infection monitoring at the Vale of Leven Hospital to be sufficient and whether it considers that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde should increase the number of people in the infection control team based at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
It would not be appropriate for me to comment until the independent review announced by me on 18 June 2008 has examined all the circumstances surrounding the clostridium difficile cases at the Vale of Leven. The review team’s report is due to be published by the end of July 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing signed off her quote for the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter on clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
I approved my response to the enquiry from the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter by e-mail at 14:45pm on 6 June.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths occurred in Scotland as a result of clostridium difficile (a) in 2006, (b) in 2007 and (c) up to June 2008, broken down by (i) NHS board and (ii) hospital.
Answer
It should be noted that it is unusual for clostridium difficile to be an isolated cause of death, as a range of contributory factors are normally involved. Data for 2007 and 2008 is not yet available. The following table shows data where clostridium difficile was recorded as the underlying cause of death on death certificates in 2006 only, broken down by NHS board and hospital.
| NHS Board | Hospital | Number of Deaths |
| Ayrshire and Arran | | 5 |
| | Ayr Hospital | 1 |
| | Ayrshire Central Hospital | 1 |
| | Crosshouse Hospital | 3 |
| Borders | | 3 |
| | Borders General Hospital | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | | 6 |
| | Annan Hospital | 1 |
| | Dumfries/Galloway Royal Infirmary | 5 |
| Forth Valley | | 8 |
| | Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary | 6 |
| | Stirling Royal Infirmary | 2 |
| Fife | | 10 |
| | Queen Margaret Hospital | 5 |
| | Victoria Hospital | 5 |
| | Non-Hospital | 1 |
| Grampian | | 9 |
| | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary | 4 |
| | Doctor Gray''s Hospital | 2 |
| | Woodend Hospital | 3 |
| Greater Glasgow | | 36 |
| | Gartnavel General Hospital | 3 |
| | Glasgow Royal Infirmary | 3 |
| | Inverclyde Royal Hospital | 4 |
| | Royal Alexandra Hospital | 6 |
| | Southern General Hospital | 2 |
| | Stobhill Hospital | 6 |
| | Vale of Leven Hospital | 1 |
| | Victoria Infirmary | 6 |
| | Victoria Infirmary, Geriatric Unit | 2 |
| | Western Infirmary | 2 |
| | Western Infirmary, Beatson Oncology Centre | 1 |
| | Non-Hospital | 3 |
| Highland | | 2 |
| | Raigmore Hospital | 2 |
| Lanarkshire | | 26 |
| | Coathill Hospital | 2 |
| | Hairmyres Hospital | 12 |
| | Monklands General Hospital | 6 |
| | Wester Moffat Hospital | 1 |
| | Wishaw General Hospital | 5 |
| | Non-Hospital | 2 |
| Lothian | | 40 |
| | Astley Ainslie Hospital | 2 |
| | Corstorphine Hospital | 1 |
| | Ellen''s Glen House | 1 |
| | Findlay House | 1 |
| | Liberton Hospital | 11 |
| | New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | 11 |
| | Royal Victoria Hospital | 5 |
| | St John''s Hospital | 1 |
| | Western General Hospital | 7 |
| Tayside | | 11 |
| | Arbroath Infirmary | 1 |
| | Ninewells Hospital | 9 |
| | Royal Victoria Hospital | 1 |
| | Non-hospital | 2 |
| Scotland | | 164 |
| | Hospital | 156 |
| | Non-Hospital | 8 |
