- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to make a decision about the future of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-20189 on 9 November 2005. 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, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Mott MacDonald report, The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland, will directly influence its position in respect of the number of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
We have previously indicated that we recognise the contribution the report makes to the debate on improvement and modernisation of the fire and rescue service in Scotland. We will have due regard to the report’s recommendations, and representations made to us by stakeholders, in reaching a decision on the future of emergency fire control rooms.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will specifically consult trade unions, including the Fire Brigades Union, on the future of emergency fire control rooms.
Answer
Trade unions had the opportunity to comment on the 2004 Mott MacDonald report The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland commissioned by the Scottish Executive. The Fire Brigades Union submitted its comments in response to that consultation exercise. We have indicated our intention to consult further with stakeholders following our consideration of the issues raised in response to the report.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action will be taken following the recent report that south Asians are more likely to suffer from fatal coronary heart disease.
Answer
I am aware of the report
Heart Disease and South Asians, published jointly by the British Heart Foundation and the Department of Health in England. The report noted that South Asian people were more likely to die prematurely from coronary heart disease (CHD) than the general population. However, the report also noted that the reason for increased incidence of CHD cannot be fully explained.
Coronary heart disease has a number of common risk factors with diabetes, and people with diabetes have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease. We have therefore set up an Ethnic Minority subgroup of the Scottish Diabetes Group to consider how to reduce risk factors and how to improve diabetes services for those who do develop the condition. This work, while focused on diabetes, will also reduce the risk of developing CHD.
More generally, we issued a Health Department Letter in 2002 (HDL (2002)51) which required NHS organisations to address the challenge of ethnic minority health and to develop local demographic profiles of access to services by all ethnic groups. We will also start to collect data on ethnicity as part of the SCI Coronary Heart Disease data and information system later this year. This will enable us to monitor incidence of CHD within the South Asian community in Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the existence of medium-sized private sector-provided adult care institutions for people with learning disabilities.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is aware of private sector adult care institutions that provide services for people with learning disabilities and that some local authorities and NHS boards are commissioning such services. Information is not held centrally about the amount of public funding being used for private sector care.
The Scottish Executive remains committed to the principles of The same as you? whereby adults with learning disabilities should be provided with the care and support they need to live, wherever possible, in the community.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much public funding is committed for people with learning disabilities being placed in private sector-provided adult care institutions.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19867 on 3 November 2005. 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: Friday, 14 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the use by NHS boards or local authorities of private sector-provided adult care institutions for people with learning disabilities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19867 on 3 November 2005. 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: Friday, 14 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the provision of care in private sector-provided adult care institutions for people with learning disabilities to be consistent with the principle of moving away from institutional care, established in the The same as you?.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19867 on 3 November 2005. 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: Thursday, 13 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how and when the recommendations of Report: Review of NHS 24 will be put into practice.
Answer
Of the 22 recommendations, most are for NHS 24 and the area NHS boards to progress, while some are for the health department. Work on a number of them has already begun. I expect the recommendations to be taken forward in partnership wherever that is appropriate and I also expect them to be delivered within the deadlines where these have been set. Progress will be monitored closely and shall be reported to me on a quarterly basis.
The priority for NHS 24 and all area NHS boards at the moment is to develop robust plans to deal with the expected winter demands on out of hours services. This addresses the first recommendation in the report.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action can be taken to further include ethnic minorities in health education schemes.
Answer
NHS Health Scotland who have the remit to promote health improvement are reviewing all materials and resources they publish, including their health promotion material, over the next six to twelve months to ensure ethnic and cultural factors associated with health and health care are considered.
In addition, NHS Scotland introduced the Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment Toolkit for both the Health Department and NHS Scotland in March 2005. The toolkit is intended to support consideration of equality and diversity issues in the design, development and delivery of policies and services across NHS Scotland which includes health education schemes.
