- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with its plans to increase the number of people donating bone marrow.
Answer
The NHS bone marrowregistry, The British Bone Marrow Registry (BBMR), which is run by the NationalBlood Service in England, registers donors from Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
The registry met its targetof increasing new donors by 40,000 in 2002-03 and has a target of recruiting afurther 40,000 donors during 2003-04.
The Scottish National BloodTransfusion Service (SNBTS) provides tissue typing in support of the BBMR andcurrently has over 11,000 active donors on the register and around 1,000 donorsare added annually.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure co-operation between neighbouring NHS boards.
Answer
TheExecutive will continue to promote co-operation between boards in NHSScotland,the NHS Reform bill’s duty of co-operation on health boards being one aspect ofthis. The existing framework for regional planning is also being strengthened.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on patient transport from the Vale of Leven Hospital to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in particular how much has been spent by NHS Argyll and Clyde in transporting patients by taxi, following the changes to accident and emergency services, and what the average cost of an individual taxi journey has been during this period.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1914 by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 September 2003, whether NHS Argyll and Clyde will respond as indicated.
Answer
I understand that the Chief Executive of NHS Argyll and Clyde met with you on 2 October 2003to address the points you raised in question S2W-1914. He has undertaken towrite to you providing an update on the position.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3779 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 November 2003, when local communities, elected members and clinicians will be involved in the process of considering the report from NHS Argyll and Clyde and NHS Greater Glasgow on the pattern of patient choice for consultant-led maternity units in their area.
Answer
Whilst this is primarily amatter for NHS Argyll and Clyde and NHS Greater Glasgow, I have been assured thatkey stakeholders in both areas will continue to be involved in this process.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the terms of the code of conduct agreed by NHS Argyll and Clyde on 8 March 2004 were and whether these terms differ from any standard code for NHS boards.
Answer
NHS Argyll and Clyde’s Codeof Conduct for board members is available from the system headquarters at RossHouse, Paisley.
All public bodies covered bythe ethical standards regime have to have a Code of Conduct in place that isbased on the Model Code of Conduct for Members of Devolved Public Bodies, underthe terms of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland)Act 2000.
Argyll and Clyde NHS boardmembers are covered by such a code, and have adopted a code that also includes,as an annex, an extract of text on best practice guidance for members of publicbodies, published by the Scottish Executive in February 2003.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is consistent with the code of conduct of NHS Argyll and Clyde for elected councillors, who are members of the board, to meet the Minister for Health and Community Care as part of a local authority delegation.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a standard code of conduct is applied to all members of NHS boards.
Answer
All NHS board members areexpected to comply with a Code of Conduct, which has been approved by the Scottish ministers, and which has been based on a standard Model Code ofConduct.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the process of engagement between NHS Argyll and Clyde and NHS Greater Glasgow is in taking forward the clinical strategy for NHS Argyll and Clyde; what personnel are involved in the process; how many meetings have taken place between the two boards; what issues were discussed at such meetings, and what the outcomes were.
Answer
I am aware that NHS GreaterGlasgow is represented on NHS Argyll and Clyde’s modernisation group which was established lastyear to take the work on their clinical strategy forward.
I am also conscious thatthere have been a number of meetings on this subject between the seniormanagement of the two NHS boards. The Chief Executive of NHS Argyll and Clyde hasundertaken to write to you in response to your detailed questions.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 24 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that guidance issued by the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management on child to adult ratios in swimming pools does not prevent families from being excluded from taking their children swimming.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6866 on 24 march 2004. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
