- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the publication of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation’s report on the impact of the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula on remote and rural areas of Scotland, what further work will be carried out to ensure the fairness of funding methods in rural areas.
Answer
A decision on the future work of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation (TAGRA) on the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula is due to be made at TAGRA''s next meeting on 30 November 2010. As the NRAC formula is designed to inform funding across all areas of Scotland, all aspects of TAGRA''s work have the potential to impact on rural areas. Decisions on the formula will continue to be made with regard to TAGRA''s core criteria, to ensure that funding of services in rural areas, and elsewhere in Scotland, continues to be fair and appropriate.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards transfer laboratory results electronically.
Answer
All NHS boards electronically transfer laboratory results from their various laboratory test systems to a single IT repository, to which authorised clinicians have online look-up access. From that repository there are various examples of onward transfer, for example to infection control databases.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance is available to NHS boards that wish to upgrade their systems to allow for electronic transfer of laboratory results.
Answer
Scottish Government funds the single IT repository for test results, known as SCI Store, plus the standards and electronic interface to allow further transfer of test results. Scottish Government has also recently announced a programme to establish comprehensive IT support for infection control, and this will include electronic transfer of test results where this is not already in place. Further examples being delivered by the eHealth Strategy are a new IT system for GPs and a Patient Management System for hospitals. These major procurements have the capacity to receive laboratory results electronically.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to reach a decision on the proposed Sound of Barra Special Area of Conservation.
Answer
The proposed Sound of Barra Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is presently undergoing an Impact Assessment, to explore the possible socio-economic effects of designation, with the final report expected in August. I will then consider the next steps to be taken in the early autumn.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to simplify charity regulation and registration
Answer
The Scottish Government and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) continue to monitor the effectiveness of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and regulations under it.
We have recently taken forward, by means of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, a number of OSCR''s recommendations for changes to the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010, which were laid before Parliament on 27 July 2010, amend the accounting rules for charities, including increasing the threshold for preparation of fully accrued accounts from £100,000 to £250,000. These changes aim to simplify or reduce charity regulation.
OSCR intends to introduce a new integrated reported regime which aims to simplify reporting processes for charities.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for voluntary deregistration of charities
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is an independent body and the member should approach them directly.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive which of those charities that have voluntary deregistered since May 2007 were under notice to deregister
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is an independent body and the member should approach them directly.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what charities have deregistered in each local authority area since May 2007; which of these were deregistered by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, and how many deregistered on a voluntary basis
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is an independent body and the member should approach them directly.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will carry out a review of the role of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Answer
The Scottish Government has made a commitment to carry out a fullscale review of the Charities and Trustee (Scotland) Act 2005 within ten years of its commencement date of April 2006. I anticipate this will include a review of the role of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Ambulance Service response times are for each ambulance station and how many of these were first attended by (a) a British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) GP, (b) a single-crewed ambulance, (c) an ambulance crewed by two technicians and (d) an ambulance crewed by a paramedic and a technician.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.