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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-29361

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to NHS Quality Improvement Scotland about implementing national guidance on the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.

We have asked NHS Quality ImprovementScotland to carry out a stock-take of all the initiatives in place in Scotland aimedat managing venous thromboembolism (VTE), DVT being one of the common presentationsof VTE.

The main message which guidanceon diagnosis needs to emphasise is that all the investigations available at presentcan only indicate a low probability of DVT. They cannot exclude the presence ofa DVT.

Question reference: S2W-28829

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the funding available in the 2006-07 budget for the Prevention 2010 project has been allocated.

Question reference: S2W-28934

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils were seen by the school dental service in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency.

Question reference: S2W-28828

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available in the 2006-07 budget for the Prevention 2010 project.

Question reference: S2W-28935

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total and (b) per capita cost was of the school dental service in each of the last five years, also broken down by (i) NHS board, (ii) local authority and (iii) parliamentary constituency.

Question reference: S2W-28923

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent figures are for recorded incidents of physical or verbal attacks against NHS staff in each NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-28830

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many flu vaccinations will be available in the next two months.

Scotland will be receiving 1.3 million doses of flu vaccine thisyear, 200,000 doses more than we did last year. The delivery of this vaccine forSeptember, October, November and December is as follows:

September 8%; approximately 104,000doses

October 52.8%; approximately686,400 doses

November 23.2%; approximately301,600 doses

December 15.6%; approximately202,800 doses.

Due to problems growing one of the flu vaccine’s virus strains, delivery ‎of the flu vaccine for this seasonhas been slightly delayed by ‎approximately one month across Europe. The initial‎delay in production ‎means that deliveries of vaccine will be spreadover a longer period. ‎Flu ‎vaccine will now be delivered throughoutOctober (over half in October), ‎November and ‎December.

Question reference: S2W-28920

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of physical or verbal attacks against NHS staff have been recorded in (a) total over the last 10 years and (b) each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS board.

The information requested isnot collected centrally in the form requested. However, with the development of the Scottish Workforce Information Statistical System (SWISS) this kind of informationwill be available in the future.

The data available on violenceand aggression related incidents up to 31 March 2004can be seen on the Scottish Health Statistics website under workforce statistics,www.isdscotland.org/workforce.

Question reference: S2W-28922

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of physical or verbal attacks against NHS staff were recorded in each NHS board from January to September 2006.

Question reference: S2W-28921

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 24 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of physical or verbal attacks against NHS staff were recorded in each NHS board from September 2005 to September 2006.