- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 7 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to reach a decision on the Beauly to Denny power line application.
Answer
The Beauly Denny public inquiry, the largest in Scotland since devolution, started on 6 February 2007 with public hearings concluding in 20 December 2007.
The inquiry reporters are now preparing their report, which is not expected until the end of 2008.
Scottish ministers will consider the reporters findings in reaching their determination and therefore a decision may be expected in 2009.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support an extension to the private sector contract for the Scottish Regional Treatment Centre at Stracathro Hospital if NHS Tayside considers the contract to be beneficial to NHS patients.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14043 on 18 June 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: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what investment plans it has for the Scottish Regional Treatment Centre at Stracathro Hospital.
Answer
Funding of £5 million per annum over three years, to 2009-10, has been made available to the Scottish Regional Treatment Centre at Stracathro. The contract between NHS Tayside and Netcare has more than a year to run and any decision on its future will not be made before a full evaluation report has been completed.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 12 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether is preparing for the possibility that Ukraine and Poland will not host Euro 2012 and, if so, what preparations it has made.
Answer
Informal discussions have been held with the Scottish Football Association but a feasibility study has not been commissioned.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 12 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which stadiums would receive funding for improvements if Scotland was given the opportunity to host Euro 2012.
Answer
This would be considered as part of any feasibility study.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what conditions were put in place when a new contract was awarded for the Kinloch Rannoch GP practice.
Answer
No conditions were placed on the new practice as far as out of hours services were concerned. In terms of the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts)(Scotland) Regulations 2004 a practice either provides out of hours services or not. Where it does not do so there can be no requirements in the contract between the practice and the health board in respect of such services.
Before the new contract was awarded, NHS Tayside consulted the Kinloch Rannoch community and local representatives were on the selection panel.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that out-of-hours service is required for the safety and wellbeing of the people in the Kinloch Rannoch area of highland Perthshire.
Answer
Yes. There should be safe out-of-hours services for all patients whether the service is provided by a GP practice or the NHS board.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GPs who have offered out-of-hours services have retired since 2005 and have not been replaced by new GP practices offering equivalent out-of-hours services.
Answer
Since 2005 there has been one case of a GP providing out-of-hours services who has been replaced by a GP not providing such services.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which areas in mainland Scotland are considered as equivalent to Scottish islands in terms of provision of health services.
Answer
As far as primary medical services are concerned, all areas of Scotland including the islands are subject to the same regulations.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what factors were considered when the decision was taken to allow the Kinloch Rannoch GP practice to opt out of out-of-hours service.
Answer
In accordance with the provisions of the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts)(Scotland) Regulations 2004, the decision was taken by an independent assessment panel. The panel reached a unanimous decision on the basis that practices of similar remoteness and rurality had opted out and that the health boards in those areas had put in place safe alternative arrangements.
