- 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To ask the Scottish Executive how many GPs who have offered out-of-hours services have retired since 2005 and have not been replaced by new GP practices offering equivalent out-of-hours services.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Since 2005 there has been one case of a GP providing out-of-hours services who has been replaced by a GP not providing such services.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 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 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.
- 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 what level of service it believes is sufficient to replace out-of-hours cover in the Kinloch Rannoch area of highland Perthshire.
Answer
In 2004 NHS Quality Improvement Scotland produced standards for out-of-hours primary medical standards. The services to replace the out-of-hours services which had been provided by the local general practitioner should meet those standards.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils achieved at least five standard grades at SQA level 4 including English and maths at each local authority secondary school in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer
The information requested is given in the document Pupils with five or more qualifications at SCQF level 4, including English and maths, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45619).
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils left each local authority secondary school in Glasgow with at least five standard grades at SQA level 4 including English and maths in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer
The information requested is given in the document Pupils with five or more qualifications at SCQF level 4, including English and maths, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 45619).
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what Barnett consequentials arise from the £4.65 million funding announced by the UK Government for school pupil visits to Auschwitz.
Answer
The £4.65 million, announced by the UK Government in February 2008, to pay for two pupils from schools in England to visit Auschwitz did not generate additional funding for Scotland. This funding was part of the Department for Children, Schools and Families general budget which was agreed at the October 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools were federated, with a head teacher having joint responsibility for more than one school, in each of the last five years.
Answer
There are no federated schools in Scotland. The management and deployment of staff in schools is a matter for the local authority employers to determine. The number of head teachers reported as working in two or more schools at the time of the census each year was as follows:
2003: 23
2004: 33
2005: 46
2006: 59
2007: 77.
