- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Western Isles, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take in co-operation with NHS Western Isles to ensure that Broadbay Medical Practice in Stornoway is in a position to continue to provide its current level of service to patients.
Answer
NHS Western Isles has astatutory duty to secure the provision of primary medical services for allpeople in its area.
The Scottish Executive is inregular contact with NHS Western Isles to ensure that the patients of Broadbaymedical practice continue to receive the full range of primary medicalservices.
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Western Isles, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, when determining questions of property deprivation for the purposes of calculating the cost of personal care, it will disregard property in cases where a home has been made over to a family member who has to live in a tied house due to their employment conditions and who has no other home in the event of their employment terminating.
Answer
Local authorities take no accountof property or any other assets in determining free personal care payments to peopleaged 65 or over whom they assess as needing residential care.
The National Assistance (Assessmentof Resources) Regulations 1992 provide the framework for local authorities to chargefor care that they provide or arrange in residential care homes. The Scottish Executiveprovides local authorities with guidance on charging. It is for the local authorityto decide in each case whether or not to disregard the value of a property in assessingthe resident’s contribution towards the cost of residential care, having regardto the guidance on the deprivation of capital and treatment of property. The regulationsand the guidance include circumstances in which property must be disregarded.
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Western Isles, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 18 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that an appointment will be made to the post of Chief Executive of Bord Na Gaidhlig.
Answer
Bòrd na Gàidhlig is activelypursuing the appointment of a new Chief Executive and the Scottish Executive isin close contact with the Bòrd as it progresses this matter. The Scottish ministersand Bòrd na Gàidhlig recognise the importance of making a high quality appointmentto this pivotal Gaelic development role and are working toward that end as quicklyas possible.
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Western Isles, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received from GP practices in respect of the level of global sum funding.
Answer
The National Health Service(General Medical Services Contracts)(Scotland) Regulations 2004 provide thatany GP practice which has a contract with a health board for the provision ofgeneral medical services may refer any dispute where it cannot reach agreementwith the health board to the Scottish ministers for resolution. Three caseshave been received where the amount of the global sum was the subject of thedispute since 1 April 2004.
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Western Isles, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any instances of GP practices citing the level of global sum funding as a reason for a practice being financially unsustainable.
Answer
No. It is open to anypractice which cannot come to an agreement with its health board about anyaspect of its contract to refer the case to the Scottish ministers under thestatutory dispute resolution procedure. In such cases concerning global sums ashave been referred, the practices have not claimed that their financialsustainability is threatened.
