- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the level 3 budget line for Support for Ferry Services is to be increased from £77.8 million in 2010-11 to £94.4 million in 2011-12 and on what this additional funding is to be spent.
Answer
The Support for Ferry Services budget line is used to fund essential ferry services which transport people, vehicles, freight and livestock to and from Scotland''s island and remote mainland communities. The vast majority of funding is distributed via long-term contracts with ferry operators.
Operating costs have risen since the last spending review and funding has been increased to the level needed to maintain the existing provision of lifeline services at affordable fares.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts have been made to secure patient feedback on the standard of meals served at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill); what such patient feedback has shown; what lessons have been learned, and how patient satisfaction levels compare with those at other NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hospitals.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board catering surveys are issued to all patients and they are analysed on a regular basis. The board monitors the patient views of catering services in a number of ways e.g., through the clinical quality indicators (CQIs) framework, food tasting audits and an instant feedback mechanism called how are we doing? Catering Supervisors monitor all these comments on a regular basis.
Catering services have continually adapted menu formats on the basis of patient and parent comments received, and also based on observation of particular dish uptake and associated waste should specific dishes be unpopular.
Previous catering satisfaction surveys circulated have generated a relatively low percentage response rate (last circulation returned 34% of surveys issued) compared with a 57% overall board return. Overall, 90% of patients rated the Yorkhill catering service as good compared to 84% for the overall board response (board response based on average of all sites). It is intended to issue the 2010 catering survey in child suitable formats, acknowledging the age ranges of patients.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 25 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of pupils in Roman Catholic schools has been Roman Catholic in each year since 1997, also broken down by (a) local authority and (b) school.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 25 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Roman Catholic schools request that parents present a certificate indicating that their child was baptised in a Roman Catholic Church before allowing the child entry to the school and what its position is on this practice.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally. Section 28B of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 requires every education authority to publish their admission criteria for schools. It is for the authorities to set out the details and reasonable verification arrangements and the Scottish Government has no locus to intervene in these matters.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive where meals served to patients at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) are prepared.
Answer
The majority of meals served to patients at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, are prepared at the Western Infirmary. Yorkhill locally prepares chilled patient and staff meal components and call-order children''s snack choices, which are alternative options to those offered within the standard menu.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to ensure that meals served to patients at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) are tailored to the specific needs and tastes of children; what analysis has been carried out of the effectiveness of these measures, and what conclusions have been drawn.
Answer
Arrangements are in place at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) to ensure that all children on admission to hospital who have special dietary requirements are assessed by a dietician. Food suitable for children''s dietary needs is available during working hours, seven days a week and the children are able to select meals once they have seen what is on offer. Rotating menu plans are available so that parents are aware of the choices in advance. A special feeds unit also prepares special feeds and supplements for infants and children with complex nutritional problems where a child''s nutritional needs or requirements are altered by their disease or medical condition.
Food tasting audits were undertaken in 2009 which focused on children''s views of catering services, including popular choices. Feedback indicates the need for a very flexible catering provision for children given the patient age ranges, eating preferences and, in some cases, highly specialist dietary requirements being catered for. Catering services are continually adapting menu formats on the basis of patient and parent comments and are maintaining ongoing dialogue with patients, parents and carers.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive what the procedure is for advising nurses working on an open rota in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde of their next rota; what feedback has been received on this procedure, and whether any feedback suggests the need for improvement.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of road salt have been held in reserve in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Responsibility for winter maintenance on local roads is a matter for individual local authorities and the Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to provide sufficient reserves of road salt for winter 2010-11 and what assurance it can give that these will be effective.
Answer
The responsibility for winter maintenance rests with individual roads authorities, in the case of trunk roads the Scottish Ministers, and on local roads the relevant local authority. The Scottish Salt Group chaired by Transport Scotland and including representatives from Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and COSLA have been collaborating on the resilience of Scotland and have jointly published a report which is available at:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/strategy-and-research/publications-and-consultations/j13001-00.htm.
As recommended in the report, monitoring of restocking has shown that Scottish roads authorities are on target to have sufficient salt before the worst weather starts. The report also recommended the development of a strategic salt stock of around 30,000 tonnes. Transport Scotland has started the process of procuring this.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to refurbish the Christie ward at the Vale of Leven Hospital following the damage caused by fire in July 2010, and when it expects this work to be completed.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will consider all the options, including representations from the Vale of Leven Monitoring Group, at their board meeting on 26 October 2010.
