- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the options in the Mott MacDonald report, The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland, to reduce the number of control rooms from eight to three or less, it will confirm whether it intends that the existing level of control rooms should be retained.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4738 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and return to a fire and rescue service-led proactive inspection process
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4742 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the process of self-regulation, whereby property owners and occupants are responsible for ensuring that non-domestic premises comply with fire safety legislation, contradicts the principle of community fire safety being the responsibility of the fire and rescue services.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4742 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reduce the number of fire service control rooms.
Answer
Following an analysisof responses to an earlier consultation exercise in respect of the future of firecontrol rooms, the Minister for Justice of the previous Executive announced on 1June 2006 that the matter should be further considered as part of a wider reviewof Scotland’s preparedness to deal with simultaneous major emergencies. The emergencypreparedness review team has completed its report which is being considered by ministers.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider returning to the fire and rescue services the responsibility for inspecting non-domestic premises to ensure that they comply with fire safety legislation.
Answer
Responsibility forinspecting non-domestic premises to ensure that they comply with fire safety legislationstill sits with the fire and rescue services in the majority of cases. Informationabout the new legislation is available at
www.infoscotland.com/firelaw.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3799 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, when colorectal surgery will be relocated from the Western General Hospital to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4840 on 18 October 2007. Allanswers 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: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3802 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what changes to patient numbers are anticipated following the new proposed catchment areas for (a) St John’s Hospital, (b) the Western General Hospital and (c) the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4848 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3797 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what aspects of NHS Lothian’s Improving Care, Investing in Change plans have still to be implemented.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4845 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3799 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, when NHS Lothian decided that colorectal surgery would be relocated from the Western General Hospital to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
I understand thatNHS Lothian consulted on a number of planned hospital service changes, includingrelocation of colorectal surgery from the Western General Hospital to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, in 2004.Action plans were subsequently approved by Lothian NHS Board in February 2005.
The planned date forthe relocation of colorectal surgery is July 2009. However, NHS Lothian has recentlyadvised me that they are reviewing their earlier decision in the light of furtherexperience, including medical staffing arrangements and the links between colorectalcancer services and other cancer services at the Western General Hospital. The board has indicated that they intendto complete their review by the end of 2007, and will then reach a decision aboutthe future location of colorectal surgery services.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3799 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, whom NHS Lothian consulted prior to making the decision that colorectal surgery would be relocated from the Western General Hospital to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4840 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
