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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-13682

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12565 by Alex Neil on 27 February 2013, whether incidents of bullying and harassment were raised at the annual board reviews of (a) NHS 24 and (b) the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Question reference: S4W-13681

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12469 by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013, what options are being considered.

Question reference: S4W-13680

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12470 by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013, how much has been set aside in the 2013-14 budget for a chronic pain residential service.

Question reference: S4W-13685

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12564 by Alex Neil on 27 February 2013, how long the pilot whistleblowers’ hotline will last; how it will be evaluated; whether it will be independent of government, and when the substantive service will be in place.

The National Confidential Alert Line will run as a pilot from 2April 2013 until 31 March 2014. The contract allows for a three month extension.

The Alert Line service, which will be provided by Public Concern at Work (PCaW), will be independent of government. The principles for operation state that PCaW will encourage callers to raise their concerns with their employer in the first instance. PCaW will also support callers to pursue their case with the appropriate regulator when they consider this to be the most suitable course of action.

PCaW will provide 6 and 12 month evaluation reports. These will include a breakdown of calls received by type and NHS board (where the caller is prepared to share this), a review of the trends identified in call patterns and recommendations for next steps. Should the evaluation demonstrate that the Alert Line is considered to be a valuable addition to the support available to NHS staff in Scotland, my intention would be to make the service permanent.

Question reference: S4W-13679

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12468 by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013, when the Parliament was informed of the establishment of a residential pain service, as reported in the Daily Express on 21 January 2013.

Question reference: S4F-01286

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 March 2013

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on reports that junior doctors are regularly working up to 100 hours per week.

Question reference: S4W-13683

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12567 by Alex Neil on 27 February 2013, how many compromise agreements have been used by each NHS board and how many contained confidentiality clauses.

Question reference: S4W-13635

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many kinship carers there are, also broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S4W-13684

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12564 by Alex Neil on 27 February 2013, whether the hotline will cover all of Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-13601

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether and, if so, when it will issue new guidance to ensure standardised assessments across the country following the implementation of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.

The Act does not affect the assessment duty to meet a person's needs, as set out in Section 12A of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. The guidance will however contain a strong steer on the need for the processes surrounding assessment to be outcome focused and to be conducted in line with the principles of collaboration, informed choice and involvement contained in Section 1 of the (SDS) 2013 Act. The Scottish Government will conduct a consultation on the guidance in Spring 2013. The target date for publication of the final version of the guidance will be determined in due course however it will be published prior to the commencement date for the 2013 Act.