Questions and answers

Question reference: S4W-06483

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have been challenged by NHS Information Services Division regarding the accuracy of New Ways waiting time statistics and when ministers were made aware of this.

Ministers have not been aware of any challenges regarding accuracy. However, we are advised when there have been data quality issues, such as not all data being complete due to changes in patient administration systems. These issues are reported as part of the waiting times quarterly publication.

Since 2008, when ISD began publishing data on New Ways, they have engaged with all NHS boards routinely as part of the quarterly publication of waiting times statistics. All NHS boards are required to agree their data prior to each quarterly publication, with an assurance that the published data reflects the accurate local position. This routine process involves seeking clarification from NHS boards that statistics that appear to be higher or lower than expected are accurate. This involves ISD’s statisticians corresponding with each of the boards. Through this process any significant data quality issues fed back by NHS boards are highlighted in the publication.

Question reference: S4W-06353

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly qualified nurses who obtained an internship via the scheme for newly qualified nurses announced on 24 February 2011 subsequently obtained employment as a nurse, also broken down by workplace (a) in and (b) outside Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-06355

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses who obtained an internship via the scheme for newly qualified nurses announced on 24 February 2011 subsequently obtained employment as a nurse (a) in the NHS, (b) in the independent sector and (c) elsewhere.

Question reference: S4W-06352

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly qualified nurses have obtained an internship via the scheme for newly qualified nurses announced on 24 February 2011.

Question reference: S4W-06357

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses who obtained an internship via the scheme for newly qualified nurses announced on 24 February 2011 subsequently obtained employment as a nurse on a (a) permanent and (b) temporary contract.

Question reference: S4W-06356

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses who obtained an internship via the scheme for newly qualified nurses announced on 24 February 2011 subsequently obtained employment as a nurse on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time contract.

Question reference: S4O-00898

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will give to the Scottish Maritime Museum as part of the National Strategy for Scotland’s Museums and Galleries.

Question reference: S4W-06170

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 26 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what emergency life skills training is provided in primary schools.

The experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence contain a section on physical wellbeing which includes the statement, “I know and can demonstrate how to keep myself and others safe and how to respond in a range of emergency situations.” It is for schools and local authorities to decide how to take this learning forward.

To support this learning, Education Scotland are working with the British Heart Foundation and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland to develop resources for schools on emergency life support skills which are to be made available to schools in 2012.

Question reference: S4W-06159

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers asking people with PIP implants to sign contracts waiving their right to take legal action to be an unreasonable condition of medical treatment.

Question reference: S4W-06284

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05980 by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2012 and in light of the letter of 6 February 2012 to the Health and Sport Committee from the Scottish Independent Hospital Association about charging for the removal and replacement of PIP breast implants, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will call a summit of private providers to ensure consistency of approach for those affected.

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