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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-02557

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland did not carry out a full inspection of the Elsie Inglis Nursing Home until 20 April 2011, given that a complaint about standards of care at the home was lodged with the City of Edinburgh Council on 25 March 2011.

Following the death of a resident of the Elsie Inglis Nursing Home on 18 May 2011 a report was submitted by Lothian and Borders Police to the Procurator Fiscal in Edinburgh. Lothian and Borders Police and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service continue to lead a wide ranging investigation into the circumstances of this death.

The investigation is in partnership with the Health and Safety Executive and the Care Inspectorate, and under the direction of the Health and Safety Division of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Due to the ongoing investigation there are restrictions as to what we can say on this matter.

I also refer the member to the answer to questions S4W-00276 and S4W-00277
on 9 June 2011; and questions S4W-00279 and S4W-00509 on 15 June 2011. All answers 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Question reference: S4W-02560

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 September 2011

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

Question reference: S4O-00215

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S4W-02698

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for the publication of the Scottish Service Standards for Neonatal Care.

Question reference: S4W-02697

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the deadline is for the Neonatal Expert Advisory Group to report to the Minister for Public Health with the final version of the Scottish Service Standards for Neonatal Care.

Question reference: S4W-02551

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the establishment figures were for inspection staff at Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland on 1 April 2011.

Question reference: S4W-02549

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many established staff transferred from the Social Work Inspection Agency to (a) Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland and (b) Healthcare Improvement Scotland on 1 April 2010.

No transfers of established staff took place from the Social Work Inspection Agency to Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland or Healthcare Improvement Scotland on 1 April 2010. SWIA was still operating until 31 March 2011, and the new scrutiny bodies SCSWIS and HIS were not established until 1 April 2011.

However, on 1 April 2011 SWIA transferred 25 (24.76 full-time equivalent) established staff to SCSWIS. No staff transferred from SWIA to HIS at that time.

Question reference: S4W-02594

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what inquiries it has made into the causes of Choices Care entering administration.

The Scottish Government has given reassurances about the continuity of care for service users, and is working in close partnership with COSLA, SCSWIS (Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland) and ADSW (Association of Directors of Social Work) through the National Contingency Planning Group.

The group has been set-up to look at the overall preparedness of statutory agencies in addressing unforeseen circumstances that could lead to the disruption of adult care provision in Scotland. This will include any service disruption or cessation that arises from a business closure, an emergency situation or a public health matter.

Continuity of care is being maintained in respect of Choices Care, there is requirement to make inquiries into the decision by Choices Care to enter into administration.

Question reference: S4W-02587

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the establishment of an allied health professional workforce bank for the NHS.

Question reference: S4W-02559

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its definition is of kinship care.

Kinship care is when a looked after child is placed by a local authority with an approved kinship carer. The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 defines a potential kinship carer as a person who is related to the child or who is known to the child and with whom the child has a pre-existing relationship. A local authority has the power to decide whether to approve such a relative or person as a kinship carer for the child. The 2009 Regulations also set out the requirements and procedures which must be followed when a child is placed with a kinship carer.