- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the review of continuing care beds in the west of Glasgow announced by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 10 February 2011.
Answer
The general purpose of the review will be to determine the ongoing need for NHS continuing care provision in the west of Glasgow, and to carefully consider the service options for providing this care, including maintaining the service currently provided by St Margaret''s of Scotland Hospice.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for the review of continuing care beds in the west of Glasgow announced by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 10 February 2011.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde expects to conclude the review by the end of this summer.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive who will be invited to participate in the review of continuing care beds in the west of Glasgow announced by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 10 February 2011.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39637 on 10 March 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the review of continuing care beds in the west of Glasgow announced by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 10 February 2011 will be conducted.
Answer
I expect all health boards to conduct robust NHS service reviews which are sensitive to local needs and priorities whilst being consistent with national policies, guidelines and frameworks.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the announcement of £400 million for a new mental health strategy by the UK Government will have a Barnett consequential and, if so, (a) what this will be and (b) how it will allocate it.
Answer
This announcement does not generate any new Barnett consequentials. Scotland has already received the full consequentials on the Department of Health''s spending review settlement in England, and we have already confirmed that all of these resources will be invested in the health sector and frontline services.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how funding from the Choose Life programme has been spent by NHS Health Scotland in each year since May 2007.
Answer
Choose Life has been a programme of work at NHS Health Scotland since April 2008. Prior to this it formed part of the Scottish Government''s former National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing. Broad areas of spend by NHS Health Scotland on the Choose Life Programme since April 2008 are as follows:
| Key Activity Area | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
| Stakeholder engagement | £21,000 | £13,000 | £17,555 |
| Awareness raising | £142,500 | £210,000 | £90,000 |
| Provision of education and training about suicidal behaviour | £315,000 | £395,000 | £216,000 |
| Capacity building and support to local areas | £11,000 | £60,000 | £60,200 |
| Provision of communication resources | £3,800 | £29,350 | £26,610 |
| Sub totals | £493,300 | £707,350 | £410,365 |
| Staff Costs, including on costs | £426,700 | £265,290 | £337,319 |
| Totals | £920,000 | £972,640 | £747,684 |
The reason why there is variation in spend between the three years is due to a number of factors. These are:
Choose Life is embedded within NHS Health Scotland - additional resources, corporate, staff and other input have contributed to the Choose Life programme through NHS Health Scotland''s Core Budget;
Choose Life events, cheaper daily delegate rates and publications online rather than paper printing, have been delivered at lower costs than was originally estimated.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring arrangements are in place for the Choose Life programme.
Answer
Revised proposals for monitoring Choose Life were made in the Report of the National Suicide Prevention Working Group,
Refreshing the National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland, published 29 October 2010. Details are available at the following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/10/26112102/13.
The monitoring proposals have been adopted and the group has already had its first meeting.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the next steps are for implementing the recommendations in the Cross Party Group on Muscular Dystrophy’s The Mackie Report following the meeting between the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Muscle Network on 8 February 2011.
Answer
We intend to issue a statement in the very near future on implementing the recommendations in the Scottish Muscle Network''s review of neuromuscular services and in the Mackie Report.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to suspend pay increments for NHS staff
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the social care spend has been in each year from 2007-08, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) NHS board
Answer
Copies of social work net expenditure 2007-08 “ 2009-10 are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 52531).
