- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement of additional funding, whether there are any infection control concerns that have prevented the use of steam cleaners.
Answer
Health Facilities Scotland has confirmed that there are no infection control concerns that have prevented the use of steam cleaners. They have advised that concerns were raised in relation to aerosolization, but as the machines purchased have a combined steam machine with vacuum, these concerns have not been realised.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £400,000 provided to the NHS for 250 steam cleaners in 2009 has been spent and how many steam cleaners have been purchased.
Answer
Health Facilities Scotland has advised that all of the £400,000 funding provided in 2008-09 was spent on the purchase of 250 steam cleaners.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has estimated the cost of redundancy payments for the proposed 25% reduction in senior managers in the NHS.
Answer
No. There is a commitment to no compulsory redundancies in NHSScotland. If individual boards choose to approve redundancies on a voluntary basis they would be responsible for identifying and justifying the costs incurred. Any such costs would depend entirely on individual circumstances.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the chief executive of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be appointed and when they will take up the post.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37018 on 11 November 2010. 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: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the senior management team of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be appointed and when they will take up their posts.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37018 on 11 November 2010. 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: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what planning it has undertaken with regard to the staffing and budget of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland and when it will provide this information to the Parliament.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37018 on 11 November 2010. 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: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the project team responsible for Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland is working under the assumption of a 12.5% budget cut and, if so, whether part of this reduction will be achieved by voluntary severance.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37018 on 11 November 2010. 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: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the planned launch of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland in April 2011 is on track.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37018 on 11 November 2010. 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: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the convener of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be appointed.
Answer
The Minister for Children and Early Years and I expect to make an announcement in November 2010 about the appointment of the Chairperson of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS).
Interviews will be held later this month for the post of chief executive and we will announce that appointment shortly thereafter along with the date when the new chief executive will take up post.
I can confirm that the planned launch of SCSWIS on 1 April 2011 is on schedule.
The Minister for Children and Early Years and I have agreed the approach to developing the new organisation over three years as part of the draft operating plan for the new organisation. The transition team is now developing the draft business plan including an interim structure and is making progress on procedures for matching senior management and staff into SCSWIS. As part of this work on-going consultation is being held with the SCSWIS partnership forum and senior staff of the existing bodies.
Final decisions on the budget and staffing for the new body cannot be made until later this month when the outcome of the spending review is announced. However once known, we expect the senior management team to be appointed and take up their posts in the shadow organisation in the coming weeks.
In line with our government''s aim of developing more proportionate and risk-based scrutiny we expect SCSWIS to have a smaller budget and fewer staff than the bodies and part of HM Inspectorate of Education that are being merged to create it. However, until the outcome of the spending review is known we cannot forecast SCSWIS actual budget or what level of job losses might be required in the first three years of the new body.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of job losses it anticipates in the first three years of the operation of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland, as outlined in the Draft Transitional Operating Plan.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37018 on 11 November 2010. 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.
