- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing was consulted on, or otherwise made aware of, any change in policy on requiring workforce planning projections from NHS boards.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33648 on 7 June 2010. All the answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottishparliament.uk/Apps/Business/PQA/Default.aspx
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have been held with NHS boards regarding funding for voluntary severance.
Answer
Discussions are regularly held with NHS boards, and in partnership with NHS boards and staff side organisations, on a wide range of staffing matters. This includes staff governance and terms and conditions issues, such as voluntary severance.
Boards have been advised that, when planning for service redesign or other organisational changes, they should only consider a voluntary severance scheme as a last resort and that these schemes require to be financed from within existing budgets.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the letter of 9 April 2010 from its Health Directorate inviting NHS boards to submit workforce planning projections by 30 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33648 on 7 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
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, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing is aware of the content of the workforce planning projections for 2010-11 submitted to the Scottish Government by NHS boards by 30 April 2010.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many press, media or communications staff will be employed in each territorial and special NHS board in 2010-11 and at what cost.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33636 on 7 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
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, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what category of posts make up the 10,000 additional jobs in the NHS that the Scottish Government reports that there have been since May 2007.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33640 on 7 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
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, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts will be removed from each NHS board as set out in the workforce planning projections for 2011-12, broken down by (a) medical consultants, (b) medical others, (c) dental, (d) nursing and midwifery, (e) allied health professions, (f) other therapeutic staff, (g) healthcare science staff, (h) administrative and clerical staff, (i) facilities staff and (j) management.
Answer
We are not aware of any workforce planning projections by NHS boards for 2011-12.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts will be removed from each NHS board as set out in the workforce planning projections for 2010-11, broken down by (a) medical consultants, (b) medical others, (c) dental, (d) nursing and midwifery, (e) allied health professions, (f) other therapeutic staff, (g) healthcare science staff, (h) administrative and clerical staff, (i) facilities staff and (j) management.
Answer
As workforce projections are work in progress, informed by ongoing discussions about efficiency and service delivery improvements, there are no definitive figures available yet. NHS boards are in the process of developing their future workforce profiles in discussion with staff side representatives and have made clear there will be no compulsory redundancies.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards have been asked, or are preparing, workforce planning projections for 2011-12 and, if so, when these will be made publicly available.
Answer
NHS boards are currently working on their workforce planning projections for 2010-11 and will consider projections for 2011-12 in due course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how NHS boards ensure that disabled employees are treated fairly regarding absences that they may be forced to take as a result of their disability.
Answer
All NHS boards are expected to comply with the statutory requirements in respect of disabled people.
In addition, NHS boards have the autonomy to adopt policies which are appropriate to local need. NHSScotland has a range of progressive policies in place to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of its workforce and NHS boards are actively working in partnership with their staff to achieve sustained improvements in attendance rates. It is open to boards to use their special leave policies to support disabled employees who are absent due to their disability.
