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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)
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Question reference: S3W-15493

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-14365 and S3W-14367 by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing will now provide details of the new structure for infection control in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

A new infection control structure was introduced across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGG&C) from 1 July 2008. The current structure of the Infection Control Nursing service has been reviewed to allow a full and seamless integration of NHSGG&C into a single delivery service across the Acute Division.

The outcomes of the review are as follows;

four Sector Teams (North West, North East, South and Clyde) will be established, with a twinning arrangement between sectors where each partnership will provide cover as required in outbreak and emergency circumstances.

each team will be led by a Lead Infection Control Nurse, who will also have a Glasgow and Clyde wide responsibility in one of the following areas: cleaning, decontamination, surveillance, built environment and education/audit/research.

a Co-ordination Infection Control Doctor will work closely with the Head Nurse of Infection Control, and will also take the role as Lead Infection Control Doctor. The new structure will have five Infection Control Doctors.

in line with the four Sector Teams, there will be four Sector Infection Control Committees. The chairs of each sector committee will report to the Acute Division Infection Control Committee.

The new structure is in the process of implementation, with new organisational arrangements and line management responsibilities.

Question reference: S3W-15685

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executivewhen NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will have completed the integration of the former Greater Glasgow area with the former Clyde area.

Question reference: S3W-15690

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline all services available at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Question reference: S3W-15611

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when the independent review team on Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital issued adverts to the local press inviting families affected to make written submissions.

Question reference: S3W-15446

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems it expects to install in 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Question reference: S3W-15612

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers three days to be sufficient time for individuals to respond to a consultation.

Question reference: S3W-15684

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive why there has been no consideration of a new acute facility serving the north Clyde population, listed as option two on page 21 of Report of the independent external clinical review of anaesthetic services at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Question reference: S3W-15451

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the central heating programme baseline budget is for 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Question reference: S3W-15770

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15494 by Kenny MacAskill on 25 August 2008, what public inquiries have been initiated by the Scottish Ministers since the Inquiries Act 2005 was passed.

Since the Inquiries Act 2005 was passed, an inquiry was set up in March 2008 to look into the fingerprints in the Shirley McKie case, under the chairmanship of Lord Justice Campbell. Another inquiry was announced in April this year which will consider cases where patients have contracted hepatitis C, under the chairmanship of Lady Cosgrove.

Scottish Ministers have also jointly set up an inquiry in conjunction with the Department of Work and Pensions to investigate the explosion at the ICL Stockline factory under the chairmanship of the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Gill.

Question reference: S3W-15771

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15494 by Kenny MacAskill on 25 August 2008, whether ministers routinely seek the approval of the Parliament when determining the remit and chairing of a public inquiry.

There is no requirement under the Inquiries Act 2005 for a minister to seek the approval of the Parliament when determining the remit and chairing of a public inquiry.

Under section 6 of the act, however, a minister who proposes to cause an inquiry to be held, or who has already done so, must as soon as is reasonably practicable make an oral or written statement to that effect to the relevant Parliament

The statement must state:

(a) who is to be, or has been, appointed as chairman of the inquiry;

(b) whether the Minister has appointed, or proposes to appoint, any other members to the inquiry panel, and if so how many;