- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when Health Protection Scotland met the Health Protection Agency to discuss guidance on clostridium difficile.
Answer
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) has not formally met with the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to discuss their new draft guidance on clostridium difficile, although I am advised that a member of HPS attended a conference hosted by the Health Protection Agency on 14 February at which the draft guidance was discussed.
Scottish guidance on surveillance of clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD) has been available since the start of the mandatory CDAD surveillance programme in September 2006 and this was updated in October 2007. New guidance on CDAD in Scotland is being prepared by HPS and will be discussed at the next HAI Task Force meeting in September.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 17 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the criteria on which the First Minister will refer any allegations of breach of the ministerial code to the independent advisers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14804 on 17 July 2008. 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: Wednesday, 02 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 17 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will apply to the referral of allegations of breach of the ministerial code to the independent advisers by the First Minister.
Answer
As the First Minister said in Parliament on 18 June, matters referred to the independent advisers will be matters of substance and import, and will not include matters which have already been resolved, or on which ministers have previously made a statement or apology, or cases in which allegations are unsubstantiated.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what cash efficiency savings have been sought from police boards for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
Answer
Efficiency savings made by the police will contribute to the target set for local government. That is £174.7 million in 2008-09, £349.4 million in 2009-10 and £524.1 million in 2010-11. It will be for local authorities and the police forces to agree the level of efficiencies to be delivered by the police.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Vale of Leven Hospital was last deep cleaned.
Answer
I am advised by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that the Vale of Leven Hospital is cleaned in accordance with The National Cleaning Specification and monitored in accordance with the National Monitoring Tool. Returns for the standard of cleanliness are submitted to Health Facilities Scotland on a monthly basis in accordance with national reporting arrangements for cleaning services.
Terminal and Isolation cleans are completed in line with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Infection Control Policy Standard Operating Procedures when they are required. Terminal cleans involve domestic services and nursing staff thoroughly cleaning all surfaces and equipment within the clinical environment. This includes the removal of curtains and bed screens for laundering, beds, lockers and drip stands etc. In the majority of cases a hypochlorite based cleaning solution is used but this may vary according to any advice provided by the Infection Control Team on specific precautions to be taken.
In addition, when a patient is being treated in isolation for an infection, specific “Isolation Cleans” are carried out twice a day in the area in which the patient is being nursed. Isolation Cleans are thorough cleans of all the patient and nurse contact areas which minimise the risk of contamination.
Wards at the Vale of Leven Hospital undergo terminal cleans for a variety of reasons and I have been advised by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that 13 terminal cleans have taken place in various wards at the hospital since December 2007. I am also advised that a rolling programme of terminal cleans of all wards at the Vale of Leven began on 13th June and that this was completed on 28 June 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on the BBC's Politics Show on 15 June 2008 that she was told on Tuesday 10 June 2008 about the clostridium difficile issue at the Vale of Leven Hospital, and, in light of evidence to the contrary, whether she will withdraw her statement.
Answer
No. I clearly set out the timeline of events in my statement to the Parliament on 18 June 2008. I made clear in the BBC interview that I was first aware of the cases of clostridium difficile (C. diff) at the Vale of Leven in late May. I advised that on 6 June 2008, a local Dumbarton newspaper informed me that it intended to report a possible five deaths from C. diff at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
On 10 June 2008, the Scottish Government was advised by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that, in addition to a range of other actions being taken, a full look-back review had been conducted. That review has now identified a total of 55 cases of C. diff infection from December 2007, including nine deaths where C. diff was the main cause of death and another nine cases where it was a secondary cause.
The infection control team met on 10 June 2008 and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde updated issued a press release on 11 June 2008. I received an interim report on the situation from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 13 June 2008 and a further report on 17 June 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will indicate the cost of policing Faslane 365 protests at HMNB Clyde.
Answer
The organisation of police operations, including the allocation of resources to this operation, is a matter for the Chief Constable of Strathclyde.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide Strathclyde Police Joint Board with additional funding to cover the cost of policing Faslane 365 protests at HMNB Clyde.
Answer
There are no plans to provide additional funding to Strathclyde to cover these costs as there have been numerous protests at Faslane over the years and the need to police Faslane will have been built into the force’s budgets.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to provide an additional £29 million to Strathclyde Joint Police Board to cover its additional pension costs for 2009-10.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14795 on 15 July 2008 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to provide any additional funding to police boards to cover the extra police pensions costs for 2009-10.
Answer
There are no plans to provide any additional funding to police boards for this. Under the terms of the concordat, it is for police authorities to negotiate jointly the amount of funding that will be provided by local authorities to meet policing costs.
