- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any additional funding will be allocated to General Dental Practitioners to assist with the increased costs associated with (a) the prevention of cross-infection and (b) the removal of clinical and specialist waste.
Answer
Proposals for payment in relation to the costs of prevention of cross-infection and the removal of clinical and specialist waste were included in the evidence submitted to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration by the British Dental Association. The Executive will not anticipate the review body's recommendations.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether staff of General Dental Service Dentists can enter the NHS superannuation scheme in the same way as staff of General Medical Practitioners.
Answer
Not under current arrangements. This is one of the proposals which the British Dental Association has made to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the report on "Scotland's leading edge work on clinical outcomes and quality" as referred to in Investing In You.
Answer
The report will be published in early December.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the budget and, where applicable, the additional budget for Dundee Dental Hospital will be ring-fenced to ensure that the hospital can meet targets set in the Dental Action Plan and the Report of the Scottish Integrated Workforce Planning Group and to ensure that the hospital will not be subject to any cutbacks as a result of the Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust's #19 million financial deficit.
Answer
Dundee Dental Hospital and School has defined budgets for the educational component of its activity. Resources both from the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council have increased in recent years over and above inflation. The Scottish Executive has no plans to reduce dental school allocations for education and will continue to allocate resources in line with present strategic plans.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will respond to the British Dental Association's request for an increase in fees paid to dentists by the NHS of 8%.
Answer
The Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration is currently assessing the evidence provided by the UK Health Departments and by the British Dental Association and the General Dental Practitioners Association. The Executive will not anticipate the review body's recommendations.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be an expansion of the consultant grades in dental specialities to ensure high quality training and to improve clinical practice.
Answer
The need for specialist dental services in Scotland is one issue within the remit of the Scottish Advisory Committee on Dental Workforce (SACDW). The number of dental specialists needed within hospital practice, community services and general dental services will continue to be monitored by SACDW.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address any problems in the recruitment and retention of physiotherapists.
Answer
The overall recruitment and retention of Professions Allied to Medicine (PAMs), which include physiotherapists remains healthy although there are some recognised difficulties in particular geographical areas and with some specialist posts.
The employment of physiotherapists is a matter for NHS Trusts.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether more funding will be allocated to dental hospitals to meet the increasing need for sedation services.
Answer
Additional resources have been allocated to both dental schools for 2000-01 to develop consultant-led sedation services primarily for the education and training of undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a Scottish Professions Allied to Medicines Educational Council would be the best option to ensure that the specialist and post-registration needs of all such professions are met.
Answer
The Scottish Executive's consultation paper Supporting Learning for the Professions Allied to Medicine invited responses by 29 September 2000. The responses to the consultation are currently under consideration.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the one Endodontic Specialist in Scotland is sufficient to meet the recommendations of the Action Plan for Dental Services in Scotland.
Answer
Endodontics is the specialty of treatment of root canals. The majority of root canal treatment work is undertaken by primary care dentists, both in the community and in general dental practice, with over 140,000 such treatments undertaken annually in Scotland. Also, as those patients requiring specialist endodontic care are normally referred to a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Endodontic Specialists are not the sole supplier of this type of treatment.
The Scottish Executive is reviewing the role of all dental specialties and their contribution to future dental services in Scotland.
