- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to appoint a national dietary co-ordinator.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-14002.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the role and remit of a national dietary co-ordinator will be.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-14002.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how the role and remit of a national dietary co-ordinator will differ from and complement the role and remit of the Scottish Community Diet National Project Officer appointed in 1996.
Answer
The National Diet Action Co-ordinator post is due to be advertised within the next two to three weeks. The Co-ordinator will champion the need for improvement in Scotland's diet; supporting the key players with an influence over diet, such as primary producers, manufacturers, retailers and the catering sector, to increase their contribution towards the implementation of the Scottish Diet Action Plan. This will complement the work of the Scottish Community Diet Project, which has a specific focus on low income communities.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 12- to 15-year-olds smoke according to latest available figures and what percentage of 12- to 15-year-olds this represents.
Answer
Data from the ONS publication 'Smoking, drinking and drug use among young teenagers in 1998' show that in 1998 in Scotland around 12% of children aged between 12 and 15 years old were regular smokers. This percentage is taken from a sample survey and represents an estimated 27,000 to 33,500 children aged between 12 and 15 years.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 15 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what grant funding, and from which funding bodies, the Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland received in 2000 and what funding it will receive in 2001.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO, core funding for Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland (NRIS) in year to 31 March 2001 will be approximately £398,000. The budget for year to 31 March 2002 is £407,000. In addition to funding the NRIS, CSO funds specific research projects administered by the unit. £297,000 and £300,000 was awarded to them for projects in 2000-01 and 2001-02 respectively.Additionally NRIS received external funding from the following sources in 2000.
| Funding Body | £ |
| CRAG | 1,200 |
| Ethicon Ltd | 600 |
| Greater Glasgow NHS Trust | 32,000 |
And will receive external funding from the following sources in 2001.
| Funding Body | £ |
| Tyco Healthcare UK/RCN A&E Nursing Association | 3,250 ** |
| European Society & Contraception | 10,000 |
| Ethicon Ltd | 600 |
| Greater Glasgow NHS Trust | 32,000 |
| NBS | 3796 |
| NIH | 230,000 |
| European Society & Contraception | 10,000 * |
** New funding in 2001.* New funding 2000.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 15 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland has, as part of its remit, a duty to assess the impact of its research, or of the application of its research findings, on patient care in Scotland.
Answer
The remit of Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland is to carry out high quality research into direct patient care. As with all the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) research units, the impact of its activity is evaluated by the Unit Advisory Group and at the formal review of the unit carried out by a panel of independent experts chaired by the CSO.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 15 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current objectives are of the Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland.
Answer
The aim of the Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland (NRIS) is to become the national centre for excellence for Scotland-wide research into direct patient care. Current objectives will focus on research into stroke (a health priority area where nurses and Professions Allied to Medicine have major impact), Practitioner Decision-Making, Practitioner Interventions and Patient Centred Outcomes.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 15 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the publications of the Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland from its establishment to date.
Answer
Details of five publications by NRIS are listed below.
| Author | Title | Publisher |
| Brannan E, Curzio J, Hunt J | Stress and quality of life among carers of the adult learning disabled: a review of the literature | A NRIS publication. January 1997 |
| O'Henley A, Curzio J, Hunt J | How to design a questionnaire | A NRIS publication. January 1997 |
| Hagen S, Hanley J, Capewell A, Miller V | An evaluation of outcome measures for use in urinary incontinence | Final report to CSO, September 1998 |
| Sinclair L | An evaluation of the impact of employing experienced mental health nurses in accident and emergency (A&E) departments without an on-site psychiatric service | CSO Progress report, December 1998 |
| Curzio J | Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland at the Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust: A report of activities from January 1996 to February 1997 | A NRIS publication.April 1997 |
A further 84 articles, reports and publications have been published in non-NRIS medical journals and publications.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what contracts it has with Eglinton Management Centre at present.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has two contracts with Eglinton Management Centre at present. The first is to undertake a development needs analysis of the senior executives in NHSScotland. The other is for a management and organisational review of the support structures to pre-school nursery education.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 5 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it spent any money received from NHSiS Trusts in the last financial year under the 6% return on capital assets rule.
Answer
All health budget resources, whatever their source, are invested in NHSScotland or in other health-related activity.
