- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding the proposed reduction in the number of control rooms and the siting of the remaining rooms.
Answer
The Scottish Government has regular meetings with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). Decisions on the allocation of its resources, including the number and location of control rooms, is a matter for the SFRS board.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government on what basis it would refer part or all of the report, Property Estate - Strategic Intent, back to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Answer
Property Estate - Strategic Intent is a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) paper which was considered at its board meeting on 26 September 2013. Decisions in relation to the SFRS’s property estate requirements for specified support functions are for the SFRS board. The minutes of the board meeting recording the decisions made can be found on the SFRS website.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to ensure that, through its structures and practices, it engages fully with communities across the Highlands and Islands.
Answer
The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (as amended) confers a duty to participate in community planning on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), and sets out at Section 41J(2)(c) that this duty must be delegated to the designated Local Senior Officer for each local authority area.
Section 41E of the Act sets out the content and process for preparing local fire and rescue plans. Local plans for each of Scotland’s 32 local authorities are currently open for public consultation and can be accessed through the SFRS website www.firescotland.gov.uk.
In addition, the Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2013 sets out priorities and objectives for SFRS to have regard to in the carrying out of its functions, as detailed in Section 40 of the Act. The Fire Framework has a strong focus on the strengthened connection between SFRS and local communities.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 7 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18283 by Alex Neil on 20 November 2013, whether it can confirm that an individual identified as having a speech or language therapy need should be provided with services appropriate to that need.
Answer
Speech and language therapists work closely with individuals and their parents, families and carers where appropriate to ensure that the support, advice or intervention offered is appropriate to the needs of the individual, this can include supporting the individual to self-manage.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 7 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its expectations are of the demand for speech and language therapy provision over the next five years.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s 20:20 Workforce Vision: Everyone Matters recognises the key role the workforce will play in responding to the challenges that NHS Scotland is facing, however it is for NHS boards to assess and plan to meet the needs of their local population, including planning for the appropriate workforce to be in place.
In addition, the Chief Health Professions Officer commissioned NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to undertake a workforce review to scope workforce intelligence about a number of allied health professions (AHP). Initial reports covering speech and language therapy and occupational therapy have now been completed and will shortly be presented to the AHP strategic workforce group.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 7 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what professional advisory structures it employs in relation to (a) speech and language therapy and (b) allied health professions in adult health and social care policy and legislation.
Answer
The Scottish Government employs a Chief Health Professions Officer (CHPO) who provides policy and professional advice on all allied health professions, including speech and language therapy. The CHPO works closely with a network of national leads (two of whom are speech and language therapists), Allied Health Professions (AHP) Directors in NHS boards and with the Allied Health Professions Federation which represents all AHP professional bodies including the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether, prior to the IT failure on 1 October 2013, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had checked whether it could restore its active directory service from backups and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
A full Active Directory recovery was not performed due to not having an environment where this could be done safely. This is now being re-assessed. However, the backups have been used previously to perform granular recovery of Active Directory objects in the live active directory.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will publish its information security management system documentation.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regards its IT Information Systems as critical health infrastructure. Accordingly it would not be appropriate to put detailed systems documentation (especially Information Security) into the public domain.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government on what basis the report, Technical Assurance Review: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Critical Incident - 1 October 2013, concluded that "the design and implementation of the XGGC Microsoft Active Directory with associated services is a fit for purpose and resilient implementation" given that it found that the error was "associated with the Active Directory software environment".
Answer
A system can be designed and implemented in a manner deemed fit for purpose and resilient, and yet still suffer from an unforeseen incident.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the IT failure at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 1 October 2013, whether active directory auditing was switched off and, if so, for what reason.
Answer
Reduced auditing was in place due to the impact that such services have on systems performance. We are however reviewing this in light of the recent incident and will introduce appropriate and proportionate auditing in due course.