- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average duration of delay is for delayed patient discharges, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on the average (mean and median) delay for patients awaiting discharge at the October 2009 is shown in the following table.
Median and Mean Duration for all Delays as at the October 2009 Census by NHS Board
NHS Board Area of Treatment | Median Duration (Days) | Mean Duration (Days) |
Scotland | 22 | 27 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 21 | 22 |
Borders | 17 | 20 |
Fife | 22 | 21 |
Forth Valley | 21 | 23 |
Grampian | 17 | 21 |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 21 | 30 |
Highland | 29 | 42 |
Lanarkshire | 27 | 27 |
Lothian | 22 | 29 |
Tayside | 17 | 22 |
Source: ISD Scotland, Delayed Discharges Census.
The mean and median duration for Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles are not show because the total number of patients delayed is very small.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that parents can have confidence in the new system replacing assessment levels A to F in the 5 to 14 curriculum.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28939 on 26 November 2009. 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the role of formative assessment in primary schools and in informing and reassuring parents regarding their children’s development and progress.
Answer
I refer the member to the strategic vision for assessment published on 24 September:
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence/assessmentandachievement/index.asp.
More detailed guidance for practitioners will be provided in the assessment framework, to be published early in the New Year.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the replacement of existing levels A to F in the 5 to 14 curriculum by two wider levels at primary stages will have an effect on rigour or on the raising of aspiration in primary schools.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28939 on 26 November 2009. 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the replacement of the existing levels A to F in the 5 to 14 curriculum by two wider levels of measuring attainment will raise standards in primary schools.
Answer
Yes. Within Curriculum for Excellence progression up to the end of S3 will be through curriculum levels early, first, second, third and fourth, paving the way for work towards qualifications in the senior phase at the SCQF level appropriate to the needs and achievements of each young person. Learning will be assessed against the standards and expectations set out in the curriculum guidance and in line with the strategic vision for assessment published on 23 September. The levels are spaced in a way which will allow teachers to plan for greater depth, enrichment and consolidation of learning, ensuring well planned progression based on secure, well established learning. The expectations of learning at each level described within the curriculum guidance were signed off by the Curriculum for Excellence management board, which includes representatives from the Educational Institute of Scotland, School Leaders Scotland, Scottish Secondary Teachers'' Association, Association of Scotland''s Colleges and the Association of Heads and Deputes in Scotland.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers to be the right balance between formative and summative assessment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28939 on 26 November 2009. 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that parents are sufficiently informed about the planned changes to assessment and learning levels.
Answer
It is the responsibility of local authorities, schools and headteachers to support the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence by identifying priorities and providing opportunities for parents to learn about the changes to the education system.
We are also working with the local authority parental involvement network, parent councils and parent bodies, through seminars and newsletters, so that they have the information and advice they need to keep parents informed of the developments in Curriculum for Excellence. This will include a toolkit to support practitioners in the New Year.
Learning and Teaching Scotland''s Parents as Partners in Learning website has examples of good practice on how to tell parents what they need to know about the changes to their child''s education:
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/parentsaspartnersinlearning/about/cfevideos.asp.
The Framework for Assessment, which will provide guidance on assessment approaches for Curriculum for Excellence, will published early in the New Year.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the replacement of the assessment levels A to F in the 5 to 14 curriculum reduces expectations on primary schools.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28939 on 26 November 2009. 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: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how long the waiting list is for each centre offering specialist care to people with anorexia nervosa.
Answer
Specialist NHS inpatient care is provided by the Eden Unit at the Royal Cornhill Hospital Aberdeen which serves north of Scotland NHS boards and under contract with the independent providers at The Priory, Glasgow and Edinburgh Huntercombe Hospitals which serve west and east of Scotland NHS boards.
There are currently no waiting lists for NHS patients to access services at these facilities.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether people with anorexia nervosa are routinely screened for osteoporosis.
Answer
The NHS Quality Improvement Scotland''s Eating Disorders in Scotland Recommendations for the Management and Treatment highlight the importance of both tailored physical assessments and the need for DXA scans to estimate bone density which can be an indicator of osteoporosis to be carried out on individuals with anorexia nervosa.