- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many infection control nurses are employed by each NHS board.
Answer
NHSScotland now employs 145Infection Control Nurses (ICNs) – an increase of almost 60% since February2003. Figures for each NHS board are not held centrally. Health ProtectionScotland collects ICN statistics.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be any further Scottish research into the use of Marmoleum® in hospitals and public spaces and whether Marmoleum® will be installed in every hospital in Scotland as a preventative method for curtailing the spread of MRSA.
Answer
It is for manufacturers tocarry out testing on their products to gauge their suitability for use in theirtarget market environment. However, I have passed details of the Health ProtectionAgency’s Rapid Review Panel (RRP) to the manufacturers of Marmoleum®, Forbo-Nairn.The panel was established to review research and testing on products designedto aid hospital infection control.
We do not intend to installMarmoleum® in every hospital in Scotland. There is no existing evidence that providing Marmoleum®flooring is more effective than other measures (e.g. promoting good hygienepractice or providing HAI education and training for staff) in preventing thespread of HAIs. It would, therefore, be inappropriate to dictate spendingpriorities to NHS boards in such a way.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many managerial posts there are within the NHS and how many there have been in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
Managerial postscannot be specifically identified from centrally held information. However, information on Administrative and Clerical, andSenior Management staff in post in NHS Scotland is published on the ScottishHealth Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at:
www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
Tables G1 and G2 show the whole timeequivalent (WTE) number and headcount respectively for Administrative andClerical grades 7-10 and senior management grades broken down by year and NHSBoard area. Administrative and Clerical grades 7 and above and seniormanagement grades have been grouped together to more accurately reflect theoverlapping nature of the corresponding payscales. Latest available figures areat 31 March 2005.
Managers work in a range ofjobs and have a rich mix of skills including those required in health promotionand in workforce and service planning. Some have professional clinicalqualifications and are employed in jobs which are in support of but not directpatient care. These individuals also support and manage front line clinicalstaff freeing them up to use their skills in the most efficient way such as inthe reduction of waiting times for patients.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that patients suffering from terminal illnesses are able to die at home if they choose to.
Answer
It is our policy to supportthe development of specialist palliative care, including at home, whereappropriate. Substantial resources have been invested in palliative care by NHSboards and through the
Cancer in Scotland strategy.
Enabling people to die athome if that is their wish requires integration of the specialist palliativecare and primary healthcare teams. Managed Clinical Networks for palliativecare promote that integration.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 3 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of civil service jobs are located in each of Scotlands cities, expressed also as a percentage of each citys population.
Answer
The head count number of permanent staff employed in the Core Departments of the Scottish Executive, Executive Agencies and Associated Departments, shown as a percentage of civil service jobs located in each of Scotland’s cities and also expressed as a percentage of each city’s population is provided in the following table.
| Percentage of Scottish Executive Civil Servants working in Scotland's cities |
| | % of Civil Servants | % of Population |
| Edinburgh | 47.0% | 1.8862% |
| Glasgow | 12.5% | 0.3759% |
| Dundee | 1.1% | 0.1304% |
| Stirling | 2.2% | 1.1857% |
| Inverness | 1.9% | 0.8302% |
| Aberdeen | 3.4% | 0.3237% |
This does not includeinformation on civil service posts within the government departments (e.g. HMRevenue and Customs) located in Scotland’s cities, which is not held by the ScottishExecutive.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 3 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated to each of Scotlands cities in each year since 1999.
Answer
The number of civil servicejobs relocated to each of Scotland’s cities in each year since 1999 is set out in the followingtable.
| City | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Aberdeen | | 57 | | | | 52 | |
| Dundee | | | | | | 30 | 40 |
| Edinburgh | | | | | | | |
| Glasgow | 160 | | | | | 50 | |
| Inverness | | | | | 10 | | |
| Stirling | | | | | | | |
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the demographic breakdown is of all GPs currently practicing.
Answer
The following table shows the breakdown of GPs practicing for the whole of Scotland as at 1 October 2004. The breakdown is by headcount, not full time equivalent and the data supplied also gives details of age and gender.
| Age Band | | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60+ |
| | Headcount | | | | | | | | | |
| All | 4,486 | 1 | 234 | 551 | 749 | 880 | 813 | 654 | 452 | 152 |
| Male | 2,447 | 1 | 64 | 203 | 310 | 455 | 495 | 446 | 348 | 125 |
| Female | 2,039 | | 170 | 348 | 439 | 425 | 318 | 208 | 104 | 27 |
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) GPs left the NHS to work abroad in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The information requested is not currently available centrally.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurse practitioners there have been in each NHS board in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
Centrally held information does not explicitly identify nurse practitioners posts working in NHS Scotland. Data on Nurse Practitioners will be collected for the first time as part of the data collection exercise for clinical nurse specialists for 2005-06 later this year.
Information on the clinical nurse specialists in post in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at:
www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurse practitioners currently practise in the NHS and in which areas.
Answer
Centrally held information does not explicitly identify nurse practitioners posts working in NHS Scotland. Data on Nurse Practitioners will be collected for the first time as part of the data collection exercise for clinical nurse specialists for 2005-06 later this year.
Information on the clinical nurse specialists in post in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at:
www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
