- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been spent on education and advertising for intravenous drug users on the ways in which injecting equipment can become contaminated in the process of drug preparation.
Answer
Advice and information onthe risks from injecting come from several sources, eg needle exchange workers,medical practitioners and written materials. It is not, therefore, possible toquantify aggregate expenditure on these activities.
Through our Know the ScoreDrugs Communications Strategy, written materials on preventing initiation intoinjecting, hepatitis B and hepatitis C have been disseminated widely to drugsand prison services across Scotland. These materials highlight the risks of transmittingblood-borne viruses through injecting.
We are also considering therecommendations from a recent research study by the University of Paisley which observed injecting practices among a group ofdrug users.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences of poor performance by nurses have been brought to the attention of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in each year since 1999 and in how many of these cases the CNO was approached for advice.
Answer
The Chief Nursing Officer(CNO) may be informed by the NHS Board Director of Nursing of poor performanceby individual nurses but this would be on a purely informal basis. In someinstances, the CNO may be asked for advice on a particular situation. The CNOdoes not keep a record of such information.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many NHS nurses who work in Scotland have been reported to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for poor performance in each year since 1999 and the outcome of each reported case.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not hold this information.
The Nursing and Midwifery council have provided the following information on Scottish cases referred to them for misconduct or lack of competence.
| | Total cases referred to NMC | Scottish cases referred to NMC |
| 2002-03 | 1,301 | 97 |
| 2001-02 | 1,304 | 69 |
| 2000-01 | 1,240 | 81 |
| 1999-2000 | 1,142 | 92 |
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits there are of expanding the role of the National Clinical Assessment Authority to include Scotland, given NHS employers in Scotland's responsibility for the management of suspected or actual poor performance.
Answer
There may be potentialbenefits in expanding the role of the National Clinical Assessment Authority(NCAA) to provide its services in Scotland. However, the Scottish Executive is currently undertaking aconsultation on the document
Safer for Patients, Supportive forProfessionals:
A Framework for Managing Poor Performance of HealthProfessionals and Team in NHS Scotland.In the consultation paper,respondees have been asked to consider a number of potential options includingthe extension of the National Clinical Assessment Authority’s remit in relationto Scotland. The NCAA currently only deals with doctors anddentists which is inconsistent with the multi-professional and team approach toall workforce development and performance in Scotland.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many services there are for intravenous drug users that provide access 24 hours a day, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
It is for local drugsservices to set their opening hours to meet client needs and operationalpriorities, and we do not collect information centrally.
Accident and Emergency Unitsare staffed on a 24 hour a day basis for emergency cases, including overdoses,injecting wounds and related infections. The “Know the Score” Information Lineis also available 24 hours a day for anyone, including intravenous drug users,who wants information on drugs issues.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions External Clinical Assessment Teams have been called in in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information iscollected by the individual health boards and is not currently centrallycollected.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences there were of poor performance, as referred to in the consultation document Safer for Patients, Supportive for Professionals, in the NHS in each year for which figures are available and, of these, how many incidences were deliberate or pre-meditated.
Answer
This information is not currentlycentrally collected.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many doctors who work in Scotland have been reported to the General Medical Council for poor performance in each year since 1999 and the outcome of each reported case.
Answer
This information is not centrally held.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been distributed in grant aid by the Scottish Football Partnership and to which organisations.
Answer
The Scottish Football Partnership is not in a position to begin supporting the development of Scottish football until the legal complications affecting the transfer of funds from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund have been resolved.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken by the Scottish Football Partnership to assist in the development of football.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6333 on 15 March 2004.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/webapp/search_wa.
