- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide figures in respect of people awaiting discharge from hospital to residential or care homes, broken down by NHS board area on 1 December (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005.
Answer
The total number of patients who are awaiting discharge from hospital to a care home for each NHS board area is shown in the table for the October 2003, October 2004 and October 2005 censuses.
| NHS Board Area of Treatment | Census |
| | October 2003 | October 2004 | October 2005 |
| Scotland | 1,078 | 927 | 756 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 168 | 108 | 76 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 94 | 63 | 69 |
| Borders | 27 | 14 | 20 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fife | 91 | 94 | 56 |
| Forth Valley | 63 | 50 | 57 |
| Grampian | 114 | 139 | 126 |
| Greater Glasgow | 108 | 89 | 78 |
| Highland | 42 | 43 | 56 |
| Lanarkshire | 57 | 38 | 38 |
| Lothian | 208 | 193 | 100 |
| Orkney | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside | 97 | 74 | 51 |
| Western Isles | 7 | 19 | 19 |
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimates are of the (a) minimum and (b) maximum number of deaths that could result from a flu pandemic.
Answer
The information requested is given in the document entitled Scottish Executive Health Department – UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan – October 2005. A copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38353).
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the ordering process will be for any future vaccine to deal with a flu pandemic.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S2W-20320 on 14 November 2005 and S2W-20687 on 28 November 2005. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population will be able to receive anti-viral drugs in the event of an outbreak of a flu pandemic.
Answer
The information requested is given in the document entitled Scottish Executive Health Department – UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan – October 2005. A copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib number 38353).
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what length of time it estimates that it will take to develop a vaccine to deal with a flu pandemic from the date of the first offically recognised diagnosis by the World Health Organisation.
Answer
The information requested is given in the document entitled Scottish Executive Health Department – UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan – October 2005. A copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38353).
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive by which date it expects to have acquired the amount of anti-viral drugs it considers will be required to deal with a flu pandemic.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19843 on 7 November 2005. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a priority list of categories of people who will receive anti-viral drugs in the event of a flu pandemic.
Answer
A stockpile of anti-viral drugs is currently being established. When complete the stockpile will be sufficient to treat 25% of the population. Until the stockpile is complete the priority list is as set out in the document entitled Scottish Executive Health Department – UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan – October 2005. A copy of which is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38353).
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 8 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when an announcement will be made in respect of Fife Council Partnership’s application for a Bus Route Development Grant for the Dunfermline to High Valleyfield route.
Answer
Further to consideration of a revised Bus Route Development Grant proposal for the Dunfermline to High Valleyfield service, I announced on 29 November that this proposal would be funded.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 8 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when an announcement will be made in respect of Fife Council Partnership’s application for a Bus Route Development Grant for the St Andrews to Dundee route.
Answer
Further to consideration of a revised Bus Route Development Grant proposal for the St Andrews to Dundee service, I announced on 29 November that this proposal would be funded.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 8 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when an announcement will be made in respect of Fife Council Partnership’s application for a Bus Route Development Grant for the Inverkeithing to Edinburgh Airport route.
Answer
Further to consideration of a revised Bus Route Development Grant proposal for the Inverkeithing to Edinburgh Airport service, I announced on 29 November that this proposal would be funded.
