- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2015
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government has taken to reassure the Jewish community following recent terrorist attacks and the reported rise in anti-Semitism.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2015
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can provide that Clyde and Hebridean ferry services will not be privatised.
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Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2015
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22893 by Alex Neil on 11 November 2014, what the average length of stay for patients was, and how many were discharged after (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven and (h) more than seven days.
Answer
The average length of stay (days) for patients in maternity units in Scotland for all discharges for each of the last five years 2008-09 to 2012-13 are as follows:
Number of women discharged from hospital for all discharges, including discharges after delivery and antenatal/postnatal discharges1,2,3,4 and length of stay in days5, financial years 2008-09 to 2012-13 | |
| Total | <1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 or more | Mean |
2008-09 | 128,492 | 57,942 | 23,329 | 18,636 | 12,325 | 6,925 | 3,733 | 2,039 | 1,146 | 2,417 | 1.5 |
2009-10 | 124,600 | 53,830 | 24,156 | 19,314 | 12,338 | 6,508 | 3,334 | 1,922 | 1,085 | 2,113 | 1.5 |
2010-11 | 121,301 | 50,460 | 24,850 | 19,837 | 11,977 | 6,207 | 3,240 | 1,756 | 1,012 | 1,962 | 1.5 |
2011-12 | 123,020 | 51,910 | 25,212 | 19,768 | 11,810 | 6,257 | 3,365 | 1,789 | 1,040 | 1,869 | 1.5 |
2012-13 | 118,634 | 49,160 | 24,966 | 19,164 | 11,253 | 6,164 | 3,302 | 1,759 | 1,026 | 1,840 | 1.5 |
1 Excludes home births and births at non-NHS hospitals.
2 A mother is counted once when a multiple birth occurs.
3 Includes live and stillbirths.
4 Completeness of SMR02 for antenatal and postnatal records may be much lower for some boards.
5 Length of stay is calculated using date of admission and date of discharge. Where the date of admission and the date of discharge are
the same day the length of stay is calculated as zero days.
Source: SMR02, ISD
Extracted: November 2014
Ref: IR2014-02051 (S4W-23382)
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the prevalence of autism in Scotland; whether it is increasing, and whether it considers that the Scottish Strategy for Autism will have an impact on it.
Answer
The Scottish Government focus is on support for people with autism and autism service delivery. We are ensuring the visibility of the population with autism in routinely collected data is a priority and we have commissioned the newly established Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory to specifically support data collection in this regard. This work is at an early stage.
A key priority under the Scottish Strategy for Autism is improving access to diagnosis and, as a priority, work is underway to develop an improvement programme with diagnostic services to explore ways of improving capacity and ensuring individuals with autism have timely access to diagnostics and thereafter post diagnostic support.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 3 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22893 by Alex Neil on 11 November 2014, what guidance it issues on the discharge of patients from maternity units.
Answer
All women who are admitted to maternity units are discharged in line with the needs of mother and baby. The length of a mother’s stay in hospital following the birth of their child is influenced by a number of factors, including the type of delivery, the condition of mother and child and professional judgement, taking into consideration the wishes of the mother.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 3 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22893 by Alex Neil on 11 November 2014, how it monitors the discharge of patients from maternity units.
Answer
There is no formal routine monitoring of discharges from maternity unit. Maternity units manage their own capacity as they have a defined cohort of patients which is not impacted upon by other hospital pressures. They do not take patients from other specialities and women are not boarded in other wards or departments. Maternity services do not have the same issues as other specialities as the majority of women are healthy to start with. Discharge from hospital is not a discharge from care, as care is continued in the community by the maternity team.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what information it collects on the uptake of the three routes for contractual arrangements outlined in the Guidance on Free Personal and Nursing Care in Scotland 2003.
Answer
<>32% of care home clients aged 56 or over are self-funders. Data on this is published in the Free Personal and Nursing Care statistics at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/Data/FPNC.
The Scottish Government does not collect data on the uptake of the separate contractual routes for residential care.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Guidance on Free Personal and Nursing Care in Scotland 2003 remains valid.
Answer
Circular CCD5/2003 provides guidance on the operation of free personal and nursing care and remains in operation.
We are aware of an inconsistency between this guidance and the Charging for Residential Accommodation Guidance, around the availability of the integrated route of purchasing care and will seek to resolve this at an early opportunity.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities are obliged to follow the recommendations outlined in the Guidance on Free Personal and Nursing Care in Scotland 2003.
Answer
Circular CCD5/2003 provides guidance on the operation of free personal and nursing care to local authorities. Local authorities are required by Section 5 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to act under the general guidance of Scottish Ministers.
We are aware of an inconsistency between this guidance and the Charging for Residential Accommodation Guidance, around the availability of the integrated route of purchasing care and will seek to resolve this at an early opportunity.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the Guidance on Free Personal and Nursing Care in Scotland 2003 pertaining to local authorities on contractual routes for care is fully implemented.
Answer
Circular CCD5/2003 provides guidance on the operation of free personal and nursing care to local authorities. The Scottish Government does not collect data on the uptake of the separate contractual routes for residential care.