- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support is provided to families that have a sudden bereavement as a result of an accident.
Answer
A sudden bereavement will have a wide range of practical, social and emotional consequences, short and long term, for those affected, including families. Information of assistance to people in such circumstances has been brought together on the NHS Inform website and can be found at https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/death-and-bereavement/practical-advice-after-a-death
It also signposts people to additional sources of support.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency vehicles carry defibrillators, broken down by service and also given as a percentage of all emergency vehicles for each service.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. Each service should be contacted for their own data.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to increase the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school teacher training places delivered by (a) the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and (b) Moray College UHI.
Answer
Consideration of the number of training places for primary and secondary school teacher training places for all initial teacher education institutions, including UHI, is discussed in partnership with local authorities, universities and other educational stakeholders through the Teacher Workforce Planning Advisory Group, as part of the annual teacher workforce planning exercise.
The Teacher Workforce Planning Advisory Group will meet in mid-December to consider its advice to Ministers on initial teacher education places for 2018-19.
The target intake in PGDE primary at UHI was increased from 80 in 2016-17 to 84 in 2017-18 - they met 79. The target intake in PGDE secondary was increased from 18 in 2016-17 to 25 in 2017-18. This target was met.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for the Scottish Scenic Routes initiative; how many scenic routes have been established so far; what their impact has been, and how many more are planned.
Answer
The pilot Scottish Scenic Routes projects have delivered eight permanent installations and one mobile installation.
These have been built in the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, the Cairngorms National Park and on land managed by Scottish Canals near Laggan.
The final installation as part of this pilot phase was opened earlier this year in the Cairngorms National Park. This forms part of a ‘Snow Roads Scenic Route’ comprising three newly designed viewpoints which the Cairngorms National Park Authority and its partners have developed to enhance visitors’ experience of the Scottish landscape and to provide an opportunity to involve young architects. The Snow Roads project recently won two awards in the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2017, in the ‘Place’ and ‘Peoples’ Choice’ Award categories.
No decision has been taken on the future of the Scottish Scenic Routes initiative.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how the roll-out of community-based defibrillators is supported, and what financial support it has provided for this.
Answer
An aim of the Scottish Government's Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Strategy is to put in place effective arrangements to ensure that Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) are mapped, maintained and accessible to the public.
The promotion and registration of public access defibrillators is supported by the Scottish Ambulance Service’s (SAS) community resilience team which provides training to local communities wishing to place a public access defibrillator. The Service does not provide any financial support to communities that express an interest in placing a public access defibrillator, however the SAS can signpost funding opportunities such as charitable grants.
The Scottish Government appreciates the contribution communities, voluntary organisations and businesses make by purchasing defibrillators. In the main, the purchase of Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) is through fundraising in the community, from charitable sources or business resources. The Scottish Government does not routinely provide such funding.
Further information can be found here: OHCA - A Strategy for Scotland;
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00474154.pdf and OHCA - A Strategy for Scotland Review;
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00510496.pdf
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many registered community-based defibrillators there are; who has responsibility for the registration process, and how the register is maintained and publicised.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is progressing work to register community based defibrillators onto their call handling system. The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has 1,553 public access defibrillators registered and live on the command and control system used by call handlers and dispatchers in the SAS's three ambulance control centres. This should not be considered to represent the total number of defibrillators in the country. The figures represent only a snapshot as of 16 November 2017. This number changes daily due to owners/custodians of public access defibrillators registering devices on the Service’s dedicated website.
The Service’s corporate affairs and engagement department and community resilience department have been working together to promote the registration website. Both departments work closely with ambulance control centres to maintain the register. There is currently no legal obligation for defibrillator owners/custodians to register their devices with the Service.
We would strongly encourage any member of the public, community group or business to register their Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) with the SAS. Further details can be found at the SAS's dedicated 'Registering your Public Access Defibrillator' page; http://www.scottishambulance.com/YourCommunity/pad.aspx.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the roll-out of defibrillators carried by Police Scotland vehicles; whether it will provide the results of the recent trial, and what the next steps are.
Answer
An evaluation report on the six month Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) co-responding pilot in the North East of Scotland by Police Scotland has been submitted for consideration by their Force Executive. To take this forward, the Police Scotland Senior Leadership Board will consider the next steps.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS consultants in each of the last five years were classed as (a) generalist and (b) specialist, also expressed as a percentage of the total number of consultants in each year.
Answer
Information held by ISD does not class consultants as generalists and specialists. The number of consultants in post by specialty can be found on the workforce statistics web site at:
https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2017-09-05/Medical_Trend_J2017.xls
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the amount of lottery funding allocated to sports facilities in each of the last five years, including the percentage change year-on-year (a) nationally and (b) broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information is not held by Scottish Government. However, I have asked the Chief Executive of sportscotland, as the relevant National Lottery Fund distributor, to write directly to you and provide a full response.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Skills Development Scotland regarding reported skills shortages, such as a shortage of chefs, in the hospitality sector.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2017
