- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 21 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the upgrade of the A801 River Avon Gorge crossing will be carried out.
Answer
We are in continuing discussions with Falkirk and West Lothian Council and other stakeholders regarding the development of the Grangemouth Freight Hub. This includes consideration of the A801 which forms part of Intervention 20 of the STPR.
We therefore welcome the work led by both Councils in progressing this scheme through an appraisal and economic assessment to the point where works can commence when funding is available.
In this context, the pace at which the STPR Interventions will be implemented will be determined by the availability of resources in future spending reviews. The timetable for the delivery of the A801 (including the River Avon Gorge Crossing) will therefore be set in the context of overall affordability and our commitments to other STPR proposals.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 21 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when work on the upgrade of the A801 River Avon Gorge crossing will commence.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-01010 on 21 July 2011. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in its discussions with NHS Lothian, it can confirm that there is a continuing commitment to open a sports injury clinic at St John’s Hospital at Livingston.
Answer
NHS Lothian have confirmed that a soft tissue knee and sports injuries clinic has been running at the hospital for a number of years and it continues to see a large number of patients from the area. NHS Lothian have also confirmed that as part of the ongoing development of services on the site, first moves have been made towards creating a centre of excellence for soft tissue knee surgery. The Short Stay Elective Surgical Centre will be fully operational by mid-July 2011, and is expected to treat up to 3,000 patients a year from across Lothian for day surgery. The service is also about to appoint a Podiatric Surgeon who will provide operating sessions at St John’s which will be one of only two such posts in Scotland.
Service developments such as these provide evidence of NHS Lothian’s continuing commitment to the management of sports injuries at St John’s Hospital.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been a delay in the delivery of specialised equipment required to fully establish a sports injury clinic at St John's Hospital in Livingston and, if so, for what reason.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-01113 on 18 July 2011. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the proposed sports injury clinic at St John’s Hospital in Livingston has been delayed and what the estimated opening date is for this facility.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-01113 on 18 July 2011. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget is in place for the establishment of a sports injury clinic at St John’s Hospital in Livingston.
Answer
NHS Boards receive revenue and capital allocations to meet the healthcare needs of their resident population. It is for Boards to decide how best to utilise this funding to meet national and local priorities.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been any change to the original budget allocated for a sports injury clinic at St John's Hospital in Livingston.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-01110 on 18 July 2011. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Lothian in relation to establishing a centre of excellence sports injury clinic at St John’s Hospital in Livingston.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-01113 on 18 July 2011. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 14 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to amend the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002 in order to provide legal aid in relation to environmental issues.
Answer
Civil legal aid is already available in relation to environmental issues, provided that the statutory eligibility criteria are met: applicants must qualify financially, must have a legal basis for their case and it must be reasonable in the particular circumstances of the case that legal aid is provided.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 8 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether environmental expertise will be involved in the review by Sheriff Principal James Taylor of the costs and funding of litigation.
Answer
The review will consider as part of its remit the cost and funding of litigation in public interest actions (this will include environmental actions). In doing so, the review will be consulting widely with those with an interest in public interest litigation.