- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what training is given to medical professionals in respect of the diagnosis of dementia.
Answer
At present, generalpractitioners are expected to identify their own personal learning needs tobetter provide for the health needs of their patients and to seek trainingaccordingly. Guidance and assistance is available to GPs from NHS Education forScotland (NES) via the postgraduate directors of general practice education.
Training for hospitaldoctors in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia, is currently deliveredthrough continuous professional development programmes, which are organised andapproved by the medical Royal Colleges. Guidance and assistance is available tohospital doctors from NES via the postgraduate deans and tutors.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-986 by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 July 2003, of the 17,600 people with dementia presented to their GP in 2002, how many were under 65.
Answer
Of the estimated 17,600people with dementia presented to their GP in 2002, 780 were under 65 years ofage.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 24 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will consult on proposed animal welfare legislation and when it anticipates introducing a bill on the matter.
Answer
We anticipate that the firstconsultation paper on proposed changes to animal welfare legislation will beissued in March and this will be followed by a more detailed consultation paperand a draft bill in the autumn. No exact date has been agreed for theintroduction of the bill, but it is expected to be during this Parliament.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-1061 by Cathy Jamieson on 15 January 2004 and its news release SEFD 348/2004, whether the #400,000 announced to "help establish a co-located justice centre in Rosetta Road, Peebles" represents additional capital funding or borrowing consent and whether discussions between Lothian and Borders Police and the Executive's Police Division have now reached a conclusion and, if so, what that conclusion is.
Answer
The announcement of £400,000,which follows discussions between the Scottish Executive, Lothian and Borders Policeand the Scottish Borders Council, represents additional capital consent. The Rosetta Roadproject will now go forward. The next stage is for Lothian and Borders Police,in consultation with the Scottish Borders Council.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis the draft report on the "Miss X" case was returned to the Chief Inspector of Social Work Services by Scottish Borders Council on 5 November 2003 and when it anticipates that the report will be publicly issued.
Answer
On 5 November 2003,the Chief Executive of Scottish Borders Council provided comments on theinitial draft findings of fact. No date has been set for publication.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether interim funding can be provided to projects such as “In Touch” in Galashiels whose funding will end prior to the conclusion of the New Futures Fund.
Answer
Scottish Enterprise andHighlands & Islands Enterprise are currently funding a range of projects inphase 2 of NFF. The contracts for a small number of projects, including “InTouch”, are due to end in March 2004. We are considering, with the EnterpriseNetworks, the scope for additional, or alternative sources of funding in order tobring these in line with the rest of the programme.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support projects such as “In Touch” in Galashiels after their New Futures funding ends.
Answer
The objective is tomainstream NFF after phase 2 in order that the type of activity and approachdeveloped by projects, including “In Touch”, are more widely available. Mainstreamingis a top priority for the Enterprise Networks. Scottish Enterprise has identifiedtwo ways in which mainstreaming might be achieved:
- When existing services provided by New Futures projects continue to be provided directly by mainstream statutory agencies (either through being brought in house or through the statutory agency contracting with voluntary sector agencies to provide the services: and/ or
When mainstream statutory,voluntary or private sector agencies adapt their existing service provision to respondmore adequately to and meet the identified needs of New Futures clients.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when the final evaluation of the New Futures Fund will be published.
Answer
Scottish Enterpriseand Highlands & Islands Enterprise will both be publishing their finalevaluations of phase 2 of the New Futures Fund in February 2005.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23350 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 March 2002, how many patients are currently on the waiting list for a first appointment at the Sleep Centre in Edinburgh; how, in relation to the answer, it defines “clinical priority”, and what the average waiting time is for a first appointment for those defined as being (a) a “clinical priority” and (b) “routine”.
Answer
There are 655 patientsawaiting a first appointment, and 25 patients (whose initial referral recommendsit) awaiting a first appointment and sleep study.
“Clinical priority” refersto patients such as those who may be at risk of falling asleep whilst undertakingactivities such as driving, or operating machinery, and to patients with otherrelevant medical conditions, such as cardiac disease.
There is no waiting list for“clinical priority” patients as they are given appointments immediately. Suchpatients may wait two to six weeks to be seen at appointment. “Routine” refersto all patients without priority.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dedicated diagnostic sleep beds there are and where they are located.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
