- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the Scottish Prison Service targets for standards of routine and psychiatric care as they apply to HM Prison and Young Offenders' Institution Cornton Vale, what steps it has taken in regard to the targets of (a) routine cases referred to psychiatrists within 4 weeks in 100% of cases being only "partially achieved" and what percentage of cases this currently refers to and (b) emergency psychiatric cases being seen within 24 hours in 100% of cases being "not achieved" and what percentage of cases in this category have been seen by an emergency psychiatrist in 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 to date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The factual information requested is not available. Discussions are on-going with Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust about how appropriate psychiatric services might continue to be made available within Cornton Vale.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why none of the performance measures shown in schedule F of the contract for HM Prison Kilmarnock relate directly to compliance with Standards of Health Care for Prisoners.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The contract for the building and operation of HM Prison Kilmarnock pre-dates the publication of The Standards of Health Care for Prisoners.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what screening for communicable diseases, including hepatitis B and C and HIV, is provided in prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Screening for communicable diseases is provided at the request of prisoners. All prisoners are offered immunisation against hepatitis B on admission to custody. All prisoners known to be hepatitis C positive are offered immunisation against hepatitis A.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what screening exists at each prison for (a) tuberculosis, (b) mental illnesses requiring medical treatment and (c) withdrawal symptoms resulting from the use of drugs, medication or alcohol.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:All prisoners on admission to custody are offered an appropriate health care assessment by nursing and medical staff.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29526 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002, how health policies applicable to prisoners in custody is integrated into and compatible with national health policies, in accordance with section 10 of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendation R(98)7.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The Scottish Prison Service is cognisant of national health policies in designing its prisoner health care policy.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29525 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002, what guarantee it can give that the remuneration of medical staff in prisons is no lower than that which would be used in other public health sectors, in accordance with section 22 of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendation R(98)7.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:None. Remuneration of medical staff is a matter for the contractor, however, on account of market forces, the remuneration of medical staff in Scottish prisons is unlikely to be very different from that in the NHS.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29477 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002, what formal steps it took when taking into account the recommendations of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendation R(98)7 when procuring medical services for prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The Scottish Prison Service considered the Recommendations of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers on the Ethical and Organisational Aspects of Health Care in Prison when it procured medical services for prisons.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29477 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002, whether all its arrangements for procuring medical services in prisons have been in accordance with the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendation R(98)7.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Yes.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any specific small institution funding could be made available to the Heriot-Watt University Scottish Borders campus in relation to its textile, clothing and fashion courses.
Answer
The allocation of funds to individual higher education institutions is a matter for the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC). Ministers are expressly prevented, in terms of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, from framing SHEFC grant conditions by reference to particular institutions or programmes.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidelines on the average caseload of community social workers.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has issued no guidance on average caseloads for social workers working in the community. Employers take account of complexity, local circumstances such as geography and the experience of individual social workers in determining caseloads.
