- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent heart failure specialist nurses there are in each NHS board.
Answer
Published information on head count and whole-time equivalent heart failure nurse specialists broken down by NHS board can be found on the workforce statistics website at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/Health%2DTopics/Workforce/Nursing%2Dand%2DMidwifery/Clinical%20Nurse%20Specialists%202010.xls.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that people with PIP implants going back to their original provider for a replacement operation should be charged for such an operation.
Answer
Private healthcare providers are expected to contact patients who have been given a PIP silicone breast implant, offer a consultation and, where clinically appropriate, arrange for removal of the implant and if the patient wishes its replacement without charge.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will meet private healthcare providers that have used PIP breast implants.
Answer
I have no meetings scheduled with private healthcare providers about PIP silicone breast implants, although I continue to consider circumstances in which such meetings might be appropriate.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether every person with a PIP breast implant is entitled to have any required procedure done by the NHS.
Answer
NHSScotland will provide a clinically appropriate package of care to patients where the private healthcare provider which provided the PIP silicone breast implant is no longer in operation or is unwilling to provide a package of care appropriate to the needs of the patient.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when the current chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland was appointed.
Answer
Healthcare Improvement Scotland was established on 1 April 2011. The interim Chief Executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland took up her role on that date.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy and (b) the board of Healthcare Improvement Scotland are aware of negotiations with the health directorate about the salary of the chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
Answer
There are no negotiations with the Health directorates on the salary of the Chief Executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms it can use to recover costs from private sector providers for NHS treatment provided to people with PIP breast implants.
Answer
As the number of patients who fall into this category are small, there are no plans to recover costs from private healthcare providers at present. This will, however, be kept under review and recovery of costs considered if required.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers would be a reasonable condition to be applied to treatment of people with PIP breast implants by private providers.
Answer
That is a matter for the private healthcare provider and patient to agree.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of people resident in Scotland whose PIP breast implant surgery took place in (a) England or (b) abroad.
Answer
No information is held on the number of patients resident in Scotland whose PIP silicone breast implants were implanted in either England or abroad.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland was seconded to the post and, if so, from where.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S4W-05615 and S4W-05614 on 9 March 2012. 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.