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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S4W-02402

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will change the National Eligibility Framework for social care to encourage a focus on prevention.

The guidance on National Eligibility Criteria and Waiting Times for the Personal and Nursing Care of Older People includes specific reference to moderate and low level needs and the provision of preventative or other support services is addressed. The guidance states that councils and their partners should consider whether the provision of services or equipment or other interventions might help prevent or reduce the risk of an individual’s needs becoming more intensive. It also asks councils to ensure that they have in place clear arrangements for meeting, managing or reviewing the needs of individuals who are not assessed as being at “critical” or “substantial” risk, including provision of preventative or other support services appropriate to the clients’ needs.

We have also invested £70 Million in the Change Fund to assist Reshaping Care for Older people to ensure we accelerate the progress of shifting the balance from acute settings to the care in the community and get better at early intervention.

Question reference: S4W-02451

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patient transport ambulances cover (a) Dumbarton, (b) Vale of Leven, (c) Helensburgh and (d) Lomond.

Question reference: S4W-02447

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many shifts have not been covered by the Scottish Ambulance Service due to staff sickness or vacancies at (a) Vale of Leven Hospital, (b) Helensburgh and (c) Arrochar stations in each month since April 2010.

It is not possible to provide the information in the format requested. However, the Scottish Ambulance Service has provided the following information which sets out all shifts not covered. These may be seen in the context of over 5,500 rostered shifts for this time period across the three stations. Reasons for shifts not covered will include staff sickness.

	Vale of Leven	Helensburgh	Arrochar
April 2010	2	2	0
May 2010	0	0	0
June 2010	0	2.5	1
July 2010	0	0	1
August 2010	0	0	0
September 2010	0	0	0
October 2010	0	0	0
November 2010	1.5	2	0
December 2010	2	2	0
January 2011	3	2	0
February 2011	0	2	1
March 2011	0	2	2
April 2011	0	1	1
May 2011	0	1	0
June 2011	2	2	0
July 2011	0.5	3	0
August 2011	0	1	0

Question reference: S4W-02452

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many shifts have not been covered by the patient transport service in (a) Dumbarton, (b) Vale of Leven, (c) Helensburgh and (d) Lomond in each month since April 2010.

Question reference: S4W-02449

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether at least one paramedic is rostered on each ambulance across each shift pattern at the (a) Vale of Leven Hospital, (b) Helensburgh and (c) Arrochar stations.

Question reference: S4W-02448

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether all ambulances from the (a) Vale of Leven Hospital, (b) Helensburgh and (c) Arrochar stations are double-crewed.

The Scottish Ambulance Service has provided the following table setting out rostered resources for these stations.

Station	Resource	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
Vale of Leven	Day shift A&E Ambulance	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
	Night shift A&E Ambulance	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
	Day shift PRU: 07.00 -15.00 Mon-Fri. Sat & Sun 07.30 to 19.30 hrs	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Back shift PRU: Mon-Fri 15.00 – 23.00 Sat & Sun 07.30-19.30 hrs	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Helensburgh	Day shift A&E Ambulance	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Night shift A&E Ambulance	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Arrochar	Day shift A&E Ambulance	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Night shift A&E Ambulance	o/c	o/c	o/c	o/c	o/c	o/c	o/c

Notes:

o/c = on call from home address.

PRU = Paramedic Response Unit.

The Scottish Ambulance Service have confirmed that the accident and emergency ambulances operating from the stations at Vale of Leven, Helensburgh and Arrochar are rostered to be double crewed by a paramedic and a technician. The Paramedic Response Unit that operates from the Vale of Leven Station is rostered to be crewed by a Paramedic.

Question reference: S4W-02450

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are available on each shift pattern at the (a) Vale of Leven Hospital, (b) Helensburgh and (c) Arrochar stations.

Question reference: S4W-02445

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the salary cost of (a) temporary and (b) agency staff employed by the Scottish Ambulance Service (i) was in each year since 2007-08 and (ii) is expected to be in 2011-12.

The Scottish Ambulance Service has advised that the cost of temporary and agency staff since 2007-08 has been:

Year	Amount (£)
2007-08	278,000
2008-09	341,000
2009-10	348,000
2010-11	109,000

The budget for 2011-12 is currently £20,000 but this figure is subject to revision over the course of the year. The figures are not held centrally broken down between temporary and agency staff.

Question reference: S4O-00215

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S4W-02562

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy is not chairing each NHS board annual review.

The performance of all NHS boards against key government targets and measures are closely monitored on a continuous basis, including formal Mid-Year Reviews. The changes to the Annual Review arrangements are about encouraging as much direct dialogue and accountability as possible between local communities and the NHS boards that serve them.

All NHS boards will continue to hold Annual Reviews in public which will include an opportunity for local people to question the board representatives. All boards will submit a written report to Ministers on their performance over the previous year and plans for the forthcoming year. And Ministers will continue to respond to all boards in writing, with these letters being published in the usual way.

It is important to note that NHS boards will still have their Annual Reviews chaired by a Minister at least every two years and more often should circumstances demand. These arrangements are about achieving the right balance and ensuring that boards are subject to proportional and robust scrutiny.