- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how NHS Inform relates to NHS24.
Answer
NHS inform is a NHSScotland service, hosted by NHS24.
NHS24 provides online information for people who are symptomatic and provides access to a self help guide which assists the public to be signposted to the most appropriate level of care. In addition, NHS24 provides corporate information and information on national campaigns (e.g. Be Ready for Winter and Know Who to Turn To).
In contrast, NHS inform is a single gateway to the provision of quality assured health and social care information across a range of health and wellbeing topics.
NHS inform makes use of the existing NHS24 national telephony and technology infrastructure and benefits from being hosted by an organisation already leading in health information management and patient care.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how the development of the NHS Inform website was project managed; what project plans existed, and what budget controls were in place.
Answer
An Advisory group and a programme board, following established governance and reporting structures, was put in place to manage the NHS inform project. In the latter stages, PRINCE 2 was deployed to monitor, direct and control the project.
The budget was managed jointly by a team manager within NHS24 and its Finance Department. Expenditure was reviewed on a monthly basis.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the original completion date was for NHS Inform.
Answer
The original completion date was planned for the end of 2009. However, a range of service and operational pressures, including those associated with the H1N1 flu pandemic, led to the launch date being put back to August 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how project spend on NHS Inform was monitored.
Answer
A team manager in NHS 24 and its finance department were jointly responsible for monitoring project spend at operational level. I understand that current/projected spend is also monitored at programme board level.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many places were provided to new entrants to the trainee doctor programmes in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
Answer
The number of places provided to new entrants to the Foundation Training programmes in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 has remained at approximately 800.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provides funding to the Samaritans’ telephone helpline.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not provide funding to the Samaritans for its telephone helpline and has never done so previously.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS capital projects have been approved at outline business case stage, broken down by NHS board and the notional value of each project.
Answer
The projects approved to outline business case stage but which have yet to reach full business case stage are as follows:
| NHS Board | Project | Capital Value £ million |
| NHS Grampian | Modernisation of Primary Health and Community Care Services in Forres | 12.2 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Modernisation and Redesign in Alexandria | 20.8 |
| NHS Highland | Day Surgery Centre at Raigmore Hospital | 13.9 |
| NHS Lothian | Reprovision of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children | 148.0 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the convener of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland will be appointed.
Answer
The Minister for Children and Early Years and I expect to make an announcement in November 2010 about the appointment of the Chairperson of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS).
Interviews will be held later this month for the post of chief executive and we will announce that appointment shortly thereafter along with the date when the new chief executive will take up post.
I can confirm that the planned launch of SCSWIS on 1 April 2011 is on schedule.
The Minister for Children and Early Years and I have agreed the approach to developing the new organisation over three years as part of the draft operating plan for the new organisation. The transition team is now developing the draft business plan including an interim structure and is making progress on procedures for matching senior management and staff into SCSWIS. As part of this work on-going consultation is being held with the SCSWIS partnership forum and senior staff of the existing bodies.
Final decisions on the budget and staffing for the new body cannot be made until later this month when the outcome of the spending review is announced. However once known, we expect the senior management team to be appointed and take up their posts in the shadow organisation in the coming weeks.
In line with our government''s aim of developing more proportionate and risk-based scrutiny we expect SCSWIS to have a smaller budget and fewer staff than the bodies and part of HM Inspectorate of Education that are being merged to create it. However, until the outcome of the spending review is known we cannot forecast SCSWIS actual budget or what level of job losses might be required in the first three years of the new body.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many places were provided for new entrants to trainee nursing programmes in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
Answer
The intake targets for new entrants to nursing and midwifery pre-registration programmes in both 2008-09 and 2009-10 were 3,060.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made changes to the number of new entrants to trainee nursing programmes for 2010-11.
Answer
The intake target for new entrants to pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes remains at 3,060 for the academic session 2010-11. Decisions for 2011-12 will be taken in due course.
