- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives accessed the one year job guarantee scheme in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
Answer
The number of newly qualified midwives who have accessed the One Year Job Guarantee Scheme in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 is set out in the following table.
One Year Job Guarantee Scheme - Midwifery
| 2007-08 | 29 |
| 2008-09 | 43 |
| 2009-10 | 39 |
All of those who apply to the scheme receive assistance to find a job although the majority of newly qualified staff secure a job through their own efforts.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing was consulted on, or otherwise made aware of, any change in policy on requiring workforce planning projections from NHS boards.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33648 on 7 June 2010. All the answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottishparliament.uk/Apps/Business/PQA/Default.aspx
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many press, media or communications staff were employed in each territorial and special NHS board in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08, (d) 2008-09 and (e) 2009-10 and at what cost.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it projects will be employed in the NHS as of 1 April 2011.
Answer
There will be more people employed in NHSScotland at the end of this Parliament than there were at the start. Workforce projections for 2010-11 were published on 3 June 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the workforce planning projection for 2010-11 for the Scottish Ambulance Service, which was to be submitted to it by 30 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33644 on 7 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many press, media or communications staff will be employed in each territorial and special NHS board in 2010-11 and at what cost.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33636 on 7 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what category of posts make up the 10,000 additional jobs in the NHS that the Scottish Government reports that there have been since May 2007.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33640 on 7 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it advised NHS boards that workforce planning projections would no longer be required before its Health Directorate issued a letter to the boards on 9 April 2010 requesting such projections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33648 on 7 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have been held with NHS boards regarding funding for voluntary severance.
Answer
Discussions are regularly held with NHS boards, and in partnership with NHS boards and staff side organisations, on a wide range of staffing matters. This includes staff governance and terms and conditions issues, such as voluntary severance.
Boards have been advised that, when planning for service redesign or other organisational changes, they should only consider a voluntary severance scheme as a last resort and that these schemes require to be financed from within existing budgets.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs will be lost in each NHS board through voluntary severance in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 and how this will be funded.
Answer
We are aware of only two boards who are considering small scale voluntary severance schemes. They are NHS Grampian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
