- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that social care providers will be available to cope with the increasing demand for services.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31541 on 3 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how its policies to improve the commissioning of care services will take into account costs associated with travel, travel time and training.
Answer
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on draft guidance on social care procurement which provides a framework and defines a set of guiding principles for social care procurement activity. The draft guidance underlines the need for local authorities to be realistic in specifying requirements and outcomes which can be delivered within available budgets. It also states that local authorities must take account of the need for a skilled and competent workforce.
The consultation documents can be accessed on the Scottish Government''s website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/01/13125045/0.
The consultation period ends on 5 April 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that local authority commissioning of social care support in the community operates within a national contract and pricing framework.
Answer
Given the complexity of social care procurement, it is necessary to consider the desirability of national contracts and pricing frameworks on a case-by-case basis. The Scottish Government, COSLA and Scotland Excel (the procurement Centre of Expertise for local authorities) are working together to explore best practice in relation to social care contracts and pricing frameworks. Scotland Excel is currently consulting local authorities on the opportunities for joint commissioning of services.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 2 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority has received for social care workforce development in the last three years.
Answer
Funding for social care workforce development is included in the revenue funding to local authorities. I attach the revenue allocations for the period 2008-11.
Local Authority Revenue Funding 2008-11
| Local Authority | 2008-09 Revenue (£ million) | 2009-10 Revenue (£ million) | 2010-11 Revenue (£ million) |
| Aberdeen City | 340.892 | 361.814 | 367.204 |
| Aberdeenshire | 403.25 | 425.866 | 435.271 |
| Angus | 204.43 | 215.706 | 219.556 |
| Argyll and Bute | 218.977 | 229.042 | 231.488 |
| Clackmannanshire | 92.659 | 99.381 | 101.271 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 298.173 | 314.925 | 323.027 |
| Dundee City | 305.863 | 318.822 | 320.514 |
| East Ayrshire | 231.717 | 242.747 | 244.425 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 178.372 | 192.372 | 192.558 |
| East Lothian | 166.234 | 174.857 | 178.328 |
| East Renfrewshire | 169.014 | 179.382 | 182.851 |
| Edinburgh (City of) | 775.511 | 821.286 | 816.288 |
| Eilean Siar | 108.241 | 112.307 | 115.895 |
| Falkirk | 269.922 | 289.470 | 295.158 |
| Fife | 646.636 | 683.358 | 690.629 |
| Glasgow City | 1,399.38 | 1,464.773 | 1,443.286 |
| Highland | 463.765 | 487.826 | 501.429 |
| Inverclyde | 177.484 | 185.289 | 184.431 |
| Midlothian | 155.422 | 161.450 | 162.346 |
| Moray | 160.306 | 168.237 | 173.026 |
| North Ayrshire | 274.125 | 288.097 | 288.547 |
| North Lanarkshire | 631.972 | 663.777 | 668.503 |
| Orkney Islands | 68.124 | 71.864 | 74.785 |
| Perth and Kinross | 242.05 | 256.972 | 265.090 |
| Renfrewshire | 336.408 | 347.025 | 347.507 |
| Scottish Borders | 212.846 | 228.118 | 231.130 |
| Shetland Islands | 94.533 | 97.377 | 98.691 |
| South Ayrshire | 201.934 | 214.080 | 215.982 |
| South Lanarkshire | 566.856 | 596.062 | 600.887 |
| Stirling | 169.674 | 179.691 | 183.103 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 203.867 | 217.489 | 216.582 |
| West Lothian | 293.541 | 313.354 | 318.580 |
| Distributed | 10,062.18 | 10,602.816 | 10,688.368 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people had norovirus listed as a contributory cause of mortality on death certificates in each year since 2007-08, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Table 1. Deaths in Scotland for which norovirus or an equivalent term1 was mentioned on the death certificate in calendar years 2007 and 2008:
Year of Registration of Death
| NHS Board | 2007 | 2008 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 0 | 0 |
| Borders | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 2 | 1 |
| Forth Valley | 0 | 0 |
| Grampian | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 2 | 2 |
| Highland | 0 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 2 | 0 |
| Lothian | 0 | 2 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside | 0 | 1 |
| Western Isles | 0 | 0 |
| All Scotland | 6 | 6 |
Source: General Registry Office Scotland.
Note: 1. This table counts all deaths for which any one of the following words or terms was mentioned in the death certificate: norovirus, noroviral, norwalk (as this is what norovirus was originally called when it was identified in 1968); small round structured virus (SRSV, a term which was used later) and winter vomiting (as such illnesses are usually caused by norovirus). It also includes the deaths for which the underlying cause or any contributory cause was coded, in terms of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD10) as A08.1, Acute gastroenteropathy due to Norwalk agent.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have died as a result of contracting norovirus in each year since 2007-08, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information which is available is given in the following table.
Deaths in Scotland for which the underlying cause was allocated to norovirus, calendar years 2007 and 2008.
Year of Registration of Death
| NHS board | 2007 | 2008 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 0 | 0 |
| Borders | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 0 | 0 |
| Forth Valley | 0 | 0 |
| Grampian | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 0 | 1 |
| Highland | 0 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 1 | 0 |
| Lothian | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside | 0 | 0 |
| Western Isles | 0 | 0 |
| All Scotland | 1 | 1 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what health capital projects have been approved for which funding has been committed up to May 2011.
Answer
The vast majority of capital resources are allocated by formula directly to NHS boards. NHS boards receive a capital resource limit within which they identify and prioritise their capital spending requirements. Boards are only obliged to bring capital projects over their delegated limits, for consideration and approval by the Capital Investment Group.
Following the UK Government''s pre-budget report announcement on 9 December 2009, it is clear that there is likely to be a significant reduction in the amount of capital funding available for the public sector, including the NHS. At this stage it is not clear how this will affect future devolved Scottish budgets. In line with this, NHS boards are currently reviewing their capital plans and are devising a process that will allow them to reach logical and well evidenced decisions on what investments they can take forward.
The boards have recently submitted draft five year financial plans as they do annually. These plans are currently being assessed and are subject to review and possible change to reflect the evaluation currently being undertaken.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what health capital projects have been agreed by individual NHS boards but await approval from the Scottish Government and what the total value is of such projects.
Answer
Currently there are three health capital projects with a capital value of circa £51.2 million which have been agreed by individual NHS boards, considered by the Capital Investment Group, but await formal Scottish Government approval as there are outstanding issues to be resolved. These projects are listed in the following table:
| NHS Board | Status | Capital Project | Capital Value |
| Grampian | Full Business Case | The Modernisation of Primary Health and Community Care Services in Forres | £12.130 million |
| Lothian | Full Business Case | Musselburgh Primary Care Centre | £18.290 million |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Outline Business Case | Alexandria Medical Centre | £20.820 million |
Scottish Government officials are liaising with the boards concerned with a view to resolving the outstanding issues.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 2 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on social care workforce development by (a) statutory authorities, (b) voluntary sector providers and (c) private sector providers since 2007.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the regulatory action of the Care Commission is proportionate to the service, taking into account the number of service users, the number of care episodes delivered and the number of complaints received.
Answer
The Care Commission takes a risk-based and proportionate approach to regulation. It takes account of a number of factors when determining the regulatory activity required for each service to ensure that people receive good quality care. These include the size of the service, the number of people who receive care, complaints activity and regulatory history. As part of the corporate governance arrangements, officials monitor regularly the commission''s regulatory activities, including its approach to inspections.
The creation of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) will build on the work of the predecessor bodies. At present the Care Commission must inspect services at a minimum frequency set out in regulations. A key opportunity for SCSWIS is that it will be able to move away from a fixed programme of cyclical inspection to move further towards risk-based and more proportionate scrutiny.
