- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15 for the free prescription policy.
Answer
Specific funding is being made available to health boards to meet the costs of the reductions of prescription charges for the duration of the current spending review period (2008-09 to 2010-11) including £32 million for 2010-11. Whilst we will clearly maintain support for the policy thereafter, decisions regarding specific funding after financial year 2010-11 will be considered as part of the forthcoming spending review.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29848 by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010, when the summary of responses from NHS boards on IVF treatment will be published.
Answer
The summary of responses from NHS boards on IVF treatment will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) (Bib. number 49114).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30646 by Stewart Stevenson on 26 January 2010, whether Scottish Water will consider writing off debt for the poorest households.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question to S3W-31323 on 25 February 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: Monday, 01 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra staff will be employed as a consequence of its £5.5 million additional funding for child and adolescent mental health services, broken down by speciality.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31346 on 24 February 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: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the reason is for the variation in hourly rates applied to direct payments for social care across local authorities.
Answer
In determining a direct payment rate, local authorities take into account local conditions and workforce considerations. This inevitably leads to variation in direct payment rates across local authorities.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance to local authorities on the hourly rates to be used in determining the level of direct payments for social care packages.
Answer
Scottish Government''s National Guidance on Self-directed Support advises that direct payment packages should meet the cost of providing a service which is of an equivalent standard to that which the local authority would provide. This means that a direct payment package to purchase a service from a provider should take into account the range of hourly rates for day, night, weekend, bank and local holiday and emergency cover.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what hourly rates are used by each local authority when determining direct payments for social care.
Answer
We do not collect this information centrally. In line with our guidance, it is for local authorities to determine the direct payment rate. This ensures that local authorities can take into account local conditions and workforce considerations.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost to provide free prescriptions for cancer patients over a one-year period.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30968 on 4 February 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: Monday, 01 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage growth in demand for medicines has been projected in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15 in determining the free prescription policy.
Answer
Year on year growth in dispensed medications between 1999-2000 and 2008-09 has ranged from 2.9% to 5%. We have seen no evidence thus far to suggest that growth will be out with this range in the specified years.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive who is eligible for the NHS Minor Ailment Service.
Answer
People who are exempt from paying prescription charges are eligible for the Minor Ailment Service. The list of exempted categories is specified in paragraphs (a) to (i) of regulation 7(1) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/27).
