- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 17 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the anticipated number of (a) patients and (b) attendances was for the Sandyford Hub Clinic at the Vale of Leven Hospital in 2009-10 and how many patients have attended the clinic since it opened in May 2009.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. However, the Scottish Government has been informed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that while greater patient and attendance numbers were expected than attended the previous service, no specific numbers were identified.
Anticipated attendances at any new service are difficult to gauge. Attendances at new clinics increase as the service becomes known with further publicity and as more people become aware of service.
The most recent data available from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde show that 477 patients attended the West Dunbartonshire Sexual Health Hub from May 2009 to August 2009. In comparison, 375 patients attended the Dumbarton Health Centre Family Planning Clinic during the same time period the previous year.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people it anticipates will not qualify for the Education Maintenance Allowance in the 2009-10 academic year who would have qualified under the previous maximum qualifying income threshold.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold exact details of the level of income for all households that contain a 16 to 19-year-old in school or further education. As such it isn''t possible to calculate a precise figure for the number of young people who would no longer qualify for an Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in 2009-10.
However, based on an analysis of recipients of EMA in academic year 2007-08, it is estimated that around 3,700 young people will not qualify for an Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) due to the removal of the £10 and £20 payments. All young people who previously applied and received a £10 or £20 payment prior to their removal will continue to receive them. The changes only affect young people who are applying and qualifying for an EMA for the first time in 2009-10. This estimate is based on analysis of recipients of EMA in academic year 2007-08. It does not account for any potential reduction in incomes of recipients due to the economic slowdown.
The resources saved from the removal of the £10 and £20 payments are being switched to support 16 to 19-year-olds in need of support through 16+ learning choices.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients attended the Dumbarton Health Centre Family Planning and Well Woman Clinic between January 2009 and its closure in April 2009.
Answer
This information is not held centrally and is not currently available from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. I will, however, write to the member with this information as soon as the information becomes available.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when the monitoring of attendance started at the Sandyford Hub Clinic at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26922 on 14 September 2009. 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: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the monitoring information showing (a) attendance, (b) age and (c) geographical location of patients at the Sandyford Hub Clinic at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26922 on 14 September 2009. 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: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Sandyford Hub Clinic at the Vale of Leven Hospital will offer evening opening hours.
Answer
The Scottish Government has been informed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that there are currently no plans to review the opening hours of the West Dunbartonshire Sexual Health Hub at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the monitoring of attendance at the Sandyford Hub Clinic at the Vale of Leven Hospital records the (a) town of residence and (b) age of the patient.
Answer
The Sandyford Initiative, including the Sandyford Hubs, routinely monitor attendance, including the age and postcode of patients, using the national sexual health patient management system (NaSH).
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde introduced an additional monitoring questionnaire for users of the new Dunbartonshire Sexual Health Hub at the Vale of Leven Hospital in June 2009. This questionnaire was in place until August 2009 and also monitored age and postcode of the patients. The information collected by this questionnaire is currently being analysed and will be published by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in due course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-25938 by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009, when NHS boards will be asked to provide information on average waiting times for IVF treatment and whether this information will be published.
Answer
NHS boards will be asked to provide information on waiting times for infertility services to Infertility Network Scotland during autumn 2009.
Once this information is collected and verified, I will place a copy of the information in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49114).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-25939 by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 August 2009, when NHS boards will be asked to provide information on waiting times for IVF treatment and whether this information will be published.
Answer
NHS boards will be asked to provide information on waiting times for infertility services to Infertility Network Scotland during autumn 2009.
Once this information is collected and verified, I will place a copy of the information in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49114).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 11 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated for the Energy Assistance Package and how much has been spent to date.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21692 on 1 April 2009. 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.
The £3.6 million allocated to Energy Savings Trust to manage the Energy Assistance Package is drawn down monthly on a flat profile therefore £1.545 million has been spent to end August.
Citizens Advice Direct has received funding of £40,000 from a total annual grant of £80,000 to provide income maximisation checks under EAP as part of a wider programme of financial inclusion activity.
£2.5 million has been allocated to local authorities and RSLs to deliver insulation measures in social sector accommodation. Spend against this budget is historically drawn down in the third and fourth quarters of the financial year.
Spend to date against the £44.5 million for stage 4 and legacy fuel poverty programme measures is £10.2 million. This is in line with the expected profile as spend on installation measures is traditionally weighted towards the last two quarters of the financial year.
