- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will be operational.
Answer
The Scottish Government is developing detailed plans for inspections of hospitals and reporting arrangements for consultation. An announcement will be made in due course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will monitor.
Answer
The Scottish Government is developing detailed plans for inspections of hospitals and reporting arrangements for consultation. An announcement will be made in due course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the frequency of inspections will be by the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008.
Answer
The Scottish Government is developing detailed plans for inspections of hospitals and reporting arrangements for consultation. An announcement will be made in due course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Task Force has developed an HAI monitoring framework with key performance indicators and, if so, when it was implemented.
Answer
The HAI monitoring framework with key performance indicators was incorporated into the revised NHS Quality Improvement Scotland HAI Standards published in March 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15608 by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 September 2008, whether any amendments were made to the draft reports from the independent review team and Health Protection Scotland between 1 August 2008 and publication on 7 August 2008.
Answer
The Independent Review Report was sent to the publishers on 1 August 2008.
The Health Protection Scotland (HPS) report was commissioned by the Scottish Government. The information for the report was provided by NHS boards was for analytical interpretation of the data by HPS. Amendments were made to the report, during the specified period, by scientific and professional staff to provide clarity of interpretation.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14337 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2008, when NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde instigated its look-back review of Clostridium difficile cases at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde instigated its six month look-back exercise into the number of Clostridium difficile cases and the number of Clostridium difficile deaths on 5 June 2008.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the awards for the Scotland Rural Development Programme grant will be announced.
Answer
The Scotland Rural Development Programme is being delivered through eight different funding mechanisms, some of which, including the Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC), have already made announcements regarding the award of grants.
The most recent of these announcements, on Thursday 11 September, gave the results of the first assessment round for the new Rural Development Contracts “ Rural Priorities (Rural Priorities).
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment announced that 81 proposals had been approved, in full or in part, and would share £5.9 million of funding.
The next assessment round for Rural Priorities is scheduled to take place in October this year and the results will be announced shortly thereafter.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing monitors progress in relation to the Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force delivery plan.
Answer
Our key stakeholders meet every two months and provide regular progress reports on their sections the Healthcare Associated Infection Delivery Plan. The delivery plan can be viewed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/03/07110818/0.
The HAI Task Force meets on a quarterly basis and provides updates on the progression of the HAI three year delivery plan.
I meet with officials on a regular basis to discuss all aspects of the HAI Delivery Plan.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15495 by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008, whether it considers that this answer is consistent with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing’s commitment to being open and transparent in sharing information with families affected by Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
Answer
We adhere to the due processes for the release of information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Scottish Government''s Six Principles are available at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/FOI/6principles/Q/EditMode/on/ForceUpdate/on.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 September 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15577 by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008, how the £54 million over three years to tackle all healthcare associated infection will be allocated, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) initiative.
Answer
The £54 million set aside for HAI over the next three years is not allocated in this way. Funding supports the work of the Scottish Government, NHS boards and stakeholders such as Health Protection Scotland (HPS), Health Facilities Scotland (HFS), NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS). The funding allocated to stakeholders is for the benefit of all NHS health boards across Scotland in tackling key areas of HAI and introducing best practices and methods. This work is being led by the multi agency HAI Task Force.
In addition, dedicated resources have been allocated to NHS boards for a range of initiatives including MRSA screening, implementation of care bundles and hand hygiene campaign and to support the employment of infection control managers, local hand hygiene co-ordinators and antimicrobial pharmacists. The initiatives are outlined in the three year HAI Delivery Plan introduced in April 2008. The delivery plan can be viewed on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/03/07110818/0.
In response to the recent independent review of the Vale of Leven Hospital, the HAI Task Force is also taking charge of the work in the new HAI National Action Plan for all NHS boards (all areas to be completed by March 2009). The action plan can also be viewed on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/19529/2005/actionplans/cdiff-general-actions.
