- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking concerning Beatrice McGregor, an 80-year-old female non-restricted patient, who went missing from care at Ailsa Hospital on 31 October 2006.
Answer
The patient is not a restrictedpatient and therefore this is a matter for NHS Ayrshire and Arran Health Board.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28779 by Lewis Macdonald on 24 October 2006, why it was not informed of the decision to grant Mark Biggley unescorted leave prior to it being taken.
Answer
The question of why the Executivewas not so informed is one of those addressed as part of the Critical Incident Review,which is currently being considered by ministers.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28876 by Lewis Macdonald on 30 October 2006, whether the reference to three restricted patient absconds from Ailsa Hospital in 2006 relates to three patients absconding or three instances of the same patient absconding.
Answer
Two restricted patients absconded.One restricted patient absconded twice and the other on one occasion.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place with regard to notifying the police of patients who have gone missing from NHS hospitals.
Answer
For restricted patients, guidanceis contained in the working version of the
Memorandum of Procedure on RestrictedPatients at chapter 6. The guidance makes clear that the police should be immediatelynotified of the abscond or escape of a restricted patient. The guidance can be accessedon
www.scotland.gov.uk/health/mentalhealthdivision.For all other patients who gomissing, the development of procedures will be for the individual hospitals in conjunctionwith the police. This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider communicating an external inquiry into the management of NHS Ayrshire and Arran, in light of the number of patients who have gone missing this year from Ailsa Hospital.
Answer
We have appointed an InquiryPanel to look at the circumstances surrounding the recent absconds of a restrictedpatient from Ailsa Hospital, Ayr. The panel will review the robustness of the hospital’srisk management plan and the decisions and events leading up to the absconds. Thepanel will report to the Executive by the end of this year. Any further action willbe considered in the light of that report.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to address youth disorder.
Answer
The report of the
YouthJustice Improvement Group and the Scottish Executive’s response, the YouthJustice Improvement Programme, were published on 9 October 2006. The Youth Justice Improvement Programme outlines the measures that the Scottish Executive is taking to address youth crime and improve youth justicesystems. Work is now underway and a team of professional advisers, secondedfrom the police, local authorities and the voluntary sector, is now in place tosupport implementation.
TheYouth Justice Improvement Programme commits the Executive to developing a fullperformance framework, in partnership with agencies, that will measure progressagainst the key objectives identified for the youth justice system.
Copies of the report of theYouth Justice Improvement Group and the Youth Justice Improvement Programme areavailable from SPICE or may be accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/09094901/0.http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/09094340/0.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to demonstrate the effectiveness of its current and planned measures to combat youth disorder and crime.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-29222 on 16 November 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28879 by Lewis Macdonald on 1 November 2006, whether it will publish a list of the professions involved in preparation of the risk management plan in relation to the care of restricted patient, Mark Biggley.
Answer
The riskmanagement plan was prepared in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team andthose involved include the responsible medical officer, the psychologist,nursing staff and the social worker.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, when determining unescorted leave by restricted patients, how risk to the public is measured by multi-disciplinary teams that do not include the police.
Answer
Multi-disciplinary teamswill consider static and dynamic factors relating to risk and will routinelyinclude information provided to them by the police and Crown Office beforemeeting. Unescorted leave from hospital requires the consent of Scottish ministersand the views of the police are routinely sought prior to unescorted leavebeing granted.
In respect of the recentcase of the abscond from hospital the patient was on unescorted ground parolewhich does not require the consent of Scottish ministers, and does notroutinely involve consulting the police.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28880 by Lewis Macdonald on 1 November 2006, why Strathclyde Police was not involved in determining the risk in granting restricted patient, Mark Biggley, unsupervised leave within the grounds of Ailsa Hospital, given that he had previously absconded.
Answer
The police are not routinelyconsulted about unsupervised leave within the grounds of the hospital. Responsiblemedical officers consider on a case by case basis when to involve the police indecisions in relation to patient care and supervision. In this case the responsiblemedical officer decided that the involvement of the police was not necessary inrelation to ground parole.
