- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 1999
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 9 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm its commitment to the continuation of the only Scottish paediatric cochlear implant service at Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock.
Answer
The future provision of cochlear implantation in Scotland has been considered by the National Services Advisory Group (NSAG), which advises the Scottish Executive on specialist services. Following careful consideration of this work, I have decided:
- Cochlear implantation services will continue to be nationally commissioned for the next three years;
- The current service configuration be maintained - paediatric and adult services from Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock and an adult service from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh;
Additional funding of £150,000 from 2000-01 to improve the current service.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 1999
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that the treatment of infertility is addressed on the same basis of health gain of other diseases and disorders in the NHS.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-2318.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 1999
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish The Expert Advisory Group on Fertility Services in Scotland report.
Answer
I am currently considering this report with a view to early publication.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consult on the recommendations of The Expert Advisory Group on Fertility Services in Scotland report and, if so, who it will consult with.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-2318.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 1999
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail, by health board area, the number of healthcare workers who have reported needle stick injuries over the last five years.
Answer
Information on the incidence of needlestick injuries over the last three years in the NHS in Scotland is currently being collated and will be made available when complete.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail, by health board area, the number and cost of litigation cases raised due to needle stick injuries over the last five years.
Answer
I refer to the answer given to question S1W-843.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail, by health board area, the number of hours of absence and the cost of hours of absence of healthcare workers caused by needle stick injuries over the last five years.
Answer
I refer to the answer given to question S1W-843.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to fund research into the causes of asthma and its care and what plans it has to lower the rising incidence of asthma.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Executive Health Department is currently funding two research projects on asthma treatment with a total value of nearly £0.6 million. Details of these studies are available from the National Research Register (NRR), a copy of which is in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
The CSO also allocates some £29 million annually to the NHS in Scotland for research and some of this will be used for asthma-related research.
The main focus of the section on children's health in the 1998 Scottish Health Survey was on asthma.
The Scottish Executive Health Department maintains contact with the National Asthma Campaign (Scotland), which receives grant support under section 16B of the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978, and from time to time issues general guidance on the treatment of asthma. Strategies for the day-to-day treatment of asthma are however a matter for health boards, which are funded to meet the health needs of all people in their areas.I will be meeting representatives of the National Asthma Campaign (Scotland) soon to discuss asthma issues with them.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 1999
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to ensure the public health of the people of Shortlees, Kilmarnock, following the publication of the report by Bristol University human radiation effects group on 1 December 1999.
Answer
Primary responsibility for ensuring the public health of the people of Shortlees rests with Ayrshire & Arran Health Board, who keep the matter under continuing review. The Bristol University study looked at the possibility that airborne environmental pollutants may be attracted by the electric fields under high voltage power lines and might be related to the risk of developing cancer.Analysis of the numbers of cases of cancer does not indicate that the incidence amongst residents of the Shortlees area is more than that predicted from that in Ayrshire & Arran or in Scotland as a whole.
- Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 1999
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to issue guidance to Health Boards on the development of self-treatment plans for asthma sufferers and, if so, when.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is very much in favour of people with asthma being fully informed about their treatment and as far as possible taking an active role in the management of their condition. The National Asthma Campaign (Scotland) is very keen to promote the extended use of self-treatment plans, and I will be meeting them to discuss this and other asthma issues in the near future.It must be borne in mind, however, that the treatment of people with asthma is not identical in every case, and must ultimately be a matter for individual clinical judgement after discussion with the patient and, in the case of young children, the family.
