- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6482 by Henry McLeish on 16 May 2000, what progress has been made by the Trade Union Working Party on Lifelong Learning in respect of enhancing the involvement of trade unions in the broad lifelong learning agenda in Scotland.
Answer
The Trade Union Working Party on Lifelong Learning, inaugurated in August 2000, meets on a quarterly basis. It provides a forum for trade union input to a wide range of lifelong learning issues and makes a valuable input to the development of Executive policy in this area.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3160 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2001, whether it will (a) provide an update of figures on the take-up of Individual Learning Accounts and (b) outline any plans to encourage further take-up.
Answer
By 19 November, a total of over 245,000 accounts had been opened for people in Scotland and nearly 110,000 had used them for some learning. The target of 100,000 opened accounts was reached in June this year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12737 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 6 February 2001, whether it will provide a breakdown of the key characteristics of Individual Learning Account holders, including age group, gender, occupation, area of residence and type, subject and level of learning undertaken.
Answer
Surveys of 1,000 Individual Learning Account (ILA) members in Scotland who had used their account and approximately 150 who had yet to undertake learning were conducted by MORI over the period September 2000 to February 2001. Key findings were as follows:57% were female.56% were aged between 31 and 50, and 23% were aged 51 or older.40% were management/professional workers; 9% were process workers and 6% were retail and customer services workers. 24% worked within small companies and 2% were labour market returners.62% of those receiving 80% discounts were undertaking introductory ICT courses.36% of those receiving 80% discounts were undertaking introductory English/communications courses, 1% were undertaking introductory maths/numeracy courses.13% were working towards a degree-level qualification.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking as a result of the report by the Greater Glasgow NHS Board into the situation at the Beatson Oncology Unit and the North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20004.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the urgent measures are which have been put in place to deal with issues at the Beatson Oncology Unit.
Answer
A raft of measures are being set in place including:new management arrangements including a dedicated joint Management Board;a high level external clinical support team;an organisational development programme, and full-time senior management support for doctors and other professionals to help better develop west of Scotland cancer services based on managed clinical networks regionally.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit and timescale is of the investigation into the North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1O-4093 on 15 November 2001. I have asked the Chief Executive of Greater Glasgow NHS Board to complete the review by end of the current calendar year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how the #250,000 allocated by the North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust in April to ease pressure on staff at the Beatson Oncology Unit in Glasgow has been spent.
Answer
I have been advised by the trust that this funding was invested to secure:five administrative staff to improve secretarial support;five additional nursing staff, one to improve bed management and the remainder to enhance chemotherapy services, andjunior doctor banding to facilitate the provision of additional specialist registrar support at the Beatson Oncology Centre.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how the new Joint Management Board at the Beatson Oncology Unit will operate.
Answer
The joint management board will be multi-disciplinary in nature with members drawn from across the Beatson Oncology Centre, senior management representatives from the North Glasgow University Hospitals Trust and NHS Greater Glasgow. It will report to the Chief Executive of the North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursing posts are vacant at the Beatson Oncology Unit.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been undertaken on any stigma attached to the current free school meals system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20232.
