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Question reference: S3W-35425

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 August 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what charities have deregistered in each local authority area since May 2007; which of these were deregistered by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, and how many deregistered on a voluntary basis

Question reference: S3W-35514

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 August 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Ambulance Service response times are for each ambulance station and how many of these were first attended by (a) a British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) GP, (b) a single-crewed ambulance, (c) an ambulance crewed by two technicians and (d) an ambulance crewed by a paramedic and a technician.

Question reference: S3W-35165

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 August 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute hospital admissions there have been with a primary or secondary diagnosis of diabetes (a) in Scotland and (b) per 1,000 of population in each community health partnership area in NHS Highland in each of the last three years, broken down by intermediate geographical zone.

The information requested is provided in the following tables:

Table 1: Acute Hospital Admissions with a Primary or Secondary Diagnosis of Diabetes (and Rates per 1,000 Population) for Scotland

Financial Year	2006-07		2007-08			2008-09
	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop		Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop		Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop
NHS Scotland	72,206	14.1		77,383	15.0		79,545	15.4

Table 2: Acute Hospital Admissions with a Primary or Secondary Diagnosis of Diabetes (and Rates per 1,000 Population) for Argyll and Bute Community Health Partnership (CHP) and its Intermediate Geography Zones

Financial Year	2006-07		2007-08		2008-09
	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop
Argyll and Bute CHP	1,028	11.3	1,262	13.8	1,357	15.0
Campbeltown	57	12.7	59	13.4	92	21.5
Kintyre Trail	40	6.7	74	12.3	69	11.6
Bute	23	8.0	15	5.3	26	9.5
Rothesay Town	32	7.5	50	11.8	35	8.2
Whiskey Isles	47	10.0	50	10.6	56	11.8
Dunoon	52	11.3	67	14.5	66	14.5
Hunter''s Quay	53	10.2	90	16.9	133	25.0
Cowal South	37	12.9	44	15.3	30	10.8
Helensburgh East	99	25.3	39	10.0	74	19.2
Helensburgh Centre	19	5.9	46	14.4	75	24.1
Helensburgh North	57	13.0	54	12.3	47	10.9
Helensburgh West and Rhu	35	7.7	46	10.2	33	7.3
Greater Lochgilphead	39	10.6	32	8.8	45	12.3
Garelochhead	41	6.0	53	7.8	73	11.4
Lomond Shore	16	5.1	47	14.7	46	14.5
Mid Argyll	27	7.9	37	10.9	45	13.1
Cowal North	31	8.7	49	14.0	55	15.5
Loch Awe	45	14.6	46	14.9	42	13.5
Oban South	103	19.4	113	21.3	122	22.9
Oban North	50	18.2	62	22.1	53	19.4
Benderloch Trail	78	17.2	108	23.5	75	16.1
Mull, Iona, Coll and Tiree	47	11.8	81	20.2	65	16.0

Table 3: Acute Hospital Admissions with a Primary or Secondary Diagnosis of Diabetes (and Rates per 1,000 Population) for Mid Highland Community Health Partnership (CHP) and its Intermediate Geography Zones

Financial Year	2006-07		2007-08			2008-09
	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop		Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop		Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop
Mid Highland CHP	2,065	23.0		2,086	23.0		2,118	23.2
Fort William South	123	22.3		155	28.1		144	26.3
Lochaber West	89	19.6		92	20.2		94	20.6
Fort William North	93	21.8		99	23.4		116	27.1
Lochaber East and North	139	29.7		95	19.8		86	18.1
Loch Ness	96	23.2		75	17.4		90	20.2
Skye South	72	22.1		46	14.0		69	20.9
Lochlash	56	20.9		46	17.3		38	14.3
Inverness West Rural	71	12.5		76	13.0		77	13.2
Skye North East	64	19.3		89	26.7		91	27.3
Skye North West	92	28.8		70	21.7		88	26.6
Conon and Muir of Ord	104	16.7		137	21.7		195	30.1
Black Isle South	127	20.8		115	18.8		123	20.1
Ross and Cromarty SW.	71	23.4		65	21.3		40	13.2
Dingwall	144	28.3		176	35.0		198	39.8
Black Isle North	55	15.9		68	19.2		44	12.4
Ross and Cromarty Central	62	18.1		78	22.4		53	15.1
Alness	180	34.2		199	37.3		147	26.9
Invergordon	173	41.5		120	28.7		92	21.9
Ross and Cromarty East	45	14.5		33	10.6		68	21.6
Seaboard	94	21.6		95	21.9		110	25.3
Tain	60	17.3		82	23.9		89	25.4
Ross and Cromarty NW.	50	16.0		67	21.4		57	18.0
Sutherland South	5	0.8		8	1.3		9	1.5

Table 4: Acute Hospital Admissions with a Primary or Secondary Diagnosis of Diabetes (and Rates per 1,000 Population) for North Highland Community Health Partnership and its Intermediate Geography Zones

Financial Year	2006-07		2007-08		2008-09
	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop
North Highland CHP	1,014	26.7	1,227	32.3	1,092	28.6
Ross and Cromarty NW	1	0.3	11	3.5	-	-
Sutherland South	120	20.1	161	26.8	160	26.7
Sutherland East	137	33.0	144	34.7	143	34.8
Caithness South	107	39.7	73	27.0	71	26.0
Sutherland North and West	70	20.6	111	33.2	62	18.5
Wick South	107	30.3	127	35.7	124	34.6
Wick North	75	23.3	143	44.4	117	36.4
Caithness North West	108	23.5	156	33.9	151	32.1
Caithness North East	121	33.9	107	29.6	72	19.8
Thurso East	90	32.7	88	32.5	79	29.2
Thurso West	78	16.9	106	22.6	113	24.2

Table 5: Acute Hospital Admissions with a Primary or Secondary Diagnosis of Diabetes (and Rates per 1,000 Population) for South East Highland Community Health Partnership (CHP) and its Intermediate Geography Zones

Financial Year	2006-07		2007-08			2008-09
	Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop		Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop		Number of Admissions	Rate per 1,000 Pop
South East Highland CHP	2,153	24.6		2,399	27.0		2,188	24.3
Lochaber East and North	-	-		-	-		-	-
Badenoch and Strathspey South	100	27.1		88	23.6		107	29.1
Loch Ness	34	8.2		24	5.6		21	4.7
Badenoch and Strathspey Central	41	9.7		91	21.4		92	21.0
Badenoch and Strathspey North	113	25.9		129	28.9		103	22.6
Inverness East Rural	71	15.4		107	23.1		143	30.3
Inverness West Rural	53	9.3		62	10.6		34	5.8
Inverness Inshes and Slackbuie	81	18.3		61	11.4		91	15.5
Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains	116	25.2		112	24.4		81	17.5
Inverness Kinmylies and South West	59	19.9		75	25.1		83	27.1
Inverness Drummond	113	32.3		125	36.5		105	31.1
Inverness Hilton	138	49.6		130	46.9		139	49.8
Inverness Drakies	91	35.8		72	28.8		34	13.6
Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh	171	39.4		224	51.0		211	48.2
Inverness Crown and Haugh	162	38.0		122	28.8		85	20.3
Inverness Westhill	102	24.4		104	22.1		128	25.2
Nairn Rural	57	15.6		48	12.9		60	15.6
Inverness Muirtown	152	38.9		177	45.6		119	30.9
Inverness Smithton	75	22.2		87	26.3		40	12.1
Inverness Scorguie	53	16.5		89	27.8		63	20.0
Inverness Central, Raigmore and Longman	69	16.7		89	22.3		77	18.5
Inverness Culloden and Balloch	62	14.1		60	13.8		79	18.5
Inverness Merkinch	105	33.8		146	47.6		100	32.2
Nairn West	72	15.7		94	20.5		101	22.4
Nairn East	63	16.8		83	22.0		92	24.2

Note: Some intermediate geography zones may fall into more than one Community Health Partnership.

Source: ISD Scotland

Question reference: S3W-34900

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2010
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, broken down by NHS board in each year since 2007.

The information requested is not available centrally. On the basis of previous population surveys it is estimated that there are approximately 10,500 people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Scotland.

The national MS register, which ISD and the Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland have been developing, with some start-up funding from the Scottish Government, began to collect information on new cases of MS in January 2010. The register should, in time, provide more accurate data on the incidence and prevalence of the condition in Scotland. The clinical standards for neurological services published at the beginning of this year by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland will also promote the gathering of better data on conditions such as MS.

Question reference: S3W-34896

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2010
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take should the North Highland College implement the proposals to stop the roof slating and tiling course at the college’s Alness campus.

Question reference: S3W-34897

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2010
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will support students wishing to enrol in roof slating and tiling courses who must travel to the central belt for college training.

Question reference: S3W-34895

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2010
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been in communication with the North Highland College regarding proposals to stop the roof slating and tiling course at the college's Alness campus.

Question reference: S3W-34898

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2010
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether additional funding can be made available to North Highland College should the college continue to run the roof slating and tiling course at its Alness campus.

Question reference: S3W-34542

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a review to establish how decisions are taken when staff numbers are reduced in an NHS board area; what impact this will have on patient care; when these decisions are taken outwith the partnership arrangements, and how many staff have or will be involved.

Question reference: S3W-34540

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Grampian, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Western Isles will have or have had their contracts terminated in order to reduce staff numbers in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09; (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) beyond 2010.

While boards receive more funding than ever before, it is right for them to look critically at service delivery to ensure efficiency and best value for taxpayers money, and to consider how services should be staffed as patterns of care change for the good (e.g. more day care; more community based care; shorter hospital stays).

All boards have confirmed that they would expect to manage the bulk of any workforce reductions through normal turnover and that there will be no compulsory redundancies.

There are of course a number of situations where staff will have their contract terminated, and not receive redundancy pay, as part of normal management practice by NHS boards. These situations will include staff coming to the end of their fixed term contract, staff who have been subject to disciplinary proceedings or staff who have volunteered to leave the organisation.