- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it considers the NHS is sharing good practice.
Answer
The NHS shares good practice through a range of general and topic specific mechanisms.
The NHS event held annually, The NHS Education Evidence into Practice website and the annual NHS Awards contribute to the sharing of good practice generally.
More specifically, national improvement programmes engage every NHS board to share good practice and test service innovation. These programmes include:
The 18 Weeks Referral to Treatment programme,
The Mental Health Collaborative,
The Long Term Conditions Collaborative,
The Scottish Patient Safety Programme and
Releasing Time to Care in acute and mental health wards and in community hospitals.
These programmes share good practice through a variety of channels, including education and network events, newsletters, good practice publications, case studies and through a supporting website http://www.improvingnhsscotland.scot.nhs.uk.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37923 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010, whether the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation has agreed a timetable for implementation of the recommendations in its recently published report on the impact of the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula on remote and rural areas.
Answer
The key recommendation of the report, relating to GP out-of-hours, has been included on the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation''s work plan for 2011-12.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37293 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010, what issues were discussed at the meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation on 30 November 2010.
Answer
The meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation (TAGRA) on 30 November 2010 was cancelled due to the severe weather disruption. The issues which were due for discussion were:
Updates to the morbidity and life circumstances adjustment within the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula;
Options for the future development of the NRAC formula;
TAGRA''s 2011-12 work plan; and
Potential changes to the Costs Book which may affect NRAC formula data.
These issues have been discussed through correspondence with members.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37293 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2010, whether the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation considered its work plan for 2011-12 at its meeting on 30 November 2010 and, if so, what its work plan is.
Answer
The meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation (TAGRA) on 30 November 2010 was cancelled due to the severe weather conditions. TAGRA''s work plan for 2011-12 has been discussed through correspondence with members, and will cover:
GP out of hours services;
Moving from episodes to spells within specialty as the basis of acute activity costs;
Commencing a review of the morbidity and life circumstances adjustment, and
Reviewing the split between fixed and variable costs.
A new working group will also be established between members of TAGRA and the North of Scotland Planning Group to progress issues concerning the provision of healthcare in remote and rural areas.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sentences of (a) up to six months and (b) six months or over were issued in relation to the 21,660 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2009-10 referred to the procurators fiscal.
Answer
Criminal proceedings data for 2009-10, covering the period April 2009 to March 2010, is planned for release on 25 January 2011.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-harassment orders were granted as part of the disposal in relation to the 18,828 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2008-09 referred to the procurators fiscal.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 18,828 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2008-09 referred to the procurators fiscal resulted in a prosecution.
Answer
There were 7,976 prosecutions with a domestic aggravator recorded in 2008-09.
It should be noted that statistics dealing with court proceedings and recorded crime are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many non-harassment orders were granted as part of the disposal in relation to the 21,660 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2009-10 referred to the procurators fiscal.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sentences of (a) up to six months and (b) six months or over were issued in relation to the 18,828 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2008-09 referred to the procurators fiscal.
Answer
The information requested is given in the following table.
Persons Convicted for an Offence with a Domestic Aggravator Recorded1, Receiving a Custodial Sentence in 2008-09
| Sentence | 2008-09 |
| 6 months or less | 668 |
| Over 6 months | 121 |
| All | 789 |
Note: 1. Where main offence.
It should be noted that statistics dealing with court proceedings and recorded crime are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 21,660 incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2009-10 referred to the procurators fiscal resulted in a prosecution.
Answer
Criminal proceedings data for 2009-10, covering the period April 2009 to March 2010, is planned for release on 25 January 2011.
