- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it first became aware of problems with the fishing quota management system.
Answer
The shortcomings of the current UK quota management system has been recognised for a number of years. Indeed, many of the deficiencies with quota management, common across Europe, have also been highlighted in the European Commission''s recently launched consultation on the future of the CFP (Green Paper).
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the King Air 200c fixed-wing aircraft operating from (a) Aberdeen and (b) Glasgow has been called out in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table:
| | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Aberdeen | 1,015 | 992 | 951 |
| Glasgow | 656 | 697 | 779 |
Note: *Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Eurocopter EC135 helicopter operating from (a) Glasgow and (b) Inverness has been called out in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table:
| | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Glasgow | 696 | 786 | 1,121 |
| Inverness | 643 | 674 | 766 |
Note: *Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what facilities are available for ill and older people who are required to wait in excess of (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five, (e) six, (f) seven and (g) eight hours for public transport to attend and return home from hospital appointments.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23342 on 7 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers it in keeping with patient confidentiality that patients accessing patient transport services are required to discuss their conditions with staff administering such schemes.
Answer
Yes. As decisions about access to the Scottish Ambulance Service Patient Transport Service are made on the basis of medical eligibility, it is necessary for staff to seek the information required to establish this.
All NHS Employees, including those within the Scottish Ambulance Service, are bound by the NHS Scotland Code of Practice on Protecting Patient Confidentiality.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether patients with no access to public transport who are unable to drive are eligible for patient transport services.
Answer
We would encourage patients in this situation, who do not meet the medical criteria for Scottish Ambulance Service Patient Transport, to discuss their requirements with their local NHS board.
In addition, under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2004, Regional Transport Partnerships have a legal requirement to develop Access to Healthcare Strategies for their areas. Regional transport partnerships continue to work with local authorities and health boards to mainstream travel plans and work with local partners to promote more active and sustainable travel. With the introduction of Single Outcome Agreements and the concordat with COSLA, the Scottish Government has given funding straight to the local authorities who are responsible for the Regional Transport Partnerships in taking forward these strategies.
The Scottish Government encourages NHS boards to work with their Regional Transport Partnership in developing Access to Healthcare Strategies to address the needs of local communities.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what distance it considers reasonable as an additional journey for patient transport services.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service takes patients, or groups of patients, who have a medical need for transport to and from appointments. The service tries to ensure that resources are used in the most cost effective and efficient way possible. This means that, where possible, routes are planned to allow groups of patients to travel in one vehicle whilst at the same time trying to balance the length of time individual patients have to spend in the vehicle.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the occasions when the Eurocopter EC135 helicopters operating from Glasgow and Inverness and the King Air 200c fixed-wing aircraft operating from Aberdeen and Glasgow have been used to access island locations and what each response time was.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The Scottish Ambulance Service can be contacted at:
Scottish Ambulance Service
National Headquarters
Tipperlinn Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5UU.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether patients who require a family member to escort them to hospital are eligible for patient transport services.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) have a clear policy on relative or carer eligibility for travel with patients. A relative or a carer will be able to escort a patient where the patient is a child or if the patient''s clinical condition is such that they require constant attention. Should a patient require an escort to travel with them and if they fit this criteria, which will be established following a medical assessment, then the ambulance service will make every effort to accommodate the request.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what access to patient transport services patients have who must attend a series of appointments requiring them to stay away from home and close to the hospital for a number of days (a) in hospital-provided accommodation, (b) in charitable accommodation, (c) in a hotel or bed and breakfast and (d) with family or friends.
Answer
We would encourage patients to discuss their specific circumstances with their NHS board to establish the support and options available to them for transport to appointments.
