- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 28 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has conducted into domestic abuse of young people with learning disabilities.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not commissioned any research into domestic abuse of young people with learning disabilities.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to the parents of children with learning disabilities outwith school hours.
Answer
The Scottish Executive's aim is to give all children, including those with learning disabilities, the best possible start in life. The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 requires local authorities to provide and publicise a range and level of services appropriate to the needs of children with disabilities in their area. These services can be provided to the child, and in the interests of promoting or safeguarding his/her welfare, to members of the family. In addition, there is a range of programmes supported by the Scottish Executive that can offer support to parents of children with learning disabilities. These include the support we provide for very young children and their parents through Sure Start Scotland; the support we provide through Childcare Strategy funding which can be used to meet the out of school care needs of children with learning disabilities. It also includes the support we provide through the Support for Parents programme which helps parents acquire the necessary skills and confidence to support their children.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children defined as having learning disabilities there are in each local authority area, broken down by council ward.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has put in place to support families of former residents of Lennox Castle Hospital who have been resettled in the community.
Answer
Significant efforts have been made by NHS Greater Glasgow to provide full support for the former residents of Lennox Castle Hospital and their families. From 1998 to April 2002 when the hospital closed, 351 patients were discharged, mainly to supported accommodation in and around Glasgow. The staff there are in regular contact with patients' families to offer support and advice, whilst additional measures to support former patients include:A Care Manager has been allocated to all patients discharged from the long-stay hospital, who conducts a yearly review of the patients and their care. When the need for further support is identified, a further plan is developed to meet the patient's specific needs. During the closure process, Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust employed a Relative Liaison Worker who continues to act as a communication link with patients' families, addressing any concerns. Social work services, through the established contract compliance mechanisms, will conduct a review of the involvement of families in the lives of patients who have been resettled.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children with learning disabilities are housed in supported accommodation as part of the Care in the Community Strategy in each local authority area, broken down by council ward.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what investment will be available for non-traditional build housing, such as multi-storey flats, following the transfer of Glasgow City Council's housing stock to Glasgow Housing Association Ltd.
Answer
It was made clear during the consultation process that every home with a long-term life would be fully modernised to the Glasgow standard within 10.5 years after transfer. Each Local Housing Organisation is in the process of producing a management and investment plan for their area and final decisions about the investment strategy for the transferred stock will be made following discussions with the Glasgow Housing Association.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29695 by Ms Margaret Curran on 1 October 2002, what action it will take to address the funding gap in the Glasgow housing stock transfer proposal, referred to in the Glasgow Housing Stock Transfer Project Plan Review of 2 September 2002 by Currie and Brown
Answer
The Executive does not normally comment on the contents of such reports.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many wards are closed at weekends in each hospital in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area due to staff shortages.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow has confirmed that no wards in any of its hospitals are closed at weekends due to staff shortages.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to building a fully staffed and equipped dedicated cancer hospital in Glasgow.
Answer
The Regional Cancer Centre at Gartnavel General Hospital will provide the vast majority of services that a dedicated cancer hospital would provide, with the advantage of being on the same site as a general hospital and access to its resources. The services planned for the centre include:
- in-patient, day case and out-patient care for patients requiring specialist oncology treatment not available closer to where they live;
- external beam radiotherapy;
- brachytherapy;
- chemotherapy;
- bone marrow transplantation, and
- palliative care.
A full range of paramedical therapies including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and clinical psychology will support these specialties.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds will be available at the Beatson Oncology Centre following its transfer to the site at Gartnavel General Hospital.
Answer
Dr Adam Bryson, the Interim Director of the Beatson Oncology Centre, advises me that, as plans stand, there will be 271 beds at the new Cancer Centre at Gartnavel General Hospital. The bed complement will include 209 in-patient beds and 62 day beds. Some 42 of the day beds will be recliner chairs rather than conventional beds, reflecting the needs of different categories of patients and their treatment.
