- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19871 by Susan Deacon on 26 November 2001, what assessment has been made of the impact of unmet needs on service provision levels of the West of Scotland cancer service in relation to resulting pressures on waiting times for out-patient consultations and for investigative treatments.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to Question S1W-20412.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19871 by Susan Deacon on 26 November 2001, what assessment has been made of the impact of unmet needs on service provision levels of the West of Scotland cancer service in relation to resulting pressures on new referral caseloads for oncologists working in the service.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to Question S1W-20412.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19871 by Susan Deacon on 26 November 2001, what assessment has been made of the impact of unmet needs on service provision levels of the West of Scotland cancer service in relation to the number of general practitioner referrals to the service.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20412.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19756 by Susan Deacon on 26 November 2001, when it expects the first meeting of the West of Scotland Regional Cancer Advisory Group to be held.
Answer
The first meeting of the West of Scotland Cancer Advisory Group is expected to take place on 20 December 2001.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-18283 by Allan Wilson on 15 October 2001, what the numbers, grades, salaries and career experiences are of Executive staff with responsibility for monitoring and advising on the implementation of recommendations made to state and independent schools by the Health and Safety Commission's Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee concerning adventure activities undertaken during school trips.
Answer
The role of the Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee (AAIAC) is to provide advice to the Health and Safety Commission and guidance to the industry and it does not make recommendations direct to schools. Given this, there is no role for anyone within the Executive to monitor or advise on their implementation.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), who provide the secretariat function, publish the AAIAC advice and literature. If that guidance is followed then the industry, and schools, will be complying with the health and safety legislation. It is the role of the HSE to ensure health and safety legislation is complied with.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice or guidance is issued by it or on its behalf to state or independent schools on the preparation and requirements of risk assessment in respect of adventure activities in the context of school trips.
Answer
The circular issued by the Scottish Office Education Department in October 1994, referred to in the answer to question S1W-18279 on 18 October 2001, stressed the importance of risk assessment by organisers when planning activity visits and noted that detailed advice on risk assessment can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19754 by Susan Deacon on 26 November 2001, what assessment has been made of the timescales and efficacy of the measures set out in the report by Mr Tom Divers, Chief Executive of Greater Glasgow NHS Board, relating to the continuity and improvement of cancer services for users of the West of Scotland cancer service.
Answer
These are issues which will be monitored as the action plan is implemented through local NHS management, the new Beatson Joint Management Board and the Project Monitoring and Review Group.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to increasing the bursary and tuition support available to student nurses who are willing to work in under-served areas of the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
From autumn 2002, all nursing students will have their tuition fees paid for them and have living cost support by way of a non-means-tested bursary and dependants' allowance where necessary. The teaching institutions have local arrangements to assist students, through car loan schemes, student accommodation and ensuring that when possible, placements are arranged at locations convenient for the student. These arrangements should ensure that all students have the necessary support to undertake nursing studies in their chosen discipline and we have no plans to introduce different levels of support.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to make nursing a more attractive career option by funding the infrastructure necessary to provide high quality training facilities for student nurses.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Health Department has contracts with institutions of higher education to provide nurse education and pays them an annual amount for the cost of the course, based on student numbers, but allowing for matters like accommodation requirements. The NHS either provides the accommodation or contract finance allows universities to provide their own accommodation and many improvements have been made since the contracts began.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding (a) has been made available for the recruitment and support of student nurses in the current year and (b) will be made available for this purpose in the next two years.
Answer
Forty-four million, six hundred thousand pounds is available for support of student nurses this year. £47.9 million will be available in 2002-03, and £51.4 million in 2003-04.
