- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that community health teams should be able to provide the full spectrum of physical and mental health interventions to local communities.
Answer
Local, multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Teams in each NHS board area already provide care, services and support, according to individually assessed needs. This will also include attention to the physical health needs of people with mental illness.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are to explore the potential of a generic community staff nurse role following the publication of RCN Scotland’s A Sustainable Future: The RCN Vision for Community Nursing in Scotland report and the results of the baseline study of the Review of Nursing in the Community pilots.
Answer
Plans are already in place to explore and develop the potential of the generic staff nurse role as part of the pilot arrangements for the service model proposed by
Visible, Accessible and Integrated Care the report of the 2006 Review of Nursing in the Community.
NHS Education for Scotland is currently completing work on the development of a framework document to provide principles and guidelines for the development of staff nurses within the community health nursing team. A national job description and KSF outlines have been developed in consultation with staff.
The Scottish Government will consider the potential of the generic community staff nurse role when the independent evaluation of the Pilot Sites is reported.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that Scotland’s communities and its own community health policies will be best served by ensuring a distinction between community nursing roles focused on children, young people and families and roles focused on adults and older people.
Answer
The 2006 Review of Nursing in the Community found that not only were individuals, carers, families and communities unsure of which community nursing service to access to meet their particular needs, but also that health and social care services professionals were confused and frustrated by the number of community nursing roles and titles which could lead to unnecessary delays in accessing appropriate nursing support and advice.
The service delivery model proposed by the Review report Visible, Accessible and Integrated Care provides for a single point of contact for access to community nursing services and recommends that the disciplines of District Nursing, Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting and School Nursing) and Family Health Nursing be absorbed into a new single Community Health Nursing Discipline.
The service model provides generic nursing services across the lifespan and is being tested in four Pilot Sites: NHS Borders, NHS Highland, NHS Lothian and NHS Tayside. A key feature of the model is its flexibility to meet the local health needs of communities and each Pilot Site is developing the model and configuring its teams to best meet the needs of its area. The model is supported by nursing workforce planning to develop the capacity and capability to meet these needs.
The service model will be independently evaluated and the outcome of the Evaluation Study will determine what approach works best and inform our decisions for the future. Until then I am keeping an open mind on the future of community nursing services.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to work with RCN Scotland and other stakeholders to develop the framework for community nursing and other proposals as set out in the recent RCN Scotland publication A Sustainable Future: The RCN Vision for Community Nursing in Scotland and, if so, how such proposals will be developed.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22602 on 29 April 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: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what medicines have been approved under either the Health Technology Assessment or Single Technology Assessment protocols by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) that (a) are currently rejected by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) or (b) have a different use specified by SMC and what that different use is in each case.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold a single published analysis comparing the decisions taken by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in relation to new medicines.
Since October 2007, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland has published reports entitled Report of evidence based assessments from Scottish Health Technologies Group which identify decisions made by the different bodies, but this does not include an analysis of these decisions. http://www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/4969.html.
Information on decisions for individual medicines, which may have been based on different evidence or in relation to different indications, is available from www.scottishmedicines.org.uk; for England from www.nice.org.uk and for Wales www.wales.nhs.uk.
The arrangements for appraising new medicines in Scotland operate independently from Scottish ministers.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had or will have with Scottish Rugby Union to ensure that Scotland will have a women’s team participating at the next world cup rugby sevens competition.
Answer
It is for the Scottish Rugby Union to determine whether to enter a women''s team for the next IRB World Cup sevens competition.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to encourage the development of touch rugby as a physical activity in the run-up to the 2011 world cup in Scotland.
Answer
It is for the Scottish Touch Association to promote and develop the sport of touch, which includes touch rugby.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance, advice, support and resources it is providing for the development of touch rugby in the run-up to the 2011 world cup in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Touch Association through a partnership with the Scottish Rugby Union has access to the SRU''s development officer network. This network receives funding from sportscotland and also through the Government''s Cashback for Communities initiative.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish all details of the £2.5 billion rail contract awarded to FirstGroup plc.
Answer
The terms of the First ScotRail franchise contract, including any variations or derogations, is contained in Transport Scotland''s Public Register, available at:
www.transportscotland.gov.uk/rail/rail-industry-in-scotland/public-register.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 1 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has proposals to ensure that regulations (a) restricting noise from rail traffic currently applicable in England and Wales should apply to Scotland and (b) should be brought in to ensure that there are restrictions on levels of vibration associated with rail traffic.
Answer
The Technical Specification for Interoperability (TSI) Noise promoted by the European Union, establishes limits for pass-by noise. These standards were implemented in the UK, including Scotland, in 2006.
In England and Wales air-borne noise which derives from new or altered railways is covered by the Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations which came into force in 1996. This does not cover ground-borne vibration.
Transport Scotland are examining whether worthwhile benefits would be provided by further regulation as the TSI is now applicable.
