- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits and enhancements, other than financial savings, it envisages achieving in merging the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and the Care Commission that could not be achieved by closer joint working.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20148 on 6 February 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: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what functions of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (MWCS) are to be subsumed within any new organisation resulting from the proposed merger of MWCS with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and the Care Commission, rather than retained within an independent section, unit, directorate or division of that organisation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20148 on 6 February 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.
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- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will keep the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland independent of the NHS while keeping NHS Quality Improvement Scotland within the NHS, if the two organisations are merged.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20151 on 6 February 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: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the independence of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland will be retained in any new structure arising from its proposed merger with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and the Care Commission.
Answer
Ministers have been made aware of the views of the affected bodies and their stakeholders on these proposals which include concerns about the continued independence of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, particularly in carrying out its safeguarding role. The legislative proposals to be carried forward for the new bodies will ensure the safeguarding functions currently carried out by the MWCS will be maintained.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish details of any consultations it has had with stakeholders in respect of the proposed merger of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and the Care Commission.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20163 on 6 February 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: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial savings it would expect to make by merging the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and the Care Commission.
Answer
The new bodies will be empowered to plan and work together collaboratively on, for instance, joint inspections in a manner which is not achievable with their current legislative powers.
The changes proposed envisage the creation of two new scrutiny bodies which will carry out the functions of the existing bodies including the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. It will be for the new bodies themselves to decide how they are organised to carry out those functions.
The financial costs, savings and benefits for the creation of the new scrutiny bodies will be set out in full in the Financial Memorandum to the Public Services Reform Bill, in which the legislative provisions will be included.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the clinical decision unit at Monklands Hospital is included in calculations relating to the accident and emergency four-hour target.
Answer
NHS Lanarkshire have confirmed that the clinical decision area is used predominantly for patients who have been assessed by a clinician and diagnosed as fit for discharge. During times of peak activity a very small number of accident and emergency patients, who are likely to be discharged, are moved to this area. Accident and emergency activity accounts for less than 5% of all patients in this area. All of these patients would previously have been triaged and seen by clinical staff and would be subject to the four hour target. The most common reason for patients using this area from accident and emergency is whilst they are awaiting results of diagnostic tests that take four hours or more for accurate processing.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were moved from the Monklands Hospital accident and emergency unit to its clinical decision unit to ensure that the accident and emergency four-hour target was being met in each of the last two years.
Answer
NHS Lanarkshire have stated that the clinical decision area is not used in order to meet the four-hour target but is used to manage patients appropriately.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring arrangements are available to patients moved from the Monklands Hospital accident and emergency unit to its clinical decision unit.
Answer
NHS Lanarkshire have informed us that the clinical decision area is staffed by registered nurses with additional support from medical staff. This area is the formal clinical responsibility of the consultant accident and emergency staff.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that every primary school pupil receives two hours of high quality physical education per week.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0205-01.htm
