- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many graduates of Queen Margaret University’s graduate diploma in audiology course have successfully entered employment with the NHS in Scotland as audiologists.
Answer
Four of the graduates of the diploma in audiology course are currently employed in the NHS in Scotland as audiologists. A number of students are also employed in the NHS in Scotland as assistant audiologists who are still to complete all of the components of their programme.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the B7012 in each year since 1999, broken down by severity.
Answer
The following table shows the number of reported casualties involved in accidents, identified as occurring on the B7012.
Road Accident Casualties on the B7012 by Severity, 1999 to 2006
| Year | Killed | Serious | Slight | All Severities |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 2001 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the A72 in each year since 1999, broken down by severity.
Answer
The following table shows the number of reported casualties involved in accidents, identified as occurring on the A72.
Road Accident Casualties on the A72 by Severity, 1999 to 2006
| Year | Killed | Serious | Slight | All Severities |
| 1999 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 76 |
| 2000 | 1 | 7 | 72 | 80 |
| 2001 | 1 | 12 | 80 | 93 |
| 2002 | 3 | 17 | 78 | 98 |
| 2003 | 7 | 15 | 100 | 122 |
| 2004 | 3 | 17 | 70 | 90 |
| 2005 | 0 | 15 | 78 | 93 |
| 2006 | 3 | 14 | 74 | 91 |
Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the B755 in each year since 1999, broken down by severity.
Answer
The following table shows the number of reported casualties involved in accidents, identified as occurring on the B755.
Road Accident Casualties on the B755 by Severity, 1999 to 2006
| Year | Killed | Serious | Slight | All Severities |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the performance of the £3 million contract awarded to Queen Margaret University in 2005 to allow the Audiology Modernisation programme to deliver the graduate diploma in audiology, the BSc honours degree in audiology and the continuing professional development courses for existing audiologists.
Answer
Under the terms of the contract, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has established a steering group, the remit of which includes providing expertise to support the development of education and training for audiology at Queen Margaret University (QMU), and all aspects in relation of the monitoring and performance management of the contract. The steering group meets quarterly and is attended by Scottish Government officials and representatives of QMU, NES, the voluntary sector and NHS audiology departments The Audiology Services Advisory Group, the body responsible for advising the Scottish Government on audiology issues, also monitors progress.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified audiologists it estimates will be available to the NHS in Scotland by 2012 via the graduate diploma in audiology course delivered by Queen Margaret University.
Answer
We estimate that there will be approximately 43 graduates of the graduate diploma in audiology course available to work in the NHS by 2012. The September 2008 intake is the final intake of the graduate diploma route.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Education for Scotland in relation to success of the delivery of the BSc honours degree in audiology, the graduate diploma in audiology and the continuing professional development courses at Queen Margaret University.
Answer
Officials attend NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Steering Group meetings and liaise closely with NES on issues as necessary.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the B758 in each year since 1999, broken down by severity.
Answer
The following table shows the number of reported casualties involved in accidents, identified as occurring on the B758.
Road Accident Casualties on the B758 by Severity, 1999 to 2006
| Year | Killed | Serious | Slight | All Severities |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2001 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 24 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the A724 in each year since 1999, broken down by severity.
Answer
The following table shows the number of reported casualties involved in accidents, identified as occurring on the A724.
Road Accident Casualties on the A724 by Severity, 1999 to 2006
| Year | Killed | Serious | Slight | All Severities |
| 1999 | 1 | 16 | 53 | 70 |
| 2000 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 60 |
| 2001 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 60 |
| 2002 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 44 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 35 |
| 2004 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 52 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 53 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 44 |
Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiologists have undertaken the continuing professional development course at Queen Margaret University since 2005.
Answer
Since September 2005, 111 audiologists have taken the continuing professional development training programme at Queen Margaret University.
