- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that the NHS meets its mental health HEAT targets.
Answer
The Scottish Government has invested £3 million per year for three years in the Mental Health Collaborative which is specifically tasked to support the NHS to deliver its four mental health HEAT targets.
This money funds a national team which works with boards on improvements needed to meet the targets, and additional time within boards to enable key board staff to focus on delivering these improvements
A formal performance management structure is also in place to support delivery of the targets, including a risk assessment process; a regular management board meeting, and performance review visits.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce a timescale in line with its commitment to introduce waiting time guarantees for mental health services.
Answer
We are currently considering new waiting times targets for areas where individuals are not always currently able to access mental health services within 18 weeks.
We are working to establish by April 2010 a referral to treatment waiting time target for specialist child and adolescent mental health services, and we are also currently giving consideration to establishing a waiting times target for access to psychological therapies.
In most cases individuals requiring access to mental health services receive treatment well within 18 weeks.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive To ask the Scotish Executive whether the impact of single outcome agreements on direct service provision for mental health services by the third sector has been fully evaluated.
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/sor0910-01.htm
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have entered the graduate diploma in audiology course at Queen Margaret University since the course began in 2005.
Answer
Since September 2005, 49 students have entered the Graduate Diploma in Audiology at Queen Margaret University.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified audiologists it estimates will be available to the NHS in Scotland by 2012 via the BSc honours in audiology course delivered by Queen Margaret University.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11930 on 29 April 2008. 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: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Education for Scotland in relation to the successful delivery of the BSc honours degree in audiology, the graduate diploma in audiology and the continuing professional development courses for existing audiologists at Queen Margaret University.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11924 on 29 April 2008. 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: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many graduates of Queen Margaret University’s graduate diploma in audiology course have entered employment as audiologists with the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
We estimate that approximately 18 students from the graduate diploma have entered the NHS in Scotland.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2009
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
Queen Margaret University estimate that approximately 43 graduate diploma students will take up employment with the NHS by 2012.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many audiologists have undertaken continuing professional development courses at Queen Margaret University since 2005.
Answer
We estimate that approximately 100 audiologists have taken Continuing Professional Development courses at Queen Margaret University since 2005.
- Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have entered the BSc honours degree in audiology course at Queen Margaret University since 2005.
Answer
Sixty-five students have entered the BSc honours degree in audiology course at Queen Margaret University since 2005.
Source: NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
