- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons it believes that the Care Environment Inspectorate is independent of government when it is based within NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will operate independently of the Scottish Government and of NHS boards which will be the subject of its inspections. The reports, findings and recommendations of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be published independently.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it issues guidance to NHS boards on improving the patient journey for people with learning disabilities accessing emergency or elective care.
Answer
The Fair for All agenda seeks to ensure that whatever the individual circumstances of people''s lives, they have access to the right health services for their needs.
Guidance entitled Achieving fair access was produced and issued to the NHS by the Fair for All “ Disability team in April 2007 and is available at http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/2033.aspx.
Section 4 of the guidance covers Accessible service delivery and Section 4.4 provides advice on Admission to health services.
The six strands of the Fair for All initiative were mainstreamed within NHS Health Scotland with effect from 1 April 2008.
The Scottish Government is supporting NHS boards to take forward a change programme to address the health inequalities facing people with a learning disability and/or autism spectrum disorder. A learning network of NHS boards will give them a forum to share learning and good practice including the role and effectiveness of liaison nurses.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22508 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2009, what ribotype of Clostridium difficile was identified in the outbreak in NHS Orkney.
Answer
There were six cases ribotyped, broken down as follows:
| Ribotype | Cases |
| 015 | 1 |
| 027 | 4 |
| 078 | 1 |
Ribotyping is not available for the other cases because the sample was either culture negative or no culture was grown.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22508 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2009, for what reasons there was a delay of one month before it was notified of the outbreak of Clostridium difficile in NHS Orkney.
Answer
There was an unacceptable delay before NHS Orkney notified the Scottish Government of the Clostridium difficile outbreak. NHS Orkney has accepted this and their lines of communication have been completely revised to ensure any future incidents are reported quickly.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it considers that personal antibacterial products have in reducing the incidence of healthcare associated infections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23212 on 5 May 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22508 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2009, what would trigger an investigation into the incidence of Clostridium difficile at NHS Orkney and whether this was applied in the recent outbreak.
Answer
National guidance requires the setting of local trigger thresholds for each clinical area. Following the recent outbreak these are now in place across NHS Orkney and have been set at two cases for each ward within any 30 day period.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22508 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2009, whether NHS Orkney has an antimicrobial prescribing policy in place; when this was adopted, and how it has been implemented
Answer
NHS Orkney introduced a draft antimicrobial policy in February 2009 and this was formally adopted in April 2009. An antimicrobial team has been established to audit compliance with the policy, and an antimicrobial pharmacist is in post and has the responsibility for ensuring day to day delivery of the policy.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executivewhen it anticipates receiving a report from the Crown Counsel on the deaths from Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven hospital and whether this will be an interim or final report.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23027 on 5 May 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the commitment made by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing at a meeting with the C. diff Justice Group in December 2008 to consider a public inquiry into the deaths from Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven hospital if there was a delay in receiving a final report from the Crown Counsel, whether it will now grant a public inquiry.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23027 on 5 May 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when the review of the Guidance on Prevention and Control of Clostridium difficile Associated Disease (CDAD) in Healthcare Settings in Scotland, published in October 2008 by Health Protection Scotland and due for review in March 2009, will be published.
Answer
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) have confirmed the review will be published in September 2009 and in the meantime that the current guidance remains extant.
