- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many cases of poor performance by community pharmacists who work in Scotland have been identified by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain investigations and the action taken in each case.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits there are of expanding the role of the National Clinical Assessment Authority to include Scotland, given NHS employers in Scotland's responsibility for the management of suspected or actual poor performance.
Answer
There may be potentialbenefits in expanding the role of the National Clinical Assessment Authority(NCAA) to provide its services in Scotland. However, the Scottish Executive is currently undertaking aconsultation on the document
Safer for Patients, Supportive forProfessionals:
A Framework for Managing Poor Performance of HealthProfessionals and Team in NHS Scotland.In the consultation paper,respondees have been asked to consider a number of potential options includingthe extension of the National Clinical Assessment Authority’s remit in relationto Scotland. The NCAA currently only deals with doctors anddentists which is inconsistent with the multi-professional and team approach toall workforce development and performance in Scotland.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many NHS nurses who work in Scotland have been reported to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for poor performance in each year since 1999 and the outcome of each reported case.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not hold this information.
The Nursing and Midwifery council have provided the following information on Scottish cases referred to them for misconduct or lack of competence.
| | Total cases referred to NMC | Scottish cases referred to NMC |
| 2002-03 | 1,301 | 97 |
| 2001-02 | 1,304 | 69 |
| 2000-01 | 1,240 | 81 |
| 1999-2000 | 1,142 | 92 |
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people continued to be intravenous drug users whilst receiving methadone treatment in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally, although there is research evidence to show that treatment,including methadone, can lead to reduced levels of illicit drug use andinjecting.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many carers' assessments there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally at present but I would refer the member to the answer given toquestion S2W-6151 on 17 March 2004 which sets out what the Executive is doing tocollect this information.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the parliament website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences there were of poor performance, as referred to in the consultation document Safer for Patients, Supportive for Professionals, in the NHS in each year for which figures are available and, of these, how many incidences were deliberate or pre-meditated.
Answer
This information is not currentlycentrally collected.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions External Clinical Assessment Teams have been called in in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information iscollected by the individual health boards and is not currently centrallycollected.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many doctors who work in Scotland have been reported to the General Medical Council for poor performance in each year since 1999 and the outcome of each reported case.
Answer
This information is not centrally held.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken by the Scottish Football Partnership to assist in the development of football.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6333 on 15 March 2004.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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #6 million fund operated by the Scottish Football Partnership has been distributed.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6333 on 15 March 2004.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/webapp/search_wa.
