- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the pilot study to identify and log unmet gaps in the provision of attendant-controlled powered wheelchairs will implement a national standard assessment tool based on the social model of disability.
Answer
As part of the wheelchair and seating services modernisation action plan the need for a standard assessment tool that will assess mobility within a framework of the social model of disability has been identified. As part of the planning process for this pilot the services are developing an audit tool, based on assessment, that will assist in identifying whether the wheelchair user''s goals have been met and whether the equipment has been of benefit to them.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual cost of the Scottish Ambulance Service using taxis to transport patients to appointments was in each year since 1997, expressed in (a) real terms, (b) cash terms and (c) as a proportion of total expenditure on reimbursing volunteer drivers, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 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: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) longest and (b) average return journey undertaken was by (i) a volunteer ambulance driver and (ii) an ambulance service funded taxi in each regional ambulance division in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 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: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of reimbursing volunteer ambulance drivers was in each year since 1997, expressed in both real and cash terms, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what proportion of volunteer ambulance drivers have exceeded a total of 10,000 miles per annum in each year since 1997, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 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: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patient journeys to health-related appointments by (a) volunteer driver and (b) taxi the Scottish Ambulance Service funded in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 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: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual mileage of volunteer ambulance drivers was in each year since 1997, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 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: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost per journey to the Scottish Ambulance Service of transporting a patient to a health appointment was by (a) volunteer driver and (b) taxi in each year since 1997, also broken down by regional ambulance division.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24747 on 15 June 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: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 8 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensed premises went out of business in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what surveys have been undertaken to establish patient satisfaction rates with NHS meals; what the outcomes of these surveys have been, and what steps are being taken to improve the standard of meals.
Answer
Health Facilities Scotland, part of NHS National Services Scotland, requires all NHS boards to carry out National Catering Patient Questionnaires quarterly and to make the results publicly available in their areas.
The Scottish Government recognises the importance of nutrition to patients and we have taken steps to improve the whole experience of nutrition in hospitals including improving the standard of meals. In 2008, we introduced a national catering specification Food in Hospitals, which provides guidance to NHS boards on how to provide tasty, nutritious and healthy meals to the diverse population of patients who enter hospitals. The specification aims to ensure that hospital catering recognises the fundamental importance of appropriate food provision for every patient as part of his or her treatment. This in turn will influence health and recovery.
