Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Scottish Parliament Written answers

• Crime
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many violent incidents took place in the Lothians region in (a) private domestic settings and (b) public open spaces in each of the last 10 years.
• Dentistry
  To ask the Scottish Executive what training in the manufacture and fitting of dentures is available to NHS employees.
• Dentistry
  To ask the Scottish Executive what role denturists have in the NHS.
• Fresh Talent Initiative
  To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to implement the recommendations of the review of the Fresh Talent Initiative carried out in 2008.
• Fresh Talent Initiative
  To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to address the concerns of the 48% of graduates responding to the review of the Fresh Talent Initiative who did not consider that their...
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines will be available by 1 October 2009.
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27590 by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009, whether the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry will be held in Dumbarton or the...
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22315 by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 April 2009, what action is being taken to promote self-referral to physiotherapy services in...
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to encourage men to seek medical attention when necessary, in light of the relevant article in Scotland on Sunday on 4 October 2009.
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether extra funding will be allocated to the well men initiative, in light of evidence that a significant number of men continue to show reluctance to seek medical...
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether the well men initiative is subject to continuous evaluation and, if so, where such evaluation is available.
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether and, if so, how well the well men initiative is operating in the NHS Lanarkshire area.
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures confidentiality of patient records.
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has issued regarding the sharing of patient information and whether a patient or a patient’s representative requires to give consent to...
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues to GPs regarding the sharing of patient information with care home staff and whether written consent to information being shared is required...
• Health
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether hospital staff are entitled to share information with care home staff where the patient or resident has previously indicated that the primary point of...
• Justice
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been under the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009, in relation to (a) disability, (b) sexual orientation and...
• Justice
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether automatic number plate recognition cameras are used in Scotland to monitor vehicles associated with protesters and, if so, how many such cameras there are.
• Licensing
  To ask the Scottish Executive whether a premises or personal licence to sell alcohol that has been revoked under a provision in the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 can be reallocated to the same...
• NHS Staff
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior doctors or full-time equivalents have been required to fill European working time directive rotas in each NHS board since 1 August 2009.
• NHS Staff
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior doctors or full-time equivalents were employed by the NHS on 1 August 2009.
• NHS Staff
  To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior doctor posts or full-time equivalents were available on 5 August 2009, broken down by NHS board, and how many of these were not filled.
• Prison Service
  To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the comments of John Speed of the Prison Officers Association to the Justice Committee on 6 October 2009 concerning a reduction in frontline...
• Prison Service
  To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact that (a) overcrowding and (b) reduced prison officer numbers is having on the safety of prison officers.
• Student Accommodation
  To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to help house students eligible for university-provided student accommodation who have been refused a place due to overcrowding.