- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to establishing a centre of sporting excellence in Inverness to aid the development of talented sportsmen and women in the Highlands and Islands disadvantaged due to the distances required to travel to access top class training facilities.
Answer
It would be for the Highland Council, in partnership with key stakeholders including the Highland Institute of Sport, to determine if a centre of sporting excellence is appropriate to help with the development of talented sportsmen and sportswomen in the Highlands and Islands. The Scottish Government and sportscotland will provide support and assistance where appropriate.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it offers its staff the opportunity to donate blood at private or organised group sessions and whether such staff continue to be paid while taking time to donate blood.
Answer
Scottish Government staff are afforded opportunities to donate blood during working hours by attending the mobile blood transfusion units visiting the Scottish Government buildings.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation to next report.
Answer
TAGRA are currently finalising their work on the impact of the NRAC formula on remote and rural areas. I expect them to report these findings to me early next year.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how often the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation has met in the last year.
Answer
The Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation has met four times in the last year.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what reports the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation has made to ministers in the last year.
Answer
The Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation last reported to ministers in September 2008.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patient discharges were delayed in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on patients awaiting discharge in each census from October 2006 to October 2009 is shown in the following table. This shows those waiting six weeks and over. Six weeks (43 days or more), is the common period for discharge planning agreement timescales across Scotland and was the focus of the original target to reduce these to zero. This was achieved for the first time in April 2008.
Number of NHS Delayed Discharges Six Weeks and over by NHS Board from the October 2006 Census to the October 2009 Census
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| October | January | April | July | October | January | April | July | October | January | April | July | October |
| Scotland | 679 | 606 | 233 | 423 | 425 | 316 | - | 44 | 91 | 79 | - | 55 | 94 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 78 | 62 | 19 | 35 | 40 | 17 | - | - | 12 | 12 | - | 10 | - |
| Borders | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Fife | 37 | 34 | 17 | 61 | 87 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Forth Valley | 53 | 48 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 17 | - | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Grampian | 88 | 95 | 34 | 43 | 48 | 63 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 130 | 119 | 68 | 92 | 76 | 63 | - | 11 | 21 | 23 | - | 27 | 44 |
| Highland | 59 | 40 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 18 | - | 2 | 6 | 10 | - | 5 | 22 |
| Lanarkshire | 34 | 16 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Lothian | 119 | 118 | 16 | 45 | 55 | 31 | - | 12 | 27 | 26 | - | 8 | 12 |
| Orkney | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Shetland | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tayside | 61 | 50 | 9 | 42 | 49 | 17 | - | 12 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| Western Isles | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Source: ISD Scotland, Delayed Discharges Census.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 7 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what benchmarks teachers will be encouraged to use to give parents feedback on their children’s progress and performance prior to the end of P4.
Answer
Teachers will apply the standards and expectations set out in the curriculum guidance and the strategic vision for assessment which my predecessor published on 24 September 2009 at all stages, including prior to the end of P4.
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More detailed guidance for practitioners on the assessment framework will be published in due course.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 7 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers an assessment of pupils’ progress and ability prior to the end of P4 unnecessary.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28941 on 7 December 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patient discharges in each of the last three years were delayed for a period of more than six weeks due to complications with community care arrangements, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on patients awaiting discharge due to community care reasons (including assessment and arrangements) and who have been delayed for over six weeks in each census from October 2006 to October 2009 is shown in the following table.
Number of NHS delayed discharges delayed for over six weeks for community care related reasons by NHS board from the October 2006 census to the October 2009 census.
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Oct | Jan | Apr | Jul | Oct | Jan | Apr | Jul | Oct | Jan | Apr | Jul | Oct |
| Scotland | 537 | 495 | 185 | 338 | 335 | 282 | - | 38 | 74 | 63 | - | 41 | 80 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 49 | 43 | 14 | 28 | 33 | 14 | - | - | 12 | 11 | - | 10 | - |
| Borders | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fife | 25 | 21 | 12 | 30 | 51 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Forth Valley | 50 | 43 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 15 | - | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Grampian | 80 | 89 | 32 | 41 | 46 | 60 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 90 | 79 | 51 | 70 | 53 | 54 | - | 9 | 15 | 14 | - | 19 | 39 |
| Highland | 42 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 18 | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | 3 | 18 |
| Lanarkshire | 31 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Lothian | 98 | 104 | 12 | 35 | 52 | 27 | - | 12 | 22 | 23 | - | 6 | 8 |
| Orkney | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shetland | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tayside | 59 | 45 | 9 | 41 | 45 | 16 | - | 10 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| Western Isles | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Source: ISD Scotland, Delayed Discharges Census.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to reduce the number of delayed patient discharges.
Answer
The Scottish Government, COSLA, NHS boards and individual local authorities are all committed to making sure that people are not delayed unnecessarily in hospital once treatment is complete. There were no patients delayed for longer than the agreed six weeks discharge period at both April 2008 and April 2009, the only times this has ever been achieved in Scotland since recording began in September 2000. There have always been seasonal fluctuations and the latest census, which showed 94 patients had been delayed for more than six weeks, compares with the census in October 2006, under the previous administration, when there were 679 patients delayed over six weeks.
My officials continue to work closely with partnerships to reduce the level of delayed discharges. In addition, the Joint Improvement Team is working with individual partnerships that have requested assistance. Various support tools have also been made available for partnerships to adopt.
