Chamber
Plenary, 07 Dec 2006
07 Dec 2006 · S2 · Plenary
Item of business
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
Care Homes (Highlands)
Health and Community Care
A range of measures is being introduced to meet the Kerr report's recommendations. I am pleased to say that the targets set by the Executive a year ago in "Delivering for Health", in response to Professor Kerr's report, are very much on schedule. We will continue that process of encouraging more care to be delivered to older people in their communities, to reduce unnecessary admission to hospital and to speed up discharge. There has been further progress this year on avoiding delay in the discharge from hospital into the community. We will seek to drive that progress further in future years.
In the same item of business
6. John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD):
LD
To ask the Scottish Executive what further provision is being made to increase the number of beds for elderly people in care homes in the Highlands. (S2O-11359)
The Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (Lewis Macdonald):
Lab
That is a matter for Highland Council. I understand that it is currently seeking bids from the independent sector to secure 168 care home places for frail ol...
John Farquhar Munro:
LD
I am sure that the minister is aware of Highland Council's proposal to dispose of at least six of its care homes, which he will understand is causing alarm a...
Lewis Macdonald:
Lab
As I said, the primary responsibility lies with the local authority, which is accountable for the decisions it makes. I understand that the 168 places that H...
John Swinburne (Central Scotland) (SSCUP):
SSCUP
What steps are being taken to accelerate the implementation of Professor Kerr's report relative to care in the community for elderly people in the Highlands?
Lewis Macdonald:
Lab
A range of measures is being introduced to meet the Kerr report's recommendations. I am pleased to say that the targets set by the Executive a year ago in "D...