- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10217 by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 September 2004, how the £20 million was allocated to each NHS board; how the allocations were applied, and what impact these had on waiting times for audiology appointments.
Answer
The following table details the breakdown of the funds allocated to modernise and improve audiology services:
| | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005-06 | Totals |
| Argyll and Clyde | 226,000 | 587,000 | 633,000 | 1,446,000 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 201,000 | 357,000 | 324,000 | 882,000 |
| Borders | 39,000 | 115,000 | 146,000 | 300,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 80,000 | 265,000 | 125,000 | 470,000 |
| Fife | 39,000 | 147,000 | 309,000 | 495,000 |
| Forth Valley | 111,000 | 125,000 | 234,000 | 470,000 |
| Grampian | 181,000 | 771,000 | 458,000 | 1,410,000 |
| Greater Glasgow | 699,000 | 1,177,000 | 1,064,000 | 2,940,000 |
| Highland | 108,000 | 264,000 | 311,000 | 683,000 |
| Lanarkshire | 336,000 | 395,000 | 478,000 | 1,209,000 |
| Lothian | 451,000 | 329,000 | 378,000 | 1,158,000 |
| Orkney | 7,000 | 0 | 97,000 | 104,000 |
| Shetland | 5,000 | 0 | 75,000 | 80,000 |
| Tayside | 246,000 | 623,000 | 344,000 | 1,213,000 |
| Western Isles | 38,000 | 81,000 | 65,000 | 184,000 |
| NHS Education for Scotland | 100,000 | 463,000 | 0 | 563,000 |
| Totals | 2,867,000 | 5,699,000 | 5,041,000 | 13,607,000 |
The direct allocations to each NHS board area for 2003-06 cover expenditure on accommodation, information technology, digital hearing aids and training of staff to use the modernised patient journey.
In addition there has been expenditure of £1,264,000 on national staff training events and other central staff costs.
Final allocations to boards for 2006-07 have yet to be decided.
Waiting times have been reduced in most NHS boards. An important part of the modernisation agenda is focussed on monitoring and encouraging the reduction in waiting times and providing support to boards where required.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what support, financial or otherwise, it is giving to the RNID campaign, “Breaking the Sound Barrier”, and, in particular, to the telephone hearing test.
Answer
The Executive supports this campaign by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf and is keen to work with the RNID to help those with, or who may have, a hearing loss.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of self harm there have been in each NHS board area in each year since 1999, broken down by month and into age groupings.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the table, Hospital discharges from acute hospitals with a diagnosis of deliberate self-harm, year ending December 1999-2004 a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib number 38627).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the fitting of speed governors to vehicles by manufacturers in order to reduce speeding.
Answer
The fitting of speed governers to vehicles is a matter for the UK Government.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many gifts ministers have received from private sector firms or businesses (a) within and (b) outwith Scotland in each year since 2000, broken down by firm or business.
Answer
Details of all gifts received by ministers are published annually on the Scottish Executive website. These are currently shown from 1999 to 2004. We plan to issue the details for 2005 shortly.
Details can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1066/0008094.pdf.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the order of strategic priority is of current and proposed rail developments.
Answer
Our first priority is to implement the major rail infrastructure projects, as set out in the Partnership Agreement, i.e. the rail links to Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, the upgrade at Waverley station, opening the Stirling to Alloa line, the Airdrie to Bathgate line, and the Borders rail link. In addition, we are considering what the rail strategy for the next 15 to 20 years should be. We have consulted on the strategic priorities, commissioned a Scottish Planning Assessment and Network Rail are conducting a Route Utilisation Study. These will provide the building blocks for considering what further rail developments will make the most positive impacts on the economy, society and environment of Scotland in future. We expect to produce the rail strategy in the summer and this will guide the potential investments to be considered for future funding by the Executive in the subsequent Strategic Projects Review. Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area and can be contacted for more information if required.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the audiology waiting times are in each NHS board.
Answer
This information is not collected by the National Waiting Times Unit as audiology is not a consultant-led service. Information Services Division has developed a data collection system for audiology services which is currently being tested to ensure quality assurance. This will produce centrally collected, validated data for publication.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been on the sex offenders’ register in each year since 2000.
Answer
The number of sex offenders recordedby the Scottish Criminal Record Office as being registered with Scottish PoliceForces since 2000 is shown in the following table.
| As at: | Number of Registrations |
| March 2000 | 1,174 |
| March 2001 | 1,480 |
| March 2002 | 1,724 |
| March 2003 | 1,926 |
| March 2004 | 2,244 |
| March 2005 | 2,677 |
| January 2006 | 3,044 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12029 by Mr Andy Kerr on 19 November 2004, whether it will provide a breakdown of the number of people waiting to see a psychologist in each NHS board area on 31 December or another fixed date in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested isnot available centrally. Waiting lists data is collected centrally only for firstout-patient appointments at a consultant-led out-patient clinic, following referralby a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, and for hospital in-patient and daycase treatment. Psychology services are provided by a range of health care professionals,and are carried out in a variety of settings.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12029 by Mr Andy Kerr on 19 November 2004, how many psychologists have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 1999, broken down by category and expressed also on a per capita basis.
Answer
The following tables show thewhole-time equivalent (WTE) of NHS employed psychologists by NHS board 2001-04.WTE adjusts headcount to allow for part-time working. Information for the years1999 and 2000 is not available centrally.
Table 1: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2001
| | Clinical Psychologists Grade B | Clinical Psychologists Grade A | Other Applied Psychologists* | Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists | Ratio of per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists |
| Argyll and Clyde | 10.60 | 9.30 | 3.00 | 22.90 | 18,371 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 9.10 | 12.30 | 1.80 | 23.20 | 15,875 |
| Borders | 4.50 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 8.10 | 13,204 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 6.90 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 9.10 | 16,240 |
| Fife | 9.90 | 18.30 | 1.00 | 29.20 | 11,976 |
| Forth Valley | 7.80 | 10.60 | 0.00 | 18.40 | 15,176 |
| Grampian | 10.30 | 21.20 | 1.50 | 33.00 | 15,935 |
| Greater Glasgow | 33.00 | 35.50 | 1.10 | 69.60 | 12,474 |
| Highland | 4.80 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 10.80 | 19,344 |
| Lanarkshire | 7.50 | 11.60 | 4.00 | 23.10 | 23,949 |
| Lothian | 20.10 | 26.80 | 1.80 | 48.70 | 15,996 |
| Orkney | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shetland | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Hospital+ | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tayside | 11.30 | 17.80 | 0.00 | 29.00 | 13,405 |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | 135.80 | 175.20 | 14.10 | 325.10 | 15,577 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Table 2: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2002
| | Clinical Psychologists Grade B | Clinical Psychologists Grade A | Other Applied Psychologists* | Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists | Ratio of Per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists |
| Argyll and Clyde | 11.60 | 7.20 | 3.00 | 21.80 | 19,298 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 8.00 | 12.20 | 1.80 | 22.00 | 16,740 |
| Borders | 3.50 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 7.10 | 15,063 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 8.60 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 11.80 | 12,524 |
| Fife | 11.40 | 20.10 | 2.00 | 33.50 | 10,439 |
| Forth Valley | 7.80 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 16.80 | 16,621 |
| Grampian | 9.30 | 19.40 | 3.50 | 32.20 | 16,331 |
| Greater Glasgow | 35.50 | 49.40 | 4.00 | 88.90 | 9,766 |
| Highland | 4.80 | 6.70 | 0.00 | 11.50 | 18,167 |
| Lanarkshire | 7.10 | 15.10 | 4.10 | 26.30 | 21,035 |
| Lothian | 22.20 | 34.40 | 2.30 | 58.90 | 13,226 |
| Orkney | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shetland | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Hospital+ | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tayside | 11.10 | 17.20 | 0.00 | 28.50 | 13,640 |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | 141.10 | 197.50 | 20.70 | 359.30 | 14,095 |
Source: ISDScotland.
Note: +Please note The State Hospital did not participate inthe data collection exercise in 2001 and 2002.
Table 3: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2003
| | Clinical Psychologists Grade B | Clinical Psychologists Grade A | Other Applied Psychologists* | Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists | Ratio of Per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists |
| Argyll and Clyde | 9.70 | 11.80 | 2.50 | 25.00 | 16,919 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 10.60 | 7.30 | 1.80 | 19.70 | 18,789 |
| Borders | 4.10 | 4.10 | 1.00 | 9.20 | 11,875 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 7.20 | 3.60 | 1.00 | 11.80 | 12,719 |
| Fife | 16.10 | 18.50 | 4.00 | 38.60 | 9,205 |
| Forth Valley | 11.20 | 9.80 | 0.0 | 21.00 | 13,429 |
| Grampian | 8.80 | 21.90 | 4.40 | 35.00 | 15,091 |
| Greater Glasgow | 33.40 | 39.80 | 2.10 | 75.30 | 11,627 |
| Highland | 4.80 | 7.30 | 1.00 | 13.10 | 16,075 |
| Lanarkshire | 10.10 | 15.70 | 3.70 | 29.50 | 18,949 |
| Lothian | 24.40 | 30.20 | 5.20 | 59.90 | 13,145 |
| Orkney | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shetland | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Hospital | 1.20 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 6.20 | - |
| Tayside | 11.00 | 16.00 | 0.0 | 27.00 | 14,507 |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | 152.50 | 191.00 | 27.70 | 371.00 | 13,633 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Table 4: Applied PsychologistsWTE by NHS Board at 30 September 2004
| | Clinical Psychologists Grade B | Clinical Psychologists Grade A | Other Applied Psychologists* | Total WTE of all Applied Psychologists | Ratio of Per Capita Population to 1 WTE of all Applied Psychologists |
| Argyll and Clyde | 10.70 | 12.20 | 2.00 | 24.90 | 16,693 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 11.00 | 10.30 | 1.86 | 23.16 | 15,872 |
| Borders | 3.90 | 5.10 | 1.00 | 10.00 | 10,927 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 8.20 | 4.65 | 1.00 | 13.85 | 10,681 |
| Fife | 14.00 | 24.10 | 3.00 | 41.10 | 8,626 |
| Forth Valley | 8.50 | 7.10 | 0.80 | 16.40 | 17,181 |
| Grampian | 9.85 | 27.30 | 6.01 | 43.16 | 12,141 |
| Greater Glasgow | 45.45 | 50.63 | 4.90 | 100.98 | 8,587 |
| Highland | 4.80 | 8.30 | - | 13.10 | 16,133 |
| Lanarkshire | 9.70 | 20.60 | 3.50 | 33.80 | 16,453 |
| Lothian | 25.04 | 31.46 | 4.40 | 60.90 | 12,931 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| State Hospital | 2.70 | 5.45 | 1.00 | 9.15 | - |
| Tayside | 11.50 | 16.60 | - | 28.10 | 13,805 |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | 165.34 | 223.79 | 29.47 | 418.60 | 12,132 |
Source: ISDScotland.
Note: *OtherApplied Psychologists includes counselling psychologists, health psychologists,forensic psychologists and neuropsychologists.
