- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients (a) were affected and (b) subsequently died of Clostridium difficile during the outbreak at Dr Gray’s Hospital in April and May 2009 and for what reasons NHS Grampian provided two different positions in relation to the outbreak when asked by journalists on 13 May 2009.
Answer
Eighteen patients have been affected by the Clostridium difficile outbreak in Dr Gray''s Hospital. In answer to (b), NHS Grampian released a statement on 13 May 2009 confirming that one patient had Clostridium difficile recorded on the death certificate as the primary cause of death. NHS Grampian then further confirmed to journalists that one other patient had died during the outbreak where Clostridium difficile was recorded as one of a number of other contributory factors in the cause of death.
NHS Grampian did not mention the death of this second patient in its initial statement because it took the view that, as the second patient did not die directly of Clostridium difficile, it was not appropriate to report this death in its statement.
I expect all NHS boards to supply full and accurate data to media enquiries.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the use of eligibility criteria for community care services by local authorities to determine access to services designed to promote the wellbeing of individuals who have or have had a mental illness is compatible with sections 25 to 31 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
Local authorities have a duty to meet the statutory requirements of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 but may do so in a variety of ways.
Eligibility criteria may refer to the allocation of some resources but would never exclude access to resources such as assessment, advice and guidance. Responses to Section 26 will often include these as well as support to access other main stream services.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that its guidance document, With Inclusion in Mind, published in November 2007 is used by local authorities in implementing sections 25 to 31 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
Since publication of With Inclusion in Mind, the Scottish Government has provided additional funding to local authorities in 2007-08 and in 2008-09 to support them in developing responses to the guidance. A conference was held in the autumn of 2008 to share best practice and further encourage and support this work. The funding support and conference will be repeated in 2009-10.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22908 by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 May 2009, when it will publish the responses to the consultation on the establishment of the Care Environment Inspectorate on the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland website.
Answer
The summary of responses to the consultation on the establishment of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be published on the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland website by Friday 12 June 2009.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive to where NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde patients are referred for inpatient mental health care if there is insufficient capacity within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have confirmed that the use of acute beds beyond its own boundaries is very low. Greater Glasgow and Clyde provides 1,510 beds for acute assessment, continuing care and specialist services (1,121 of these beds are provided by Greater Glasgow hospitals).
In the 12 month period to 31 April 2009, there were five admissions to a bed outwith the Glasgow area using a total of 16 bed days. This includes both unplanned requests to other boards and presentation at accident and emergency services whilst Greater Glasgow residents are temporarily away from the Glasgow area. The number of patients from other NHS boards using hospitals in Greater Glasgow and Clyde is significantly higher.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde inpatient mental health provision is used by patients from outwith that NHS board area.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde(NHSGGC) have confirmed that in the one year period to 31 April 2009, that there were 1,184 bed days of unplanned activity into Greater Glasgow beds from other boards which comprised of 114 admissions, using the equivalent of three beds per day.
NHSGGC have stated that around 60% of this unplanned bed use relates to the neighbouring boards of NHS Ayrshire and Arran and NHS Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has published to inform and support local authorities in their plans to close or otherwise change day services for adults with learning disabilities.
Answer
In 2006 The same as you? Implementation Group published
Make my day! which reported on the progress made by local partnerships and shared good practice in the modernisation of day services for adults with learning disabilities. The report set out a number of things to guide the future development of day services.
Neither The same as you? nor Make my day! advocate the closure of day services but encourage day services to modernise and focus more on education, employment and personal fulfilment.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds were originally planned for the new mental health in-patient facility at Gartnavel Hospital.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow''s 1999
Modernising Mental Health strategy proposed the development of 117 acute short-stay beds in the new mental health hospital at Gartnavel Hospital. The profile of these beds is detailed in the table below.
| Adults | 60 |
| Elderly | 45 |
| Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit | 12 |
| Total | 117 |
In addition, the board planned for the retention of 30 long-stay non-acute beds (consisting of 10 intensive rehabilitation long-stay beds and 20 adult long-stay beds) in good quality ward accommodation from the existing mental health ward capacity elsewhere on the Gartnavel site.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds are available at the new mental health in-patient facility at Gartnavel Hospital.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23876 on 21 May 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the in-patient mental health capacity was of the planned secure units at Stobhill and Dykebar hospitals.
Answer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have confirmed that there were 44 medium secure and 30 low secure beds planned for the original Stobhill Local Forensic Psychiatric Unit (for Glasgow residents). At the same time, 30 beds on the Leverndale site were due to close following their migration into the new development of the Stobhill forensic unit. A mixture of 30 medium/low secure beds were originally planned for the Dykebar unit (for West of Scotland residents with the exception of Glasgow).
