- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the working group on needlestick injuries to report.
Answer
I launched the working group's report
Needlestick Injuries: Sharpen Your Awareness at the UNISON Scotland Conference on 6 April. The report is currently in the process of being printed and should be available shortly. The report will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre and on the
www.scotland and
www.SHOW websites.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost the NHSiS to introduce the use of retractable needles where appropriate.
Answer
The NHS Scotland uses around 10 million needles a year at a cost of £1.2 million. The individual cost of needles can vary widely from 2p for a replacement needle to over £50 for specialised needles. On average a normal needle costs about 12p and retractable needles 27 to 30p. I recently launched the Needlestick Injuries: Sharpen Your Awareness report at the UNISON Scotland Conference and announced that the Scottish Executive would issue guidelines to NHS Scotland on the implementation of the report and would provide £270,000 to support the report's recommendations for the introduction of safer needles based on risk assessment.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median waiting time is from the inpatient and day case waiting lists for cancer surgery and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last ten years broken down by health board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-12417 on 30 March 2001.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many intensive care beds there were in each of the last five years broken down by (a) health board and (b) acute trust.
Answer
Data for general adult intensive care beds are published each year in the Audit Report of the Scottish Intensive Care Society. For the period 1996 to 2000, the average numbers of funded general adult intensive care beds in each 12-month period by Health Board were:
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Argyll and Clyde | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Borders | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Fife | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10 | 10 |
| Forth Valley | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Grampian | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Greater Glasgow | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 29 |
| Highland | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Lanarkshire | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Lothian | 19.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 |
| Tayside | 8.5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| TOTAL | 112 | 115.5 | 121.5 | 125 | 132.5 |
Intensive Care bed numbers by Acute Hospital:| Health Board / Hospital | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Argyll and Clyde | | | | | |
| Inverclyde Royal | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Vale of Leven | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Royal Alexandria | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | | | | | |
| Ayr | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Crosshouse | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Borders | | | | | |
| Borders General | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | |
| Dumfries | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Fife | | | | | |
| Victoria | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| Queen Margaret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Forth Valley | | | | | |
| Stirling | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Falkirk | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Grampian | | | | | |
| Aberdeen Royal | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Greater Glasgow | | | | | |
| Western Infrimary | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Glasgow Royal Infirmary | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Victoria Infirmary | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Stobhill | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Southern General | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Highland | | | | | |
| Raigmore | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Lanarkshire | | | | | |
| Hairmyres | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Law | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Monklands | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Lothian | | | | | |
| Royal Infirmary | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Western General | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| St John's | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Tayside | | | | | |
| Ninewells | 5.5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Perth Royal | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 112 | 115.5 | 121.5 | 125 | 132.5 |
Note: the figures in the above tables are drawn from the Audit Report of the Scottish Intensive Care Society and include general adult ITU beds only. They therefore exclude coronary and cardiac care beds, neurosurgical beds and paediatric intensive care beds.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, where a patient has been admitted to a psychiatric ward on more than one occasion in the last five years, what the average length of time was between admissions.
Answer
The average length of time between admissions, for patients admitted to a psychiatric ward on more than one occasion in the five year period 1995-1999, was 174 days.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 1 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has assessed the social and economic impact which would result in the event of Migdale Hospital, Sutherland closing.
Answer
The provision of community health services in Sutherland is a matter for Highland Health Board and the Highland Primary Care Trust. There is at present no suggestion that Migdale Hospital will close.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 22 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many high dependency beds there were in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) health board and (b) acute trust.
Answer
Answer expected on 22 March 2001
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive why overall waiting times for inpatient and outpatient treatment are longer now than in 1999, as highlighted in figures published by the Information and Statistics Division on 28 February 2001.
Answer
Waiting in the NHS occur for a number of reasons. Figures referred to show only small shifts against a background of steadily increasing activity.Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change, sets out a programme of investment and reform, including a range of measures which aim to reduce waiting throughout the patients journey of care.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any NHS Trusts are unable to operate the new MRI scanners provided by the Executive and what reasons they have given for this.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is making available substantial resources for NHSScotland to procure new and replacement radiology equipment. In 2001-02, this includes six MRI scanners and seven CT scanners. All the NHS Trusts receiving this equipment have demonstrated that they will be able to operate it.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients as at 31 December 2000 had been waiting longer than 12 months for treatment on the NHS and had been excluded from the Patients' Charter guarantees, broken down by NHS Trust.
Answer
On 31 December 2000, only 13 patients (0.01% of the waiting list) with a waiting times guarantee had waited more than 12 months for treatment.
On that date, 601 patients (0.7% of the waiting list) had declined treatment offered to them within 12 months of joining the waiting list or had asked for their treatment to be deferred; 168 patients (0.2% of the waiting list) were awaiting very low clinical priority treatments, such as tattoo removal, and had agreed with their consultant that they could wait longer than 12 months for treatment; and 197 patients (0.2% of the waiting list) required highly specialised treatment such as organ transplants.
This information, by NHS Trust, is given in the table.
NHSScotland: Patients on the Inpatient/Day Case Waiting List with an Exception to the Waiting Times Guarantee, who had Waited More Than 12 Months for Treatment on 31 December 2000 - by NHS Trust.
| NHS Trust | Reason For Exception |
| | Patients Declined/Deferred Treatment | Patients Awaiting Treatment Of Low Clinical Priority | Patients Awaiting Highly Specialised Treatment |
| Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals | 76 | 3 | 1 |
| Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals | 34 | 12 | 8 |
| Fife Acute Hospitals | 73 | 8 | 35 |
| Forth Valley Acute Hospitals | 4 | - | 3 |
| Grampian University Hospitals | 143 | 30 | 2 |
| Highland Acute Hospitals | - | 18 | - |
| Lothian University Hospitals | 2 | - | 50 |
| North Glasgow University Hospitals | 2 | - | 50 |
| South Glasgow University Hospitals | - | - | 22 |
| Tayside University Hospitals | 267 | 40 | 24 |
| West Lothian Healthcare | - | 57 | - |
| Yorkhill | - | - | 2 |
| Scotland | 601 | 168 | 197 |
