- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance on NHS vacancy management.
Answer
NHS boards have fully delegated authority over employment matters, including vacancy management. We have not issued guidance on this issue.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the 230 allied health professionals’ (AHP) post job losses in the NHS, broken down by (a) type of AHP, (b) band and grade and (c) NHS Board.
Answer
This information is not centrally available.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwife posts are being reduced in the NHS, broken down by (a) band and (b) NHS board.
Answer
This information is not centrally available.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the 68 medical post job losses in the NHS, broken down by (a) speciality, (b) grade and (c) NHS board.
Answer
This information is not centrally available.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the 1,523 nursing post job losses in the NHS, broken down by (a) post description, (b) band and grade and (c) NHS board.
Answer
This information is not centrally available.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the job losses in each NHS board where substitution with less skilled staff is proposed or is taking place, broken down by (a) type, (b) band and (c) NHS board, and whether it will list the same breakdown for the substitute posts.
Answer
This information is not centrally available.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether bariatric surgery will be included or excluded from the waiting times guarantee of 18 weeks referral for treatment.
Answer
Bariatric surgery is included in the 18 weeks referral to treatment target. However, patients should be referred to a weight management programme and not directly to surgery. Bariatric surgery should not be undertaken until other interventions have been considered.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance or advice on the use of disused NHS land or buildings.
Answer
Guidance and those mandatory procedures which must be followed by NHSScotland bodies are contained within the NHSScotland Property Transactions Handbook which was issued to NHSScotland bodies on 26 February 2001 under cover of NHS Health Department Letter HDL(2001)15. Although specific to NHSScotland bodies, the guidance and mandatory procedures reflect those contained within the Scottish Public Finance Manual, including that section on the Disposal of Tangible Fixed Assets, which are predominantly real property assets.
In terms of this guidance, the constituent parts of the Scottish Government including Executive Agencies, must keep their asset portfolios under constant review with a view to disposing of surplus assets, i.e. property deemed non-essential in the context of not required for operational purposes in the medium to long-term, as quickly as possible.
Before selling on the open market, any surplus property must be offered to other parts of Scottish Government and executive agencies under what are known as trawl procedures. These procedures ensure that all relevant business areas within Scottish Government are not required to compete on the open market for land already owned by Scottish ministers.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance on the selling of NHS land and buildings.
Answer
Guidance and those mandatory procedures which must be followed by NHSScotland bodies are contained within the NHSScotland Property Transactions Handbook which was issued to NHSScotland on 26 February 2001 under cover of NHS Health Department Letter HDL(2001)15. Although specific to NHSScotland bodies, the guidance and mandatory procedures reflect those contained within the Scottish Public Finance Manual.
The NHSScotland Property Transactions Handbook is currently being reviewed and it is expected the revised edition will be available to NHSScotland later this year.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute occupied bed days in NHS Forth Valley were directly connected to a diagnosis of assault by sharp object in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Answer
The number of occupied bed days in NHS Forth Valley where a diagnosis of ˜assault by sharp object'' is presented in the following table.
Number of acute occupied bed days1,2 in NHS Forth Valley connected with an assault by sharp object3, patient discharged during year ending 31 March 2005-09:
| Financial Years | Total Number of Bed Days4 |
| 2004-05 | 59 |
| 2005-06 | 43 |
| 2006-07 | 20 |
| 2007-08 | 40 |
| 2008-09 | 103 |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR01
Notes:
1. Hospital admission data are derived from linked records on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) in Scotland.
2. Bed days are calculated using the length of stay variable.
3. Assault by sharp object connected incidents are defined as ICD-10 code X99 in any secondary diagnosis positions.
4. The number of bed days can be influenced by the severity of the injury received and hence total bed day figures do not necessarily reflect the underlying number of admissions.
For information; the numbers of admissions connected to assault by a sharp object in NHS Forth Valley was provided in the answer to question S3W-32124 on 15 March 2010. 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.
Additional data and commentary on assault by a sharp object is published as part of ISD''s Unintentional Injuries publication http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/5327.html.
