- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of data loss from the NHS have occurred in each NHS board area in the last two 12-month periods; in how many such instances the data were unencrypted, and whether all such incidents were reported to the Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not centrally collect details on the number of data losses which may have occurred within the NHS boards. It is the responsibility of individual health boards to report and investigate in line with their own local policies and procedures.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether every loss of data by the NHS is reported to the Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answer
The Information Commissioner encourages organisations to bring serious data breaches to the attention of his office. There is, however no legal obligation on data controllers such as NHS organisations to report breaches of security which result in loss, release or corruption of personal data to the Information Commissioners Office. The extent to which this is done is not information that is held centrally by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new or substantially refurbished hospitals have been approved since May 2007 and how many of these will be funded by (a) PPP, (b) the Scottish Futures Trust or (c) another non-directly publicly funded mechanism.
Answer
The answer is shown in the following table:
| NHS Board | Hospitals and Substantially Refurbished Hospitals: Outline Business Cases Approved Since May 2007 | Hospitals and Substantially Refurbished Hospitals: Full Business Cases Approved Since May 2007 | Funded Via: PPP |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borders | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Forth Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grampian | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Glasgow | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Highland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lanarkshire | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lothian | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Isles | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| State Hospital | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| NHS Board | Funded Via: Scottish Futures Trust | Funded Via: Other Non-Directly Publicly Funded Mechanism | Funded via: Public Capital |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borders | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fife | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forth Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grampian | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greater Glasgow | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Highland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lothian | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayside | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Isles | 0 | | 0 |
| State Hospital | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 |
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) doctors, (b) GPs, (c) hospital consultants, (d) junior doctors, (e) nurses, (f) allied health professionals and (g) hospital pharmacists there are expected to be in 2011.
Answer
It is the responsibility of NHS boards to determine their future workforce needs to meet service delivery and the health care needs of their population. Future modelling is based upon demand provided by NHS board projections. The most recent data from NHS boards in April 2009 shows that in 2011 there are expected to be (in whole-time equivalent):
- 58,281 nursing and midwifery staff.
- 9,498 allied health profession staff.
- 2,006 hospital pharmacy staff.
There are no projections available for doctors so far this year. In line with Scottish Government policy to move to a service predominantly delivered by trained doctors and to reduce the reliance on doctors in training for front-line service delivery, NHS boards are currently reviewing the future shape of the medical workforce. Initial estimates are expected during the autumn of 2009. This review is expected to result in a different mix of doctors in training and trained doctors. As a result it is not possible at this stage to provide the numbers expected in 2011 for GPs, consultants, doctors and junior doctors.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 24 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to make use of the EU School Fruit Scheme allocation for 2009-10.
Answer
Following consultation with local authorities, the majority of whom did not want to participate without further detail, we plan to delay the uptake of the EU school fruit scheme allocation until 2010-11.
We are actively engaging with the EU to obtain further details of the scheme to ensure that we gain best value for schools in Scotland. Once we have this detail, we will engage with COSLA and local authorities to re-consider the scheme''s merits. We expect to have had these discussions by early in the new year.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) doctors, (b) GPs, (c) hospital consultants, (d) junior doctors, (e) nurses, (f) allied health professionals, (g) hospital pharmacists and (h) managers there were in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
Answer
The following table details the information as requested. However, it should be noted that the way in which workforce information is now published has recently changed due to the assimilation of the majority of Scotland''s healthcare workforce onto Agenda for Change bandings. The non-direct match between the old Whitley Council grades and the new Agenda for Change grades has made pre and post-2007 workforce data difficult to compare accurately. Trend information should therefore be treated with caution.
| NHS Scotland | As at 30 September 1997 Head Count | As at 30 September 1997 Whole-time Equivalent | As at 30 September 2007 Head Count | As at 30 September 2007 Whole-time Equivalent |
| Doctors (excluding GPs) | 8,438 | 7,452.7 | 11,128 | 10,251.6 |
| GPs | 3,938 | 3,740 | 4,721 | WTE information is not available for 2007 |
| Hospital Consultants | 2,955 | 2,770.6 | 4,045 | 3,811.6 |
| Junior Doctors | 4,385 | 4,241.1 | 6,066 | 5,935.5 |
| Nurses and Midwives1 | 61,943 | 51,461 | 67,345 | 57,050.4 |
| Allied Health Professionals | 7,816 | 6406.7 | 10,981 | 8,951.5 |
| Hospital Pharmacists2 | 6053 | 547.1 | 9334 | 779.5 |
| Managers | 2,9995 | 2,927.4 | 1,9146 | 1,785.8 |
Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland.
Notes:
1. Data is available for total of nurses and midwives only.
2. The 2007 figure includes a small number of pharmacy technicians. Disaggregated figures are not available.
3. Qualified.
4. Agenda for Change Band 6-9.
5. Whitley Council Grade 7-10 and senior management.
6. Management grades (non-Agenda for Change).
Further information on the statistics, including information on how the data are collected and notes to aid interpretation, is given in the Background section of the workforce statistics website at:
www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new or substantially refurbished hospitals have been (a) planned and (b) constructed since 2007, listed by date of approval and completion.
Answer
The answer is shown in the following tables:
| NHS Board | Planned New/Substantially Refurbished Hospitals Since 2007 (Project Name) | Initial Agreement Approved | Outline Business Case Approved |
| Ayrshire and Arran | Adult Acute Mental Health Services | June 2009 | *Planned February 2010 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Redevelopment of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary | January 2008 | *Planned December 2009 |
| Fife | General Hospital and Maternity Services | N/A - Contained in Right for Fife Strategy Approval | August 2003 (Addendum July 2005) |
| St Andrews Community Hospital | N/A | April 2002 (Addendum September 2003) |
| Modernisation and Redesign of Primary and Community Healthcare Services in Cupar | October 2006 | March 2007 |
| Forth Valley | New Acute Hospital | December 2000 | December 2003 |
| Clackmannanshire Community Hospital | December 2000 | June 2003 |
| Grampian | Chalmers Hospital | N/A | March 2003 (Addendum approved January 2008) |
| Emergency Care Centre | March 2008 | July 2008 (Addendum Currently Being Considered) |
| Greater Glasgow | Maternity Hospital | N/A - part of ASR approved in 2002 | March 2007 |
| New Southern General Hospital | N/A - part of ASR approved in 2002 | May 2008 |
| Highland | Migdale Hospital | N/A | November 2007 |
| Day Surgery Centre, Raigmore Hospital | N/A | October 2006 (Addendum approved November 2007) |
| Lanarkshire | Caird House | March 2007 | June 2008 |
| Coathill Hospital | March 2007 | June 2008 |
| Lothian | Midlothian Community Hospital | N/A | October 2006 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children | June 2006 | August 2008 |
| Clinical Neurosciences | July 2008 | *Planned November 2009 |
| Orkney | New Health Facilities in Kirkwall | March 2008 | *The Initial Agreement will Deliver 2 Outline Business Cases - Submission Planned for December 2009 and January 2010 |
| Tayside | Tayside Mental Health Development | Three projects brought together at Outline Business Case stage. Initial Agreement approval January 2004, October 2004 and January 2005 | *Planned September 2009 |
| Palliative Care at Perth Royal Infirmary | June 2007 | August 2007 |
| Reprovision of a Regional Young Peoples Unit | July 2009 | *Planned Summer 2010 |
| State Hospital | State Hospital Redevelopment | N/A | June 2004 (Addendum approved September 2007) |
| NHS Board | Full Business Case Approved | Construction Started | Construction Completed |
| Ayrshire and Arran | To be confirmed in Outline Business Case | To be confirmed in Outline Business Case | To be confirmed in Outline Business Case |
| Dumfries and Galloway | To be confirmed in Outline Business Case | To be confirmed in Outline Business Case | To be confirmed in Outline Business Case |
| Fife | *September 2008 (Addendum planned September 2009) | September 2008 | *Planned for December 2011 |
| August 2007 (Addendum March 2008) | September 2007 | June 2009 |
| *Planned September 2009 | *Planned for October 2009 | *Planned Phase 1 “ December 2010, Phase 2 “ July 2011 |
| Forth Valley | March 2007 (Addendum November 2007) | May 2007 | *Planned Phase 1 - May 2010, Phase 2 - August 2010, Phase 3 “ April 2011 |
| March 2007 (Addendum November 2007) | March 2007 | May 2009 |
| Grampian | August 2008 | Refurbishment September 2008, New Build May 2009 | Overall Completion Planned September 2011 |
| * Planned December 2009 | *Planned March 2010 | *Planned June 2012 |
| Greater Glasgow | May 2008 | April 2008 | *Overall completion planned December 2010 |
| * Planned 2nd quarter of 2010 | * Planned 2nd quarter of 2010 | *Planned Children''s Hospital 2013; Adults Hospital 2014 |
| Highland | *Planned September 2009 | *Planned for January 2010 | *Planned March 2011 |
| *Planned March 2010 | *Planned for June 2010 | *Planned December 2011 |
| Lanarkshire | March 2009 | April 2009 | *Planned November 2010 |
| N/A as project below Board Delegated Limit | December 2008 | *Planned December 2009 |
| Lothian | December 2008 (Addendum March 2009 | March 2009 | *Planned September 2010 |
| *Planned December 2009 | To be confirmed in Full Business Case | To be confirmed in Full Business Case |
| To Be Confirmed in Outline Business Case | To Be Confirmed in Outline Business Case | To Be Confirmed in Outline Business Case |
| Orkney | To Be Confirmed in Outline Business Cases | To Be Confirmed in Outline Business Cases | To Be Confirmed in Outline Business Cases |
| Tayside | To Be Confirmed in Outline Business Case | *By April 2010 | *Planned Phase 1 “ June 2011; Phase 2 “ February 2012; Overall Completion “ October 2012 |
| April 2008 | June 2008 | *Planned January 2010 |
| * Planned Summer 2010 | *Planned Summer 2010 | *Planned Spring 2011 |
| State Hospital | October 2007 | March 2008 | *Planned Phase 1 - December 2009; Phase 2 - second quarter 2011 |
Note: *The information has been obtained from NHS boards. The timescales shown for those projects not completed are purely indicative and subject to change as detailed planning progresses.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the NHS estate is expected to pre-date 1948 in 2011.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26165 on 20 August 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: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many buildings in the NHS estate were dated from pre-1948 in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not currently held centrally. Following the publication of the Audit Scotland Report Asset Management in the NHS in Scotland published on 29 January 2009, a new computer system designed to contain a common data set on estate performance across all NHS bodies is to be introduced. The system is currently in procurement and a detailed implementation and roll out plan is currently in development.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new or substantially refurbished hospitals were (a) approved and (b) constructed between 1997 and 2007.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-17703 and S3W 17705 on 17 November 2008. 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.
