- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were treated for thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections through (a) endovascular aneurysm repair using a stent graph and (b) open surgical repair in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer
National Services Division (NSD) of National Services Scotland (NSS) manage a national service agreement for interventions to treat thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm. This was designated a national service from April 2001. The following table shows the numbers of patients undergoing endovascular and open repair for aortic aneurysms with thoracic involvement in each year ending 31 March: 2002-08. A geographical breakdown is precluded for reasons of patient confidentiality.
| Year End 31 March: | (a) Endovascular Repair | (b) Open Operations | Total |
| 2002 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2003 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2004 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2005 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2007 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
Source: National Services Division of National Services Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what services have been removed from each hospital since 1997.
Answer
Subject to the need for ministerial approval of major service changes, NHS boards are responsible for the configuration and location of the services they provide to their local communities. The information requested is not held centrally. style
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it agrees with the recommendations of the independent review into the Agenda for Change pay system that took place in Wales and whether any of these recommendations could be implemented in Scotland.
Answer
The recommendations of the independent review into Agenda for Change in Wales was specific to Welsh implementation issues. In Scotland implementation is being taken forward in partnership and any issues arising are being dealt with using the appropriate partnership arrangements for such discussions such as the Scottish terms and conditions committee.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to deal with the issue of leapfrogging arising from the Agenda for Change pay system.
Answer
Leapfrogging affects only a very small number of staff and can arise as part of the assimilation process. The current assimilation process in Scotland has been agreed in partnership following discussion between Scottish Government, staff representative groups and employers and there are no plans at present to amend the agreement reached.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the recommendations of the independent review into Agenda for Change in Wales addresses matters of comparable concern to those experienced in Scotland.
Answer
The recommendations of the independent review into Agenda for Change in Wales was specific to Welsh implementation issues. In Scotland implementation is being taken forward in partnership and any issues arising are being dealt with using the appropriate partnership arrangements for such discussions such as the Scottish terms and conditions committee.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to measure the efficacy of the Agenda for Change pay system and how and when it proposes to draw conclusions from its current assessment and take steps to address any perceived shortcomings.
Answer
Agenda for Change is still in the process of being implemented in Scotland but is designed to ensure staff receive equal pay for work of equal value. It is also designed to support the improvement of all aspects of equal opportunity and diversity for staff and provides working patterns which are flexible and responsive to family commitments. Partnership arrangements are also in place to consider and address any issues arising from the implementation of Agenda for Change on an on-going basis.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to follow the lead of the Welsh Assembly Government by launching an independent review into the Agenda for Change pay system.
Answer
Implementation of the Agenda for Change pay system in Scotland is still ongoing and as such there are no plans to launch an independent review at this stage.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Agenda for Change was discussed during the recent meeting between Scottish and Welsh health ministers and, if so, whether (a) problems and (b) solutions of a common nature were identified.
Answer
Agenda for Change was not discussed at the devolved health ministers meeting on 3 April 2008.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline its current assessment of the Agenda for Change pay system.
Answer
The current position is that assimilation of staff to the Agenda for Change pay system is on-going. At end April 2008 some 155,000 staff were on Agenda for Change pay bands. Some 9,000 substantive staff and 21,000 bank staff are still to be assimilated. The Scottish Government are working closely with the service to ensure assimilation is completed as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many attacks there have been on GPs and their staff in each year since 1997, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The number of physical attacks is not recorded.
The arrangements for primary medical services are set out in regulations. These provide that practices may request the immediate removal of patients who commit an act of violence or behave in such a way that a person connected with the practice or present in the premises has feared for their safety. Removals for other reasons do not take effect immediately.
The numbers of removals under the violence provisions since 1997 are as follows.
| NHS Board | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 4 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| Borders | 4 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Fife | 9 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 24 |
| Forth Valley | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Grampian | - | - | - | 12 | 17 |
| Greater Glasgow | 34 | 110 | 29 | 15 | 26 |
| Highland | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Lanarkshire | 17 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 52 |
| Lothian | 31 | 36 | 18 | 29 | 33 |
| Orkney | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Shetland | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Tayside | 14 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 125 | 197 | 109 | 96 | 188 |
| NHS Board | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | Na |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| Borders | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Dumfries and Galloway | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Fife | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Forth Valley | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Grampian | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Greater Glasgow | 17 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 24 |
| Highland | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Lanarkshire | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 |
| Lothian | 18 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 25 |
| Orkney | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shetland | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tayside | - | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 96 | 120 | 110 | 83 | 89 |
Note: *Greater Glasgow and Clyde in 2006-07.
