- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what formulae it will use when calculating tariffs for NHS treatments and procedures.
Answer
The Executive intend to introduce tariffs for activity where patients from one Board area are treated in another, on a phased basis, from 2005-06. These tariffs will also be used to benchmark costs within health boards. Work is underway to consider the methodology which will be used to calculate the tariffs but no final decision has yet been made on the most appropriate approach.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has carried out a cost analysis of the implementation of the Kerr reports recommendations and, if so, whether it will place it in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
An Economics Commentary on the main themes of the Kerr report was prepared by Dr. Andrew Walker of the University of Glasgow. This can be found with the Kerr report’s supporting papers at
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/nationalframework/Reports.htm. The Scottish Executive is currently working on an implementation plan for Building a Health Service fit for the Future which will be brought forward later this year.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what standards it requires from Reliance when escorting prisoners to hospital appointments, investigations and treatments.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The terms of the contract are available on the SPS website at www.sps.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of all meetings and consultations about the future of the NHS that it has had with the private healthcare sector, including the names of organisations and individuals involved.
Answer
The Executive have had no meetings or discussions with the independent health care sector about the future of the NHS. The National Waiting Times Unit has had meetings and discussions with a number of independent healthcare providers about possible additional capacity which could be available to assist in reducing waiting times for NHSScotland patients. I also met with a number of representatives from independent healthcare organisations in November 2004, to discuss what kind of solutions might be possible for future partnerships with the NHS. A list of providers who have been involved in discussions is set out in the following table. Please note that names of individuals cannot be released at this time due to data protection requirements.
| Abbey Caldew Hospital | Carlisle, Cumbria |
| Abbey Carrick Glen Hospital | Ayr |
| Abbey Kings Park Hospital | Stirling |
| ACE Ltd | Glasgow |
| Alliance Medical | Oxon |
| BMI Fernbrae Hospital | Dundee |
| BMI Ross Hall Hospital | Glasgow |
| BMI Albyn Hospital | Aberdeen |
| BUPA Murrayfield Hospital | Edinburgh |
| Capio Healthcare | London |
| Care UK Afrox Healthcare Ltd | Essex |
| Edinburgh Cataract Services | Edinburgh |
| Expert Eye | Edinburgh |
| Fortis Healthcare | India |
| General Healthcare Group Ltd | Staffordshire |
| Glasgow Nuffield Hospital | Glasgow |
| Medinet | Sutton Coldfield |
| Nations Healthcare Ltd | London |
| Newcastle Nuffield Hospital | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Netcare | London |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | USA |
| SA Medics | South Africa |
| SRL-Ranbaxy | India |
| Transmedica | Denmark |
| UK Specialist Hospitals | London |
| Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd | Bristol |
| Woodlands Hospital | Darlington |
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what projections it has made in respect of the percentage of the NHS budget to be allocated to the private healthcare sector in the next five years.
Answer
The Executive continues to be committed to maximising the use of the NHS but making use of the independent health care sector where appropriate. As stated in Fair to All, Personal to Each the Executive will negotiate contracts with the independent healthcare sector worth up to £45 million over the next three years which is 0.16% of the total NHS budget. In addition NHS boards may incur direct expenditure with the independent health care sector but this can not be estimated as NHS boards will base any decisions on the use of the independent healthcare sector on the specific needs of their services at the time. No decisions have yet been taken of the NHS budget beyond 2007-08.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what input private sector organisations and individuals had into the Kerr report.
Answer
Building a Health Service Fit for the Future is the product of the collective effort of over two hundred individuals who sat on Professor Kerr’s national advisory group or one of the group’s work-streams, as listed in Appendix 2 of the Kerr report. None of these individuals represented private sector organisations.
Professor Kerr’s group looked at a number of international healthcare providers for examples of best practice, this inevitably included both public and private healthcare providers. Various pieces of work were also commissioned from academics on issues such as the affordability of the report’s vision, integration within health care systems, and the relationship between volumes of a particular procedure and outcomes.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15738 by Nicol Stephen on 26 April 2005, why the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 demanding subscription does not apply to the Assignation Statement in respect of the Skye Bridge tolls, given that the act came into force two months before the Assignation Statement.
Answer
Section 2 of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 provides that certain categories of documents specified in section 1(2) of that act require to be subscribed in order to be valid. The Skye Bridge Assignation Statement does not fall into any of these categories.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 20 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of information in the letter of 6 November 1995 from the Crown Office on the Skye Bridge toll order that criminal prosecution was being developed at a time when Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was Lord Advocate, whether the present Lord Advocate will exercise his powers under section 188 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to apply for the convictions, subsequently refused on appeal or at appeal by Lord Rodger acting as a High Court judge, to be set aside.
Answer
There is no basis for me to exercise my powers under section 188 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 20 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8363 by Sarah Boyack on 18 July 2000 where it stated that the assignation statement relating to the Skye crossing toll order is not a probative document, whether the Lord Advocate will exercise his powers under section 188 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to apply for resultant convictions to be set aside.
Answer
I refer to the answer given to question S2W-15741 on 26 April 2005. The fact that the assignation statement is not a probative document does not form a basis upon which I could exercise my powers under section 188 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 20 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the letter of 27 November 1995 from the Crown Office on the assignation statement in relation to the Skye Bridge which indicated that it was aware that the assignation statement to license toll charging to a third party was not a final or made document, whether the Executive will now make immediate arrangements for any tolls unlawfully demanded to be returned to a community trust fund for repayment.
Answer
The assignation statement contains all of the information required by statute.
