Parliamentary questions

Angela Constance

227 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many day care patients there have been in each hospital since 1999.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of day case admissions to NHS hospitals in Scotland for the years ending 31 March 2000 to 2008 are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 48219).

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many elective inpatients there have been since 1999.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The total number of elective inpatient admissions to NHS acute hospitals in Scotland for the years ending 31 March 2000 to 2008 are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 48243).

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many accident and emergency consultations there have been in each hospital since 1999.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The numbers of accident and emergency attendances (new and return) from 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2009 are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 48218).

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many medical admissions there have been in each hospital since 1999.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The total number of inpatient and day case admissions to medical specialities in NHS acute hospitals in Scotland for the years ending 31 March 2000 to 2008 are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 48217).

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average bed occupancy rate is of hospitals in each NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under the Acute Hospital Care section <a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/3426.html">http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/3426.html</a>.

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the bed occupancy rate is of each hospital.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Average bed occupancy rates for each NHS board and hospital in Scotland for the year ending 31 March 2008 are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 48216).

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average rate of theatre utilisation is in each NHS board.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows average theatre utilisation (including maternity) by NHS board area for financial year 2007-08. This data is publicly available and is published by the Information Services Division (ISD) at <a href="http://www.isdscotland.o…

21 May 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the theatre utilisation is of all hospitals with theatre capacity.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The following table shows the total number of operating theatres by hospital site (excluding maternity), the total number of hours operating theatres at each site were in use per week, and the average number of operating hours per theatre per week. T…

23 Apr 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how it proposes to respond to the recommendations of the independent working group, Securing Our Future Initiative, which published its report on 27 February 2009.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: I have today placed a copy of the response to the report of Securing Our Future Initiative, developed jointly by the Scottish Government and COSLA, in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47919) for the information of members.

25 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have received smear tests for the detection of cervical cancer in the last three months and how this figure compares with that for the same period in 2008.

Answer · Shona Robison: There is no published data for the last three months. The latest cervical screening published data is complete up to 31 March 2008. Data on the number of smear tests processed are available, on the Information Services Division website at <a href="http://www.…

20 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support the Scottish Auto Cycle Union to develop a national recreational rider registration system.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21251 on 18 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/…

20 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out a review of recreational off-road biking facilities with the aim of developing guidelines to assist in the establishment of suitable facilities across Scotland.

Answer · Shona Robison: In taking forward the development of the sport it is important that the Scottish Auto Cycle Union (SACU) prepare a facilities strategy which would identify existing provision and future requirements. The Scottish Government, through sportscotland, will contin…

11 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support can be offered to families requiring access to the specialist tube-fed weaning programme offered in the Kinderpsychosomatik ward in the Graz children’s hospital in Austria.

Answer · Shona Robison: There are two routes by which an NHS patient can go abroad for treatment in certain European countries. The long established E112 scheme, when the NHS agrees to treatment abroad and pays for it beforehand and, following a judgement in the European Court of Ju…

11 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS offers weaning programmes for tube-fed infants equivalent to the one provided in the Kinderpsychosomatik ward in the Graz children’s hospital in Austria.

Answer · Shona Robison: No weaning programmes for tube-fed infants equivalent to the one provided in the Kinderpsychosomatik ward in the Graz Children''s Hospital are provided by the NHS in Scotland. It is the opinion of some professionals that there is insufficient evidenc…

11 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what specialist weaning programmes are available on the NHS for tube-fed infants.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20839 on 4 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/B…

28 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses have been built using siporex, also broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The information requested is not held centrally. I understand, however, that siporex was used in the construction of houses in Livingston and in Edinburgh.

28 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of domestic houses subject to compulsory purchase order was bought at market value in each year since 1999.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: With regard to compulsory purchase and compensation, Scottish ministers may act as a confirming authority, or as promoter. The main users of compulsory purchase powers are Transport Scotland, and local authorities. Other bodies with compulsory purchase powers…

28 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average compensation was for domestic properties obtained via compulsory purchase order in each year since 1999.

28 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many compulsory purchase orders of domestic residencies there were in each year since 2009.

27 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are variations in the number of cycles of IVF and ICSI treatment provided by each NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: There are variations in the number of cycles of IVF and ICSI treatment provided by NHS boards in Scotland. We provided NHS boards with an update on eligibility criteria in 2007, and recently wrote to all boards asking them for an update on implementation of t…

27 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it will take to implement fully the recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland.

Answer · Shona Robison: We are aware that not all NHS boards have implemented the recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland, and we wrote to boards in December 2008 asking for an update on implementation of these recommendations. We are in the …

23 Dec 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the waiting times are for drug and alcohol treatment via the NHS in West Lothian.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on the average waiting time of clients for drug and alcohol treatment interventions is not held centrally. A national waiting times information framework was implemented in April 2004 to enable Alcohol and Drug Action Teams (ADATs) and lo…

23 Dec 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to review the Mental Health of Children and Young People: A Framework for Promotion, Prevention and Care document published in 2005.

Answer · Shona Robison: The target date for the delivery of the Framework (Bib. number 38415) is 2015 and NHS boards and their partners are continuing to work towards that date. The milestones set in Delivering for Mental Health (Bib. number 41410) to be achieved by 2008 were delive…

23 Dec 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria are for prioritising referrals for child and adolescent psychiatric services.

Answer · Shona Robison: Each NHS board has an agreed local referral criteria. However, as part of our work towards a waiting time target for referral to treatment for specialist child and adolescent mental health services for 2010-11, we are developing national guidance.

23 Dec 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the waiting times are for access to child and adolescent psychiatric services at St John’s Hospital.

Answer · Shona Robison: We do not gather this information centrally. We recently confirmed that we are now working towards a waiting time target for referral to treatment for specialist child and adolescent mental health services for 2010-11. Our preparatory attention to this is alr…

4 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the occupancy rates have been of beds in the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in each of the last 12 months.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon : Bed occupancy rates are not available centrally broken down by month. The average bed occupancy for the year 2007-08 at the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit was 96%.

4 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial resources have been invested in the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh since 1999.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: A total of £43.1 million has been invested in the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit over the last 10 years, covering liver transplants from deceased donors, the living donor liver programme, the transplant co-ordinators linked to the unit, the Scottish organ ret…

4 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds are available for patients awaiting a liver transplant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in (a) the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit and (b) other wards.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There are 18 beds in the Transplant Unit and five in the High Dependency Unit.

4 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many organ donations there have been in each year since 2004-05, broken down into donations of (a) kidneys, (b) pancreata, (c) hearts, (d) lungs, (e) livers; (f) corneas and (g) sclera.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is set out in the following table. Organs/Eye Tissue* Donated from Deceased Donors at Scottish Hospitals**, April 2004 to March 2008, by Year and Organ: <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > …

4 Sep 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients underwent a liver transplant in the last year and where the operations were performed.

Answer · Shona Robison: There were 66 liver transplants on Scottish residents from April 2007 to March 2008. This figure includes two transplants from living donors and one combined kidney and liver transplant. Sixty of these transplants were undertaken at the Scottish Live…