Parliamentary questions
Jackson Carlaw
1,088 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
10 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of total health spending was expended on (a) wages, (b) salaries and (c) pensions in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The percentage of total health spending expended on salaries and pensions in each year since 1999 is set out in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td nowrap valign=bottom > <p align=left > </p> </td> …
10 Dec 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is to (a) the health budget and (b) each NHS board’s budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision to increase employers’ national insurance contributions from 2011.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The estimated annual cost to the health budget of the 1% increase in employers'' national insurance contributions from 1 April 2011 is £36.3 million. Details of the estimated costs to each NHS board''s budget are as follows:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=…
17 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of total health spending was expended on (a) wages, (b) salaries and (c) pensions in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The proportion of total health spending on wages and salaries in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board is shown in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 > <thead> <tr > <td width=144 nowrap valign=bot…
17 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the end-of-year budget surplus or deficit was for each NHS board in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The end of year budget surplus or deficit for each NHS board in each year since 1999 are shown in the following tables.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=567 > <thead> <tr > <td width=241 nowrap valign=bottom > <p align=left >…
17 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other hospital staff passed hand hygiene tests in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Hand hygiene compliance monitoring of NHS staff began in Scotland in 2007 and so the information requested is not available. Scotland is the first and only country in the world currently undertaking national compliance monitoring of this kind. Health Protecti…
17 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) cost and (b) expected completion date for the new Southern General Hospital (i) was when it was first announced and (ii) is today.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: When t<strong>he New South Glasgow Hospitals and Laboratory project was formally announced on 22 May 2008 by Shona Robison MSP the value of the project was £841.7 million. The completion date anticipated at that time was July 2014 subject to the outcome of th…
17 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many births there were at the (a) Vale of Leven and (b) Inverclyde Royal Hospital in each year since 1992.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is set out in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td valign=top > <p align=center >Year</p> </td> <td valign=top > <p align=center >Vale of Leven Hospital</p> </td> <…
17 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average response time was for an emergency ambulance in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is set out in the following table.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left > <thead> <tr > <td rowspan=2 valign=top > <p align=center >NHS Board Area</p> </td> <td colspan=2 valign=top > <p…
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was for treatment at accident and emergency departments in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The national target is that 98% of patients will wait no longer than four hours between arrival at an accident and emergency department and admission, discharge or transfer. NHSScotland have consistently delivered this target since it was introduced at the en…
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accident and emergency departments there were per head of population in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Accident and emergency (A&E) departments are generally sited in large hospitals. In addition to the service offered at these A&E departments, most boards also provide A&E services in smaller hospitals and through minor injury units. The following…
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were on waiting lists and what the waiting times were for child and adolescent mental health services in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Historically this information was not recorded centrally, but we are currently working with NHS boards to put in place by April 2010 a referral to treatment waiting time target for specialist child and adolescent mental health services.</p> <p >This waiting …
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many suicides there were in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested can be found on the General Register Office for Scotland Website, by selecting table 4, using the following link:</p> <p ><a href="http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/deaths/suicides/index.html">http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk…
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related interventions there were in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. However, since April 2008, all health boards have reported on the number of alcohol brief interventions delivered as part of the NHS HEAT H4 target.</p> <p align=left >The cumulative total of brief interventions under…
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were diagnosed with autism in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally.</p> <p >In March 2008, the Scottish Government published and disseminated guidance for commissioners of services for people on the autism spectrum in local authorities and health boards, which sets out recommendations …
9 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) children and (b) adults were registered as (i) overweight, (ii) obese and (iii) morbidly obese in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The following tables outline the proportion of (a) children and (b) adults reported as (i) overweight, (ii) obese and (iii) morbidly obese in 1998, 2003 and 2008. Data are not available for intervening years as the Scottish Health Survey was carried out on an…
3 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to police (a) Glasgow Airport and (b) Glasgow Prestwick Airport in the most recent full year for which figures are available and from whose budgets these costs were met.
Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The policing of Glasgow Airport and Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police. </p>
3 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many paediatric intensive care beds there have been in each month since May 2007 and how many were (a) occupied and (b) vacant during each month.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The provision of paediatric intensive care (PICU) is operated as a single national service from the two paediatric intensive care units in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow and Edinburgh.</p> <p >There were 20 PICU beds in Scotland between May 20…
2 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what tailored support is available to people who have experienced (a) fertility problems, (b) miscarriage, (c) ectopic pregnancy and (d) stillbirth.
Answer · Shona Robison: Health professionals from Maternity Units, Primary Care teams, or Gynaecology Services provide tailored care and support to people who have experienced (a) fertility problems, (b) miscarriage, (c) ectopic pregnancy and (d) stillbirth, as required.</p> <p >Th…
2 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors satisfaction levels among patients who have made a complaint against the NHS and whether it will publish the results of any statistical analysis of satisfaction levels undertaken in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: There is no statistical analysis held centrally on patient satisfaction with regard to NHS complaints. <i >Better Together</i>, the Scottish Government''s Patient Experience Programme, has been introduced to support NHS boards, frontline staff and patients in…
2 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS complaints have been referred to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) outcome of referral.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The data held by the Office of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman goes back to 2003. Since then, I am advised that 1,423 cases have been referred to the Ombudsman, broken down in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <…
2 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints the NHS has received in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The number of complaints that NHS boards have received with regard to hospital services; community services and family health services in years 1999-2000 to 2008-09 is set out in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr >…
2 Nov 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS prescriptions for antibiotics have been dispensed in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) antibiotic and (b) NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is provided in the following tables. The data show the number of prescribed items for antibiotics dispensed in the community, by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors, for the years ending 31 March 2000 to 2009. These data exc…
21 Oct 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of influenza A (H1N1) infection trends in Scotland and the experiences of countries throughout the world, how many patients it forecasts will require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment and how many ECMO machines it will require access to in order to cope with t…
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Forecasting the number of patients who may require ECMO in the future with any degree of certainty is difficult.</p> <p >A recent study on the experience of H1N1 in Australia and New Zealand during their winter months indicated that 68 patients with severe i…
1 Oct 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many beds there have been for (a) children and (b) adolescents in child and adolescent psychiatric wards in each year since 1999.
Answer · Shona Robison: Information is not available by hospital ward. However, figures for child and adolescent inpatient bed numbers are provided in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td width=132 valign=top > <p align=left >&nbs…
1 Oct 2009 · SPCB Written Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will provide a list of upgrades and maintenance work undertaken on the present Scottish Parliament complex since it opened, showing the (a) date and (b) cost of each piece of work, (c) total cost to date and (d) projected cost and details of any forthcoming w…
Answer · Alex Johnstone: The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has not undertaken any upgrades to the Scottish Parliament complex since it opened.</p> <p >Maintenance work, and other building-related revenue expenditure, including security projects, relating to the compl…
1 Oct 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many men aged over 65 were (a) diagnosed with and successfully operated on for and (b) died as a result of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is not possible to specifically identify the success of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) from centrally collected data.</p> <p >The numbers of men aged over 65 who were diagnosed with and operated on for AAA and who were alive at least 30 days …
1 Oct 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many men aged between 50 and 65 were (a) diagnosed with and successfully operated on for and (b) died as a result of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in each year since 1999.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: It is not possible to specifically identify the success of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) from centrally collected data.</p> <p >The numbers of men aged between 50 and 65 who were diagnosed with and operated on for AAA and who were alive at leas…
1 Oct 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many men over the age of 65 were (a) offered the opportunity to be screened for, (b) screened for, (c) found to have and (d) successfully operated on, following screening, for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in each month since September 2008, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally.</p> <p >A national screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysms, for men aged 65, will be implemented in Scotland. The programme is currently being planned and it is envisaged that it will begin in 2011.…
25 Sep 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hours were lost to the NHS as a result of patients failing to attend appointments in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is not collected centrally.</p>
25 Sep 2009 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many days were lost to the NHS as a result of staff absence through illness in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: Information on sickness absence is not centrally held for years 1999-2005.</p> <p >NHS boards in Scotland report their sickness absence rates based on contracted hours lost rather than days lost, due to different shift patterns in the NHS Scotland workforce.…