- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current financial deficit of the West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust is.
Answer
At the end of May, West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust was forecasting a year-end overspend of £561,000. The trust is in on-going discussions with NHS Lothian about achieving financial breakeven.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any plans by West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust to address the trusts's financial deficit and whether it intends to assist the trust in addressing this deficit.
Answer
West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust is currently working to a financial recovery plan approved by the Trust Management Board in May 2002. The Trust's financial position remains in line with the recovery plan.The Scottish Executive Health Department has been assisting the Trust in monitoring and reviewing the recovery plans.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS patients in the West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust area on the true waiting list for a hip replacement operation (a) waited more than the target 10 months and (b) were seen within that timescale since the target was set and how many patients are currently on the list.
Answer
The information requested on performance against local waiting time targets is not collected since it is a matter for local NHS boards and Trusts. Information on performance against the national waiting time target is published quarterly and is available on the Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW) website at
http://show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/acute_activity/index.htm.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 13 June 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the resources set aside for the Motorola Task Force has been spent and what percentage of this has been spent on government departments, agencies or non-departmental public bodies.
Answer
Expenditure reports from Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothians for the financial year 2001-02 show costs of £3.3 million.Staffing costs for Motorola Taskforce activity account for just over £728,000. These costs can be broken down into actual costs of £339,279, which is the cost of staff seconded to, and recruited specifically for, the Motorola Taskforce, and absorbed costs of £388,894 by the various government departments, agencies and or non-departmental public bodies.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-23092, S1W-23093, S1W-23094, S1W-23095 and S1W-23096 by Mr Andy Kerr on 13 March 2002, why the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services stated on 23 January 2002 that it already receives benefits from Her Majesty's Treasury because the rate of increase in council tax in Scotland is slower than the rate of increase in council tax in England and Wales and that it benefits directly "as a consequence of that money flowing north of the border from south of the border" (Official Report, 23 January 2002, col. 5646-47); whether this statement was inaccurate, and, if so, when the Deputy Minister first became aware of the inaccuracy.
Answer
The statement was not inaccurate. The principle of adjustments is firmly embedded in the Statement of Funding Policy. At the time the Deputy Minister spoke, we had agreed the adjustment figure for 2000-01, and were in the process of agreeing the figure for 2001-02, as his words indicated.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any member of the Audit Scotland inquiry team into deferred waiting lists is based in an NHS Trust hospital with more than 25% of waiting lists operating on a deferred basis.
Answer
The audit is being undertaken by staff of Audit Scotland, supported by two staff with a background in medical records seconded from North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust and Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trusts. On 31 December 2001, both trusts had deferred waiting lists which were more than 25% of their in-patient and day case waiting lists.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish a list of the Audit Scotland team members conducting the inquiry into deferred waiting lists.
Answer
The audit is being undertaken by staff of Audit Scotland supported by two staff with a background in medical records seconded from North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust and Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals Trust.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the replacement of current arrangements under section 94 controls on local authority capital expenditure with a more flexible system, as outlined in its consultation document Local Government Bill - Outline of Proposals, will have on (a) local authorities, (b) the Scottish Consolidated Fund, (c) capital expenditure controlled by it and (d) Her Majesty's Treasury.
Answer
Under the proposed new system, local authorities would determine their own capital spending with reference to locally-set prudential indicators. They will be allowed to borrow for capital spending without the consent of ministers, provided that they can afford to service the debt. Further details are contained in the recently published Local Government Consultative Document - Renewing Local Democracy (The Next Steps) - a copy of which is available from the Parliament's Reference Centre.The new arrangements will require changes to the treatment of local authority capital expenditure within the assigned budget. These are being discussed with the Treasury.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the maintenance of a fully-resourced, full-time accident and emergency facility within St. John's Hospital in Livingston.
Answer
A Criteria Submission for the refurbishment of the accident and emergency department at St John's Hospital was recently approved by the Scottish Executive Health Department's Capital Investment Group. We look forward to this major step forward in terms of service provision in this area.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 1 May 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the Pan Lothian Review Group's recommendation that consideration should be given to ensuring that there is a "clear split between elective and emergency care on a Lothian wide basis"; whether such a split could be achieved by operating one emergency and complex medicine centre supported by up to four diagnostic assessment centres, and whether the recommendation reflects national strategic guidance on the provision of emergency services.
Answer
Decisions arising from the recommendations of the Pan Lothian Review Group's report are, in the first place, the responsibility of NHS Lothian, in discussion with its trusts. In making any decisions, I expect NHS Lothian to be guided by the latest available evidence, and by current good practice, to ensure the best possible service for patients in Lothian.
