Chamber and committees

The information requested on how many (a) radiographers and (b) vacancies for radiographers there are in each NHS board can be found through the following web links:

Number of radiographers by NHS board:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/publications/2013-02-26/AHP_Staff_D2012.xls?93440754

Number of vacancies for radiographers by NHS board:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2013-02-26/AHP_vacancies_D2012.xls

NHS boards are asked to provide workforce projections on an annual basis, therefore, projected demands for qualified nurses in the NHS for (a) 2013 to 2018 and (b) 2019 to 2023 are not available.

Projections for 2013-14 should be submitted to the Scottish Government by 28 June 2013, and will be published at the end of August 2013.

There are now 5,829 more people working in the NHS (excluding GPs and GDPs) than when the SNP came to Government. This represents an increase of 3.9%.

The Scottish Patient Safety Programme was launched in January 2008 and now has an aim to reduce hospital mortality by 20% by 2015. Scotland is the first country in the world to implement a national patient safety programme across the whole healthcare systems.

Figures show that acute hospital mortality across Scotland continues to reduce by 12.4% since 2007. That equates to around 8,500 fewer than expected deaths, a result of our robust safety system working.

Further information regarding NHS mortality rates can be found at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Quality-Indicators/Publications/2013-02-26/2013-02-26-HSMR-Summary.pdf?94044131041

The Scottish Government has worked with NHS Scotland to develop a suite of workload measurement tools which help ensure the most efficient and effective use of the nursing and midwifery resource.

As of April 2013, all NHS boards are expected to use the workload tools to inform local nursing and midwifery workforce planning as part of a broader approach that incorporates professional judgement and quality measures. Skill mix is one of the considerations that is taken into account when applying the workload tools.

Information is not recorded for specific conditions and services.

The Scottish Health Service Costs (the Costs Book) is the only source of published cost information for NHSScotland. This provides a detailed analysis of how board operating costs reported in board annual accounts, have been spent on patient care within NHS Scotland.

The Costs Book is published on the ISD website: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Finance/Costs/

The total amount spent by NHSScotland on clinical negligence claims since 2007-08 is detailed in the following table:

Fluctuations in the sums paid from year to year are due to the number of high value settlements occurring in any one year. These tend to relate to birth cases where the sums paid can be substantial. In 2010-11 there were 25 claims paid that were in excess of £1 million compared to 16 in 2009-10.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Both Ministers and Scottish Government officials regularly discuss matters of local importance, including the forthcoming clinical services review, with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

This information is available on the NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) Information Services Division (ISD) website. The most up to date figures available are for the financial year 2011-12. These are reproduced in the following table:

This information is provided in the following table:

Source: NHS: National Services Scotland: Information Service Division (ISD) SMR01 linked catalogue.

* Some values have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure and to help maintain patient confidentiality. For further guidance see ISD’s Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol ISD's Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol.

- denotes zero (0)

Information on the number of transvaginal meshes supplied by National Procurement is given in the following table by NHS board and product.

1. Information was provided by NHS National Services Scotland: National Procurement (NP) where devices were supplied by NP to NHS boards in response to catalogue requests.

2. The manufacturer of all three devices is Johnson and Johnson.