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Question reference: S3W-29587

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether reports of a projected deficit of £22 million for NHS Tayside in 2009-10 are accurate.

Question reference: S3W-29077

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) fatal accidents, (b) fatal and serious accidents and (c) accidents of all severities have been recorded on the (i) motorway and (ii) trunk road network across Scotland in each month since May 2007.

The number of (a) fatal accidents, (b) fatal and serious accidents and (c) accidents of all severities have been recorded on the (i) motorway and (ii) trunk road network across Scotland in each month since May 2007 until 31 July 2009, is shown in the following tables:

(a) Fatal Accidents

	(i) Motorway Network	Dual and Single Carriageway Network	(ii) All Trunk Road Network
May 2007	1	6	7
June 2007	0	4	4
July 2007	1	6	7
August 2007	0	8	8
September 2007	0	8	8
October 2007	1	8	9
November 2007	0	4	4
December 2007	2	6	8
January 2008	1	5	6
February 2008	1	2	3
March 2008	0	4	4
April 2008	1	4	5
May 2008	1	6	7
June 2008	1	5	6
July 2008	1	8	9
August 2008	1	4	5
September 2008	0	4	4
October 2008	1	3	4
November 2008	1	6	7
December 2008	0	1	1
January 2009	3	4	7
February 2009	0	5	5
March 2009	1	8	9
April 2009	1	3	4
May 2009	0	4	4
June 2009	1	2	3
July 2009	1	3	4

(b) Fatal and Serious Accidents

	(i) Motorway Network	Dual and Single Carriageway Network	(ii) All Trunk Road Network
May 2007	5	37	42
June 2007	5	16	21
July 2007	6	38	44
August 2007	7	38	45
September 2007	5	27	32
October 2007	9	33	42
November 2007	7	30	37
December 2007	4	23	27
January 2008	7	32	39
February 2008	5	25	30
March 2008	9	27	36
April 2008	7	25	32
May 2008	2	31	33
June 2008	4	41	45
July 2008	5	29	34
August 2008	3	41	44
September 2008	3	23	26
October 2008	4	31	35
November 2008	6	28	34
December 2008	1	16	17
January 2009	8	29	37
February 2009	5	24	29
March 2009	5	37	42
April 2009	6	23	29
May 2009	3	34	37
June 2009	6	23	29
July 2009	4	21	25

	(i) Motorway Network	Dual and Single Carriageway Network	(ii) All Trunk Road Network
May 2007	39	155	194
June 2007	36	134	170
July 2007	41	153	194
August 2007	38	144	182
September 2007	33	141	174
October 2007	45	143	188
November 2007	36	129	165
December 2007	39	168	207
January 2008	62	164	226
February 2008	33	113	146
March 2008	47	141	188
April 2008	36	132	168
May 2008	26	128	154
June 2008	32	160	192
July 2008	28	124	152
August 2008	47	174	221
September 2008	36	117	153
October 2008	47	142	189
November 2008	40	129	169
December 2008	38	101	139
January 2009	39	122	161
February 2009	21	102	123
March 2009	41	119	160
April 2009	29	111	140
May 2009	33	130	163
June 2009	28	106	134
July 2009	25	90	115

The figures quoted may differ slightly from those published elsewhere because they were extracted on a different date and the database may have changed between two dates, e.g. due to late returns or corrections to earlier returns.

Question reference: S3W-29608

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and (b) Minister for Public Health and Sport last met NHS board chairs and what issues were discussed.

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and the Minister for Public Health and Sport last met with chairs of NHS boards on Monday 23 November 2009.

Issues discussed were:

Healthcare Environment Inspectorate

H1N1

Financial Update

NHSScotland Efficiency Month

NHS Performance

Equality Bill “ Age Discrimination

Health Works Publication

Alcohol Minimum Pricing

Bereavement Care in the NHS

Burial and Cremation Review Group

Long Term Obesity Strategy

Regulation Event - Healthcare Support Worker Standards

NHSScotland Framework for Developing Boards

National Programme Board for Prisoner Healthcare

Insulin Pump Therapy.

Question reference: S3W-29246

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of low-risk women giving birth at home had a medical intervention during childbirth in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

Question reference: S3W-29243

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women gave birth (a) in an obstetric unit, (b) in a community maternity unit and (c) at home in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09.

This information is not collected or held centrally for parts (a) and (b), however, we would expect NHS boards to record this information on an individual basis.

With regard to part (c), General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) confirm that:

(i) 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 there were 868 births

(ii) 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 there were 888 births.

These figures apply to non-institution births, most of which are home births. There are however occasions where births occur elsewhere such as en-route to hospital or in a relatives home.

Question reference: S3W-29245

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of low-risk women giving birth in a community maternity unit had a medical intervention during childbirth in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

Question reference: S3W-29242

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) obstetric and (b) community maternity units there are, broken down by NHS board.

The information requested has been presented in the following table.

NHS Board	Consultant Led Units	Community Maternity Units
Ayrshire and Arran	1	1
Borders	1	0
Dumfries and Galloway	1	0
Forth Valley	1	0
Fife	1	0
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4	3
Grampian	2	4
Highland	2	7
Lanarkshire	1	0
Lothian	2	0
Tayside	1	4
Orkney	0	1
Shetland	0	1
Western Isles	1	1

Many of our consultant led units have alongside them midwife led birthing facilities and all NHS boards offer women the option of a home birth where appropriate.

Question reference: S3W-29250

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it collects data about birthing place choice.

Question reference: S3W-29244

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of low-risk women giving birth in an obstetric unit had a medical intervention during childbirth in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

Question reference: S3W-29247

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of first-time mothers had 10 antenatal checks, as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

At present this information is not collected or held centrally.

However, through our Keeping Childbirth Natural and Dynamic (KCND) programme, we are working in partnership with all NHS boards to offer women early, seamless access to maternity services through attending a midwife as their first professional contact in pregnancy. We have also recently introduced pathways for maternity care, which facilitate robust risk assessment in early pregnancy and timely intervention for women and families. These pathways outline the usual schedule of antenatal visits for healthy women who are first-time and previous mothers across NHS Scotland. Also, through evaluation of KCND we will be collecting data on the number of antenatal visits for all women within every NHS board.