- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of out-patients at each NHS acute hospital waited for over 21 weeks before seeing a consultant, broken down by speciality, in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested was placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 25958) on 22 January 2003.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the total expenditure spent on the treatment of patients within NHS acute hospitals was spent on treating (a) in-patients, (b) day-cases and (c) out-patients in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is given in Report 310 (Provision of Health Care: Acute), Section 2 (Provision of Health Care) of the Scottish Health Service Costs as detailed in the table. Scottish Health Service Costs are published by the Common Services Agency on
www.show.scot.nhs.uk and copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.Scottish Health Service Costs
| Year Ended | Bib. Number |
| 31 March 2002 | 25905 |
| 31 March 2001 | 25165 |
| 31 March 2000 | 25220 |
| 31 March 1999 | 25219 |
| 31 March 1998 | 25218 |
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been set aside for the purchase by the NHS of plasma from foreign countries in (a) each of the last three years, (b) the current year and (c) future years and whether it has any plans to modify the allocation of such current and future resources following the purchase of Life Resources Incorporated by the Department of Health.
Answer
Expenditure set aside for the purchase of plasma for fractionation is as follows:(a) 1999-2000: £5.3 million, 2000-01: £5.7 million and 2001-02: £4.6 million.(b) 2002-03: £5.3 million.(c) 2003-04: £5.8 and 2004-05: £5.8 million.The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has plasma contracts with German and US suppliers until 2004-05 and there are no plans to modify the allocation of current resources.I also refer the member to the answers given to S1W-32793 and S1W-32795 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations between it and the Department of Health regarding future access to plasma stored by Life Resources Incorporated have already taken place or are planned for the future.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32793 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any contracts by or on behalf of the NHS have been entered into, or will now be entered into, with Life Resources Incorporated following the purchase of the company by the Department of Health.
Answer
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) has its own independent sources of non-UK plasma and keeps these under constant review. Life Resources is one of a number of commercial US plasma supply organisations which would be treated no differently from other commercial suppliers which might compete to supply plasma.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations were undertaken with it regarding the purchase of Life Resources Incorporated by the Department of Health and what representations it made in response.
Answer
Neither the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) nor the Scottish Executive was involved at any level in the decision by the Department of Health in England to purchase Life Resources Incorporated.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra acute hospital beds will be provided through the allocation of the #12 million announced by the Chief Executive of the NHS on 27 November 2002 for additional funding for winter pressures, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
It is for each NHS board to decide, based on local circumstances and clinical needs over the winter period, how to allocate its additional funding for winter. For Scotland as a whole, this winter, there will be 400 extra beds available, if required, and 20 extra critical care beds.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the placing of automated external defibrillators in public places.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30646 on 29 October 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on developing a code of practice to respond to situations in the NHS such as the failure of the free'er tanks holding sperm samples at Western General Hospital in July 2001.
Answer
The Code of Practice on Openness in the NHS in Scotland is being reviewed and the lessons of this incident are being considered as part of that review.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what support has been offered to the people affected by the failure of the free'er tanks holding sperm samples at the Western General Hospital in July 2001.
Answer
Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust established a telephone helpline, and those who asked for specialist appointments with fertility or genetic experts had these arranged quickly. Expert counselling from nurses specialising in oncology and in genetics was offered, and additional investigations were provided for those who requested them. All of this was undertaken quickly, and with the appropriate sensitivity.
