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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-14060

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
Current Status: Answer expected on 22 March 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many high dependency beds there were in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) health board and (b) acute trust.

Question reference: S1O-03303

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive why overall waiting times for inpatient and outpatient treatment are longer now than in 1999, as highlighted in figures published by the Information and Statistics Division on 28 February 2001.

Question reference: S1W-13823

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of occupation for psychiatric ward beds in the NHSiS was in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S1W-14178

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients as at 31 December 2000 had been waiting longer than 12 months for treatment on the NHS and had been excluded from the Patients' Charter guarantees because they had declined treatment in private facilities, broken down by NHS Trust.

Question reference: S1W-14177

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001

On 31 December 2000, only 13 patients (0.01% of the waiting list) with a waiting times guarantee had waited more than 12 months for treatment.

On that date, 601 patients (0.7% of the waiting list) had declined treatment offered to them within 12 months of joining the waiting list or had asked for their treatment to be deferred; 168 patients (0.2% of the waiting list) were awaiting very low clinical priority treatments, such as tattoo removal, and had agreed with their consultant that they could wait longer than 12 months for treatment; and 197 patients (0.2% of the waiting list) required highly specialised treatment such as organ transplants.

This information, by NHS Trust, is given in the table.

NHSScotland: Patients on the Inpatient/Day Case Waiting List with an Exception to the Waiting Times Guarantee, who had Waited More Than 12 Months for Treatment on 31 December 2000 - by NHS Trust.

NHS Trust	Reason For Exception
	Patients Declined/Deferred Treatment	Patients Awaiting Treatment Of Low Clinical Priority	Patients Awaiting Highly Specialised Treatment
Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals	76	3	1
Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals	34	12	8
Fife Acute Hospitals	73	8	35
Forth Valley Acute Hospitals	4	-	3
Grampian University Hospitals	143	30	2
Highland Acute Hospitals	-	18	-
Lothian University Hospitals	2	-	50
North Glasgow University Hospitals	2	-	50
South Glasgow University Hospitals	-	-	22
Tayside University Hospitals	267	40	24
West Lothian Healthcare	-	57	-
Yorkhill	-	-	2
Scotland	601	168	197

Question reference: S1W-14770

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any NHS Trusts are unable to operate the new MRI scanners provided by the Executive and what reasons they have given for this.

Question reference: S1W-14005

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when interviews for the posts of chair and non-executive board members of NHS 24 are expected to be completed.

Question reference: S1W-14003

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications were received for the post of chair of NHS 24.

Question reference: S1W-14004

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications were received for the posts of non-executive board members of NHS 24.

Question reference: S1W-13822

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current occupancy rate is for beds in psychiatric wards in the NHSiS.