- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are issued concerning the length of stay for mothers delivered of babies at maternity hospitals.
Answer
A Framework for MaternityService in Scotland, published in 2001, sets out a vision and philosophyfor maternity services which provides women with high quality, accessible and responsivematernity care.
The framework makes it clearthat health professionals should adopt a flexible and evidence based approach topost-natal care, working in partnership with women. The duration of a post-natalhospital stay should be individualised, using clinical judgement, to meet the specificneeds of the mother and baby. It should be reinforced by a comprehensive supportservice in the community after discharge. There are no specific guidelines issuedfor post-natal hospital stay.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of stay has been for mothers delivered of babies at the Queen Mother's Hospital in each year since 1999.
Answer
NHSiS - Mean Stay PerEpisode1; Obstetric Specialty: Years Ending 31 March 2000-04
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004P |
| Queen Mother's | 3.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Southern General | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Glasgow Maternity | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Source: ISD Scotland[Form ISD(S)1].
Reference:ISD/ACIG/IR2004-01653.
Date: 04/06/04.
PProvisional.
Note:
1. Derived as total occupiedbed days/in-patient episodes.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of stay has been for mothers delivered of babies at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow in each year since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer I gave to S2W-8612 answered 10 June 2004. All answers to written parliamentary question are available on the Parliaments website , the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that clinical research at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children will not be affected by the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I would expect that the networksand collaboration that exist between NHS and academic staff across Glasgow willcontinue.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the decision not to have neonatologists on site at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
As part of my wider considerationof the proposals, I will examine how the proposals address the issue of neonatologistsupport at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether women in the west end of Glasgow will have a choice of maternity care should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I consider that choice shouldbe central to any reorganisation of maternity services and I expect choices to beprovided regarding care options and place of delivery.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it values the model of care currently provided by the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Queen Mother's Hospital.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional training will be required for staff transporting sick babies as a result of the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
The report of the Expert Groupon Acute Maternity Services (2002) makes it clear that professionalsat all levels of maternity care must have appropriate skills and competences forthe service they provide. They should have access to regular continuing professionaldevelopment opportunities to equip and maintain the competencies and skills theyneed to provide high quality, safe maternity care.
It will be for NHSGreater Glasgow to ensure that staff have appropriate skills and receive appropriatetraining to maintain a high quality of maternity and neonatal care in any reconfigurationof maternity services.
There is a pan-Scotlandspecialist neonatal intensive care transport service based on three regional locationsin the north of Scotland, west of Scotlandand south east Scotland. Also with increased antenatal care and diagnosis of fetalabnormality, planned neonatal transfers between units can be carried out so thatemergency neonatal transports are minimised.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place for the Yorkhill NHS Trust pharmacy department following the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.
Answer
I would expect NHS Greater Glasgowto take into account the points raised by the Area Pharmaceutical Committee in anyreconfiguration of maternity services.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals are in place for women in the west end of Glasgow to access maternity care should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
This is in the first instancea matter for Greater Glasgow NHS Board. However, I would expect Greater GlasgowNHS Board to address any access concerns identified in the consultation exercise.
