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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.

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Question reference: S2W-08609

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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.

Question reference: S2W-08606

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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.

Question reference: S2W-08620

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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.

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.

Question reference: S2W-08616

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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.

Question reference: S2W-08608

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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.

Question reference: S2W-08627

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans for a new multi-arts performance centre in Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08570

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact on patient transport costs will be of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08594

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3831 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 November 2003, whether there is now a case for a central review of maternity services to determine the cross-flow of patients between NHS boards as a result of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.

As I indicated in my previousanswer, the overview report of the Expert Group on Acute Maternity Services (2002)states clearly the need for boards to take a regional approach to planning maternityservices and consideration of cross‑flow of patients from other board areasshould be part of this. To help facilitate regional planning in maternity services,the Executive has given each Regional Planning Group £50,000 (non‑recurrent)to fund a Regional Maternity Service Co‑ordinator.

The reconfiguration of maternityservices in Glasgow does not make a case for a central review of maternityservices to determine cross‑flow of patients across NHS boards in Scotland.

I have received an update fromNHS Argyll and Clyde and NHS Greater Glasgow on progress to address issueson the pattern of patient choice between Paisley and Glasgow. The two NHS boards will continue to monitor the choiceswomen are making over the coming months.

Question reference: S2W-08571

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to proposals for the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of the plans for reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08596

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs will be of consultants from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children working off-site 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.