- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many acute NHS Trusts have strategic plans for dealing with hospital-acquired infections.
Answer
All NHS Trusts in Scotland are required, in terms of the
Scottish Infection Manual (1998), to produce and implement an annual infection control programme, and to develop written policies, procedures and guidelines for the prevention and control of infection. This requirement is reinforced in the Scottish Health Plan
Our National Health announced on 14 December.
In addition, the report Hospital Acquired Infection: A Framework for a National System of Surveillance for the NHS in Scotland (May 1999) requires local Trust Implementation Plans to give explicit consideration to the problem of Hospital Acquired Infection.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a need for coherent epidemiological research into ME and, if so, what funding it is providing for this purpose.
Answer
Data on the estimated prevalence of unexplained chronic fatigue in the community is available from national surveys. The Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive has no plans to support further epidemiological research but applications for research on the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome and on treatments will be considered and be subjected in the normal way to peer and committee review.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the creation of a postgraduate dental education centre in Dundee.
Answer
The Scottish Executive understands that a project proposing the creation of a postgraduate dental education centre in Dundee will be included in the Tayside Health Board Capital Planning proposals for the coming year. This proposal will be assessed against other bids at the appropriate time.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what postgraduate education facilities there are in Scotland for dentists.
Answer
All regions in Scotland have specific facilities for postgraduate dental education as listed below:
Raigmore Hospital
Forresterhill Hospital
Dundee Dental School
Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute
West of Scotland Centre for Postgraduate Dental Education (Glasgow Dental Hospital).
In addition, dentists have access to general postgraduate centres in District General Hospitals in places such as Fort William and Borders. Postgraduate dental training takes place in general practices, community hospitals and acute hospitals.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any concerns amongst dentists about the funding and provision of verifiable courses necessary for continuing professional development and what measures are being taken to address any such concerns.
Answer
The Dental Action Plan, published recently, proposed that the availability of postgraduate education for General Dental Practitioners (GDPs) be increased through additional sessions incorporating sessions for audit and research. The Scottish Executive monitor the demand for and the provision of courses via the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (SCPMDE).
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been allocated, or capital borrowing consent given, for specific road or bridge projects outwith the trunk road network since May 1999.
Answer
Additional capital borrowing consent of £3.3 million is being made available to Clackmannanshire and Stirling Councils to complete the A907 Manor Powis to Tullibody road which is the major transport corridor between Stirling and Alloa.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 9 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Health intends to respond to my letter of 15 March 2000 on behalf of my constituent Dr Graham Kramer.
Answer
I responded to your letter on 25 September 2000.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7824 by Susan Deacon on 24 July 2000, whether it plans to collate centrally information regarding occupational therapy waiting times in individual Trust and health board areas.
Answer
We have no plans to collate centrally information on waiting times for occupational therapy.
Occupational therapy and other Professions Allied to Medicine services are provided in a variety of settings, often at an outpatient clinic or in the community, and in many cases outwith the Health Service, for example in schools and local authorities.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the types and number of operations which have taken place at Stracathro Hospital, Angus, since the removal of emergency surgery in 1998.
Answer
The types and numbers of operations undertaken at Stracathro Hospital both before and after the removal of emergency surgery in August 1998, are indicated in the table below. Only general and major surgery have been transferred to Ninewells. Orthopaedic surgery and medical emergency admissions are still carried out at Stracathro.
| Discharges from Stracathro hospital, September 1998 to March 1999, by quarter; showing type and principal operation/procedure performed. |
| 199830 Sept | 199831 Dec | 199931 Mar |
| Total Discharges | 2,578 | 2,554 | 2,790 |
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| Emergency | 929 | 905 | 959 |
| Elective | 1,283 | 1,184 | 1,367 |
| Transfers | 366 | 465 | 464 |
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| All principal operations & procedures | 1,253 | 1,103 | 1,280 |
| showing type | | | |
| A Nervous System | 16 | 26 | 40 |
| B Endocrine System & | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| C Eye | - | - | - |
| D Ear | - | - | 1 |
| E Respiratory Tract | 90 | 62 | 54 |
| F Mouth | 90 | 62 | 53 |
| G Upper Digestive Tract | 184 | 110 | 151 |
| H Lower Digestive Tract | 125 | 118 | 104 |
| J Other Abdominal Organs (digestive) | 17 | 3 | 15 |
| L Arteries & Veins | 25 | 7 | 32 |
| M Urinary | 200 | 206 | 223 |
| N Male genital organs | 70 | 78 | 80 |
| P Lower Female Genital Tract | 1 | 2 | - |
| Q Upper Female Genital Tract | 14 | 18 | 17 |
| S Skin | 51 | 30 | 43 |
| T Soft Tissue | 82 | 72 | 134 |
| V Bones & Joints of Skull & Spine | 20 | 36 | 22 |
| W Other Bones & Joints | 352 | 331 | 360 |
This question was originally answered on 24 May 2000.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a report from the Ministerial Task Force addressing Tayside region's health service overspend and, if so, when it will be published.
Answer
The Task Force has produced an Interim Report which I published on 30 June together with details of the Executive's response. A copy of the Interim Report has been forwarded to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
