- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 13 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average time taken by the Student Award Agency for Scotland to process the applications it receives.
Answer
Statistics on the average time taken to deal with an application are not maintained, but the Agency has this year processed some 88% of properly completed applications within its published target of 28 days from the date of receipt.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what cuts and closures are currently proposed by Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust at Stracathro Hospital, Angus and what effect these proposals will have on the still to be announced Tayside acute services review.
Answer
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking the views of staff on proposals to reorganise services at Stracathro Hospital. The proposals focus on the consolidation of surgical and medical wards. I expect the Trust to pay due regard to the quality of care for patients and the interests of staff in its considerations.I have been assured that any operational decisions will not prejudice the Tayside acute services review that is currently in hand.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what cuts and closures are currently proposed by Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust at Stracathro Hospital, Angus and what effect these proposals will have on the still to be announced Tayside acute services review.
Answer
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking the views of staff on proposals to reorganise services at Stracathro Hospital. The proposals focus on the consolidation of surgical and medical wards. I expect the Trust to pay due regard to the quality of care for patients and the interests of staff in its considerations.I have been assured that any operational decisions will not prejudice the Tayside acute services review that is currently in hand.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 5 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1219 by Susan Deacon on 14 September 1999, whether it will give a breakdown of the capital budget for Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust for 1999-2000 by project.
Answer
The table represents the capital budget of Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust for 1999/2000.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION | FORECAST SPEND (£000) |
Dental Hospital Upgrade | 109 |
Linear accelerator | 846 |
King's Cross Transfer | 2,006 |
Dundee Limb Fitting Centre | 4,145 |
Cancer Centre | 327 |
Mortuary Upgrade | 317 |
Special Care Baby Unit | 638 |
Schemes < £100k | 2,531 |
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TOTAL BUDGETED CAPITAL SPEND | £10,919,000 |
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 5 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been lodged with the Student Award Agency for Scotland in each of the past five years.
Answer
The information requested is given in the table below.
STUDENT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN SAASAcademic Session | Applications rec'd |
1994-95 | 118,451 |
1995-96 | 121,500 |
1996-97 | 123,384 |
1997-98 | 128,177 |
1998-99 | 125,058 |
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 27 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what new investment in the Stroke Unit at Stracathro Hospital is planned.
Answer
In 1998-99 the Trustees of the Angus NHS Endowment Fund earmarked £860,000 to provide more suitable accommodation for the Stroke Unit at Stracathro Hospital. The decision to make this investment has been deferred pending the outcome of the wider review of acute services now currently underway in Tayside.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current occupancy rate for Stracathro Hospital is broken down by ward, and whether it will indicate the time and date these figures were gathered and the time period to which they apply.
Answer
Bed occupancy figures are collected on a daily basis at midnight. Details of the ward occupancy levels at Stracathro Hospital are as follows:
| Average Percentage Occupancy |
Ward | Bed Complement | Quarter Ending 30/9/98 | Quarter Ending 31/12/98 |
2 | 25 | 67.8 | 71.7 |
3 | 25 | 75.0 | 76.1 |
4 | 12 | 43.3 | 55.4 |
6 | 22 | 69.2 | 80.5 |
7 | 22 | 65.0 | 70.8 |
8 | 20 | 57.2 | 64.7 |
10 | 30 | 34.5 | 28.4 |
13 | 19 | 69.6 | 66.4 |
15 | 22 | 57.0 | 63.9 |
CCU | 4 | 52.7 | 48.6 |
TOTAL | 201 | 59.8 | 64.2 |
| Average Percentage Occupancy |
Ward | Bed Complement | Quarter Ending 31/3/99 | Quarter Ending 30/6/99 | Month Ending 31/7/99 | Month Ending 31/8/99 |
2 | 25 | 74.4 | 73.9 | 65.5 | 58.3 |
3 | 25 | 85.1 | 75.8 | 66.8 | 75.4 |
4 | 12 | 46.7 | 44.7 | 34.4 | 42.7 |
6 | 22 | 83.3 | 78.0 | 75.5 | 67.7 |
7 | 22 | 83.8 | 78.4 | 63.0 | 65.2 |
8 | 20 | 83.8 | 71.4 | 41.0 | 49.2 |
10 | 30 | 65.3 | 63.4 | 50.1 | 59.4 |
13 | - | - | - | - | - |
15 | 22 | 61.1 | 59.0 | 48.4 | 53.8 |
CCU | 4 | 53.6 | 49.7 | 51.6 | 46.8 |
TOTAL | 182 | 74.7 | 68.9 | 49.7 | 52.7 |
Note - Ward 13 patients transferred to Ward 10
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what the capital and revenue budgets are for the next three years of Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Answer
The Table presents the capital and revenue budgets of Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust for 1999/2000.
Final revenue and capital budgets for later years are not yet agreed. | 1999/00 £000 |
Revenue | 199,500 |
Capital | 10,919 |
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a copy of the Tayside University Hospital Trust working group report on the Stracathro Hospital Services and whether it will make public both this report and its response.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not received a copy of the Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust working group report on the Stracathro Hospital Services.