Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-29986

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of each NHS board’s budget was expended on (a) wages, (b) salaries and (c) pensions in each year since 1999.

The proportion of each NHS board''s budget expended on salaries and pensions in each year since 1999 is set out in the following tables.

Salaries

Health Board	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Argyll and Clyde⁵	44.7%	44.2%	44.6%	45.4%	44.2%	39.9%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ayrshire and Arran	43.6%	42.9%	43.9%	43.5%	38.6%	39.1%	39.9%	40.5%	40.9%
Borders	47.3%	46.7%	46.4%	46.2%	40.9%	43.9%	42.8%	45.8%	44.6%
Dumfries and Galloway	45.2%	45.2%	44.4%	42.1%	39.6%	39.2%	38.7%	40.1%	41.8%
Fife	42.1%	41.3%	43.0%	41.6%	38.7%	40.1%	39.1%	40.0%	40.6%
Forth Valley	46.0%	44.4%	44.4%	46.9%	41.0%	40.1%	40.2%	40.7%	41.2%
Grampian	50.5%	50.3%	50.1%	51.7%	48.8%	50.3%	50.8%	49.2%	50.5%
Greater Glasgow	54.2%	52.9%	53.7%	56.7%	52.5%	53.2%	52.8%	53.0%	53.2%
Highland	49.9%	49.0%	49.6%	50.0%	44.8%	46.7%	40.1%	38.9%	41.2%
Lanarkshire	40.2%	38.3%	39.5%	41.4%	38.2%	38.1%	36.4%	35.6%	35.9%
Lothian	52.9%	51.5%	53.8%	48.1%	49.2%	51.3%	51.3%	51.6%	52.3%
Orkney	38.5%	38.1%	40.0%	38.4%	38.8%	37.5%	42.8%	43.6%	42.4%
Shetland	34.0%	33.1%	32.3%	33.4%	35.5%	38.1%	38.0%	35.7%	38.2%
Tayside	55.9%	52.0%	54.3%	56.3%	52.1%	52.6%	51.0%	51.6%	51.3%
Western Isles	40.2%	37.2%	39.3%	40.0%	37.2%	38.6%	40.8%	41.0%	38.9%
Health Scotland	14.7%	14.5%	16.2%	23.3%	16.6%	19.5%	18.2%	18.9%	26.0%
Common Services Agency	29.2%	31.5%	33.1%	32.6%	33.6%	32.9%	30.3%	22.0%	22.3%
Scottish Ambulance Service	58.6%	59.7%	59.8%	61.1%	60.9%	62.8%	57.3%	59.6%	60.3%
State Hospital	63.6%	62.4%	62.4%	59.0%	54.5%	52.5%	56.6%	65.6%	63.0%
Mental Welfare Commission	57.3%	53.1%	54.6%	60.8%	44.9%	50.4%	48.8%	51.1%	49.4%
NHS 24¹	n/a	11.2%	36.1%	44.1%	46.7%	53.1%	53.0%	53.1%	52.8%
National Waiting Times Centre²	n/a	n/a	39.7%	41.1%	40.4%	44.1%	43.4%	31.6%	66.0%
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland³	n/a	n/a	26.0%	28.4%	33.9%	39.7%	39.6%	38.5%	38.4%
NHS Education⁴	n/a	n/a	3.9%	4.4%	3.6%	3.8%	4.5%	4.2%	4.5%
Clinical Standards Board	20.9%	31.8%
Health Technology Board	14.1%	29.0%
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education	2.5%	3.0%

Pensions

Health Board	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Argyll and Clyde⁵	2.0%	1.4%	2.5%	2.0%	4.7%	4.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ayrshire and Arran	2.4%	1.8%	2.1%	2.1%	4.4%	4.4%	4.6%	4.8%	4.9%
Borders	2.6%	1.7%	2.3%	3.3%	4.9%	5.1%	5.3%	5.4%	5.6%
Dumfries and Galloway	2.8%	1.5%	2.4%	2.2%	4.5%	4.6%	4.6%	4.8%	5.0%
Fife	2.3%	1.4%	2.1%	1.9%	4.5%	4.5%	4.7%	4.6%	4.9%
Forth Valley	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%	1.6%	4.6%	4.4%	4.6%	4.8%	4.9%
Grampian	2.8%	1.8%	2.7%	2.6%	5.6%	5.5%	5.5%	5.7%	6.0%
Greater Glasgow	2.8%	1.8%	2.3%	2.5%	5.8%	5.8%	5.6%	5.7%	6.0%
Highland	2.3%	1.9%	2.5%	2.5%	5.2%	5.3%	4.7%	5.7%	5.0%
Lanarkshire	1.7%	1.3%	1.8%	1.8%	4.3%	4.2%	4.2%	4.2%	4.2%
Lothian	2.8%	1.8%	2.5%	3.4%	5.6%	5.7%	6.0%	6.1%	6.2%
Orkney	1.3%	1.3%	1.8%	1.8%	4.4%	4.2%	5.1%	5.2%	5.0%
Shetland	2.5%	1.1%	1.6%	1.6%	3.8%	4.3%	4.3%	5.0%	4.6%
Tayside	2.5%	1.8%	2.5%	2.5%	6.0%	6.0%	6.3%	6.3%	6.6%
Western Isles	1.3%	1.3%	1.8%	1.8%	4.1%	4.5%	4.7%	5.0%	4.5%
Health Scotland	0.9%	0.5%	0.8%	1.0%	2.2%	2.4%	2.8%	3.2%	3.4%
Common Services Agency	1.6%	2.1%	2.2%	1.8%	4.1%	3.7%	3.7%	3.2%	3.1%
Scottish Ambulance Service	3.2%	2.0%	2.7%	2.9%	6.6%	6.6%	8.2%	7.3%	7.2%
State Hospital	2.1%	2.0%	2.9%	2.7%	6.2%	6.3%	6.9%	7.7%	8.1%
Mental Welfare Commission	6.2%	5.6%	6.0%	4.8%	5.2%	7.9%	6.5%	7.1%	5.3%
NHS 24¹		0.5%	1.7%	5.1%	5.5%	6.3%	6.1%	6.1%	6.1%
National Waiting Times Centre²		n/a	3.0%	1.8%	3.9%	4.4%	4.5%	3.4%	7.3%
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland³		n/a	1.2%	1.3%	3.4%	4.3%	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%
NHS Education⁴		n/a	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
Clinical Standards Board	0.8%	1.1%
Health Technology Board	0.3%	1.0%
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education	0.14%	0.1%

Notes:

1. NHS24 was created in 2002-03.

2. The National Waiting Times Centre was created in 2003-04.

3. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland was created in 2003-04 and took over the activities of the Clinical Standards Board and Health Technology Board for Scotland.

4. NHS Education was created in 2003-04 and took over the activities of the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.

5. Argyll and Clyde health board was dissolved after 2005-06 and its activities transferred to Greater Glasgow and Highland health boards.

6. The rate of employer''s pension contribution rose from 6% to 14% in 2004-05, which was funded on a UK level.

Question reference: S3W-29985

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of total health spending was expended on (a) wages, (b) salaries and (c) pensions in each year since 1999.

The percentage of total health spending expended on salaries and pensions in each year since 1999 is set out in the following table.

	Salaries £	% of Total Expenditure	Pensions £	% of Total Expenditure
2000-01	2,310,087	39.24%	117,068	1.99%
2001-02	2,477,962	38.95%	90,430	1.42%
2002-03	2,722,545	38.03%	132,029	1.84%
2003-04	3,017,766	40.13%	139,972	1.86%
2004-05	3,272,614	38.89%	369,735	4.39%
2005-06	3,582,457	39.29%	398,400	4.37%
2006-07	3,753,362	40.00%	429,370	4.58%
2007-08	3,955,457	39.19%	464,188	4.60%
2008-09	4,150,234	39.42%	493,558	4.69%

Question reference: S3W-29987

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of staff were employed by the NHS in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) staff and (b) NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-29988

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish survival rates for each type of cancer for each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.

This information is not collected centrally, however, data on cancer survival in Scotland are summarised in the document Trends in Cancer Survival in Scotland, 1980-2004, which is available at http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/Survival_summary_8004.pdf.

It is not possible to calculate survival rates on each type of cancer for each year because for some rarer cancers, small numbers render statistical analysis unreliable. Survival rates are usually calculated on five year pooled diagnosis years, and for types of cancer with sufficient patient numbers to enable statistical analysis.

Question reference: S3W-29989

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29063 by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 November 2009, whether it can guarantee that the final cost of the New South Glasgow Hospitals and Laboratory project will not exceed £841.7 million.

I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-29002 and S3W-29003, on 24 November 2009, to S3W-29188 on 2 December 2009 and S3W-29190 on 1 December 2009; all of which address aspects of how NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are controlling the costs of the project. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Question reference: S3W-29066

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of total health spending was expended on (a) wages, (b) salaries and (c) pensions in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

The proportion of total health spending on wages and salaries in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board is shown in the following table.

Health Board	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Argyll and Clyde⁵	2.88%	2.86%	2.71%	2.84%	2.77%	2.69%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ayrshire and Arran	2.39%	2.39%	2.34%	2.41%	2.33%	2.35%	2.44%	2.39%	2.41%
Borders	0.76%	0.75%	0.71%	0.76%	0.71%	0.76%	0.76%	0.79%	0.76%
Dumfries and Galloway	1.07%	1.06%	0.99%	1.01%	1.00%	1.00%	1.02%	1.02%	1.04%
Fife	2.00%	1.98%	1.94%	2.00%	1.96%	2.03%	2.06%	2.06%	2.10%
Forth Valley	1.80%	1.75%	1.67%	1.81%	1.66%	1.66%	1.65%	1.65%	1.66%
Grampian	3.66%	3.64%	3.50%	3.64%	3.54%	3.60%	3.69%	3.56%	3.63%
Greater Glasgow⁵	7.95%	7.91%	7.76%	8.31%	7.98%	8.00%	10.80%	10.58%	10.34%
Highland⁵	1.56%	1.58%	1.54%	1.63%	1.61%	1.69%	2.11%	2.01%	2.11%
Lanarkshire	3.11%	3.09%	2.98%	3.12%	3.01%	3.02%	2.97%	2.90%	2.91%
Lothian	5.81%	5.81%	5.62%	5.90%	5.59%	5.65%	5.65%	5.53%	5.56%
Orkney	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.14%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%
Shetland	0.14%	0.14%	0.14%	0.14%	0.15%	0.16%	0.16%	0.15%	0.16%
Tayside	3.58%	3.46%	3.36%	3.54%	3.39%	3.33%	3.28%	3.25%	3.20%
Western Isles	0.25%	0.24%	0.25%	0.25%	0.24%	0.24%	0.25%	0.24%	0.25%
Health Scotland	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.06%
Common Services Agency	0.85%	0.82%	0.83%	0.85%	0.89%	0.95%	0.94%	0.83%	0.85%
Scottish Ambulance Service	0.97%	0.97%	0.94%	0.98%	1.04%	1.06%	1.04%	1.06%	1.08%
State Hospital	0.22%	0.22%	0.21%	0.21%	0.21%	0.20%	0.21%	0.22%	0.21%
Mental Welfare Commission	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
NHS 24¹	n/a	0.02%	0.13%	0.23%	0.26%	0.30%	0.32%	0.29%	0.29%
National Waiting Times Centre²	n/a	n/a	0.09%	0.16%	0.16%	0.18%	0.20%	0.21%	0.40%
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland³	n/a	n/a	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%
NHS Education⁴	n/a	n/a	0.10%	0.12%	0.12%	0.14%	0.17%	0.16%	0.17%
Clinical Standards Board³	0.01%	0.01%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Health Technology Board³	0.00%	0.01%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education⁴	0.06%	0.07%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

The proportion of total health spending on pensions in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board is shown in the following table:

Health Board	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Argyll and Clyde⁵	0.13%	0.09%	0.15%	0.12%	0.30%	0.29%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ayrshire and Arran	0.13%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.26%	0.26%	0.28%	0.28%	0.29%
Borders	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.05%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%
Dumfries and Galloway	0.07%	0.04%	0.05%	0.05%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%
Fife	0.11%	0.07%	0.09%	0.09%	0.23%	0.23%	0.25%	0.24%	0.25%
Forth Valley	0.09%	0.09%	0.08%	0.06%	0.18%	0.18%	0.19%	0.19%	0.20%
Grampian	0.20%	0.13%	0.19%	0.18%	0.40%	0.39%	0.40%	0.41%	0.43%
Greater Glasgow⁵	0.41%	0.27%	0.34%	0.37%	0.88%	0.87%	1.14%	1.13%	1.17%
Highland⁵	0.07%	0.06%	0.08%	0.08%	0.19%	0.19%	0.25%	0.29%	0.26%
Lanarkshire	0.13%	0.11%	0.14%	0.14%	0.34%	0.34%	0.35%	0.34%	0.34%
Lothian	0.31%	0.21%	0.26%	0.26%	0.64%	0.63%	0.66%	0.65%	0.66%
Orkney	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Shetland	0.01%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Tayside	0.16%	0.12%	0.16%	0.16%	0.39%	0.38%	0.40%	0.40%	0.41%
Western Isles	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Health Scotland	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Common Services Agency	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%
Scottish Ambulance Service	0.05%	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.11%	0.11%	0.15%	0.13%	0.13%
State Hospital	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%
Mental Welfare Commission	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
NHS 24¹	n/a	0.00%	0.01%	0.23%	0.26%	0.30%	0.32%	0.29%	0.29%
National Waiting Times Centre²	n/a	n/a	0.01%	0.16%	0.16%	0.18%	0.20%	0.21%	0.40%
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland³	n/a	n/a	0.00%	0.04%	0.05%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%
NHS Education⁴	n/a	n/a	0.01%	0.12%	0.12%	0.14%	0.17%	0.16%	0.17%
Clinical Standards Board³	0.00%	0.00%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Health Technology Board³	0.00%	0.00%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education⁴	0.00%	0.00%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Notes:

1. NHS24 was created in 2002-03.

2. The National Waiting Times Centre was created in 2003-04.

3. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland was created in 2003-04 and took over the activities of the Clinical Standards Board and Health Technology Board for Scotland.

4. NHS Education was created in 2003-04 and took over the activities of the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.

5. Argyll and Clyde health board was dissolved after 2005-06 and its activities transferred to Greater Glasgow and Highland health boards

6. The rate of employer''s pension contribution rose from 6% to 14% in 2004-05, which was funded on a UK level.

Question reference: S3W-29065

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the end-of-year budget surplus or deficit was for each NHS board in each year since 1999.

The end of year budget surplus or deficit for each NHS board in each year since 1999 are shown in the following tables.

Health Board	2000-01 £000	2001-02 £000	2002-03 £000	2003-04 £000	2004-05 £000
Argyll and Clyde⁵	(5,521)	(3,538)	582	(35,370)	(59,492)
Ayrshire and Arran	(4,017)	806	5,636	7,913	22,901
Borders	(1,925)	(96)	326	299	3,380
Dumfries and Galloway	(1,079)	60	2,311	5,491	9,455
Fife	(653)	17	2,978	2,366	5,400
Forth Valley	394	(88)	1	392	410
Grampian	1,562	(2,006)	370	(4,804)	(10,774)
Greater Glasgow	467	503	12,135	5,010	12,103
Highland	74	546	442	1,956	1,838
Lanarkshire	1,031	(4,890)	(7,342)	(13,866)	(20,042)
Lothian	1,786	(10,033)	8,384	13,207	19,566
Orkney	(626)	(227)	0	34	60
Shetland	(98)	(425)	274	339	24
Tayside	1,907	(4,510)	4,330	(32)	4,460
Western Isles	(549)	(565)	201	(271)	(738)
Health Scotland	(290)	(19)	35	35	447
Common Services Agency	(4,113)	2,442	1,350	4,410	3,871
Scottish Ambulance Service	(1,011)	851	5	22	50
State Hospital	(1,011)	0	131	1,948	1,994
Mental Welfare Commission	3	42	46	(2)	1,263
NHS 24¹	n/a	8	(956)	1,183	4,988
National Waiting Times Centre²	n/a	n/a	40	1,985	1,601
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland³	n/a	n/a	522	567	513
NHS Education⁴	n/a	n/a	(948)	2,585	7,732
Clinical Standards Board³	58	26	n/a	n/a	n/a
Health Technology Board³	197	(182)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education⁴	496	194	n/a	n/a	n/a

Health Board	2005-06 £000	2006-07 £000	2007-08 £000	2008-09 £000
Argyll and Clyde⁵	569	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ayrshire and Arran	17,405	13,000	9,961	10,012
Borders	3,314	2,988	650	82
Dumfries and Galloway	14,223	14,130	7,007	4,484
Fife	4,582	5,020	5,664	2,928
Forth Valley	407	590	2,000	3,525
Grampian	456	6,337	6,391	6,486
Greater Glasgow⁵	12,284	27,348	646	441
Highland⁵	1,369	6,829	5,362	70
Lanarkshire	(8,393)	7,961	11,785	14,895
Lothian	179	4,634	364	188
Orkney	50	139	4	152
Shetland	341	370	976	390
Tayside	1,141	3,080	1,801	310
Western Isles	(2,484)	(3,364)	(3,097)	9
Health Scotland	127	511	184	51
Common Services Agency	5,077	1,700	2,521	161
Scottish Ambulance Service	1	132	38	25
State Hospital	2,860	899	64	1
Mental Welfare Commission	60	274	106	8
NHS 24¹	809	2,238	255	79
National Waiting Times Centre²	3,991	5,123	7,279	4,262
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland³	268	147	398	116
NHS Education⁴	10,960	13,123	15,179	9,321

Notes:

1. NHS24 was created in 2002-03.

2. The National Waiting Times Centre was created in 2003-04.

3. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland was created in 2003-04 and took over the activities of the Clinical Standards Board and Health Technology Board for Scotland.

4. NHS Education was created in 2003-04 and took over the activities of the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.

5. Argyll and Clyde health board was dissolved after 2005-06 and its activities transferred to Greater Glasgow and Highland health boards.

Question reference: S3W-29061

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average response time was for an emergency ambulance in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

The information requested is set out in the following table.

NHS Board Area	2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08		2008-09
NHS Board Area	Cat A	All	Cat A	All	Cat A	All	Cat A	All	Cat A	All
Argyll and Clyde	9.0	9.9	8.6	9.7	8.4	9.7	8.0	8.9	6.7	7.6
Ayrshire and Arran	8.6	9.4	8.3	9.2	8.4	9.2	8.1	9.2	7.2	8.3
Borders	9.2	9.6	9.4	9.8	10.0	9.8	10.1	10.5	9.0	9.7
Dumfries and Galloway	10.1	10.5	10.2	10.4	9.5	10.4	9.5	10.0	8.2	9.0
Fife	7.9	8.2	7.6	8.2	8.5	8.2	8.1	8.8	7.0	7.9
Forth Valley	8.6	9.1	8.5	9.5	9.2	9.5	9.1	10.4	7.7	8.8
Grampian	7.6	7.9	7.4	7.8	7.5	7.8	7.1	8.1	6.8	7.6
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	8.9	10.5	8.8	10.6	9.5	10.6	7.7	9.5	7.0	8.7
Highland	9.5	9.6	9.7	9.8	9.2	9.8	8.9	9.7	8.5	9.1
Lanarkshire	9.6	10.7	9.2	10.6	9.6	10.6	8.1	9.2	7.1	8.0
Lothian	7.9	8.6	7.8	9.1	8.8	9.1	8.3	10.0	6.9	8.5
Orkney	N/A	10.3	N/A	10.7	N/A	10.7	N/A	11.4	N/A	11.3
Shetland	N/A	13.6	N/A	12.5	N/A	12.5	N/A	13.2	N/A	14.2
Tayside	8.2	8.7	8.0	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.4	9.2	7.4	8.3
Western Isles	N/A	10.6	N/A	11.4	N/A	11.4	N/A	9.9	N/A	9.7
Scotland	8.6	9.5	8.4	9.5	8.9	9.5	8.2	9.4	7.2	8.3

Notes:

1. Information provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS).

2. SAS systems record data under the previous structure of 15 geographic health boards.

3. All emergency is defined as Category A, B and C calls.

4. The Scottish Ambulance Service completed the roll-out of the priority-based dispatch system across mainland Scotland in March 2004, so 2004-05 is the first year in which average category A and all emergency responses can be measured across Scotland. Figures for earlier years are not available as the information held is not comparable. Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles are subject to different performance management measures so figures are provided at an all emergency level.

Question reference: S3W-29064

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other hospital staff passed hand hygiene tests in each year since 1999.

Hand hygiene compliance monitoring of NHS staff began in Scotland in 2007 and so the information requested is not available. Scotland is the first and only country in the world currently undertaking national compliance monitoring of this kind. Health Protection Scotland (HPS) is responsible for collecting the information and publishing data in its bi-monthly Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report.

The results for each staff group since monitoring began can be found in the HPS reports at the following web link:

http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/haiic/ic/nationalhandhygienecampaign.aspx.

NHS boards themselves conduct independent local hand hygiene compliance monitoring on a monthly basis. The results are available from each NHS board website. The portal link to these website pages can be found at the following Scottish Government website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/19529/statistics/Local.

Question reference: S3W-29063

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 November 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) cost and (b) expected completion date for the new Southern General Hospital (i) was when it was first announced and (ii) is today.

When the New South Glasgow Hospitals and Laboratory project was formally announced on 22 May 2008 by Shona Robison MSP the value of the project was £841.7 million. The completion date anticipated at that time was July 2014 subject to the outcome of the procurement process.

The cost of the scheme is still within £841.7 million. The date forecast for the completion of the main hospitals within the preferred bidders tender is January 2015. An additional Stage (3A) has been developed since the completion of the Outline Business Case. This stage involves the demolition of the old Surgical Block and associated buildings and completion of soft landscaping areas to complete the central park area and will finish in the summer of 2016.

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