Chamber and committees

Question reference: S1W-00553

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: 15 July 1999
Current status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 July 1999

Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list, by Health Board area, the Scottish Hospitals with in-patient paediatric services, and indicate how many of these services are currently subject to review.

Answer

Information on hospitals which provided acute inpatient paediatric services in each Health Board area during the year to 31 March 1999 is provided in the Table.

Health Service strategies are kept under review as part of the Health Improvement Programme process introduced in 1998. Every Health Board must set out its intentions annually for service developments in its area for the following five years. Where a planned development represents a significant change of use of a hospital or contains proposals for hospital closure, there must be full public consultation. Health Boards currently carrying out a review of acute paediatric services are shown in the Table.

NHS in Scotland: NHS Hospitals Providing Acute Inpatient Paediatric Services¹ During The Year Ending 31 March 1999^p

HEALTH BOARD²/HOSPITAL	REVIEW OF ACUTE INPATIENT PAEDIATRIC SERVICE
Argyll and Clyde	Yes
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Vale of Leven District General Hospital

Ayrshire and Arran	Yes
Crosshouse Hospital
The Ayr Hospital

Borders	No
Borders General Hospital

Dumfries and Galloway	No
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

Fife	Yes
Queen Margaret Hospital
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy

NHS in Scotland: NHS Hospitals Providing Acute Inpatient Paediatric Services¹ During The Year Ending 31 March 1999^p(Continued)

HEALTH BOARD¹/HOSPITAL²	REVIEW OF ACUTE INPATIENT PAEDIATRIC SERVICE
Forth Valley	Yes
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary
Stirling Royal Infirmary

Grampian	Yes
Dr Gray's Hospital
Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

Greater Glasgow	Yes
Canniesburn Hospital
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
Southern General Hospital
Victoria Infirmary
Western Infirmary

Highland	No
Raigmore Hospital

Lanarkshire	No
Law Hospital
Monklands District General Hospital
Stonehouse Hospital

Lothian	Yes
City Hospital
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
St John's Hospital at Howden

Tayside	Yes
Dundee Royal Infirmary (closed 30/11/98)
Ninewells Hospital
Perth Royal Infirmary
Strathcathro Hospital

Western Isles	No
Western Isles Hospital

^{p Provisional
1 Includes dedicated children's hospitals; hospitals with paediatric units; and other hospitals which during 1998/99 admitted children for inpatient treatment. Hospitals which admitted a relatively small number of children (less than 50) or emergency cases only during the year are excluded.
2 Acute inpatient paediatric services for Orkney and Shetland are provide by Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust.Source: ISD Scotland}

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