- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking either alone or in conjunction with Her Majesty's Government to help protect women employees against discriminatory practice during pregnancy and maternity leave and after maternity leave.
Answer
Employment rights is a matter reserved to the UK Government. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the United Kingdom Government on a wide range of issues, including issues related to maternity leave.
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 provides protection for women employees.
The Department of Trade and Industry produces a range of guidance material on maternity rights for employers and employees and, on 21 March, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry announced a review looking at the issues surrounding maternity pay and parental leave.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public libraries have been linked to the People's Network since the launch of the initiative, how many remain to be linked up and what the target date is for completion of that process.
Answer
The development of the network is being funded with £11.5 million from the New Opportunity Fund's Community Access to Lifelong Learning (CALL) programme with the aim of linking all public libraries to the Network by the end of 2002. This element of the CALL programme was launched on 22 May 2000. However, a number of public libraries are already linked to the Internet through using their own resources and central funding from the Public Libraries IT Challenge Fund.
The remaining £11.5 million available in the CALL programme will be allocated by the New Opportunities Fund to projects which support access to lifelong learning through information and communications technology in learning centres; and which establish community grids for learning.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many radiographers are employed (a) in total, (b) by health board area and (c) in each hospital.
Answer
The latest information available centrally on numbers of qualified radiographers employed in the NHS in Scotland is shown in the table. Information by hospital location is not held centrally.Qualified Radiographers employed in the NHS in Scotland by Health BoardWhole Time Equivalent: at 30 September 1999
pScotland | 1,193.0 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 70.5 |
Borders | 17.4 |
Argyll and Clyde | 71.7 |
Fife | 48.0 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 20.5 |
Greater Glasgow | 313.1 |
Highland | 44.7 |
Lanarkshire | 97.4 |
Grampian | 123.5 |
Orkney | 2.9 |
Lothian | 209.2 |
Tayside | 120.5 |
Forth Valley | 43.8 |
Western Isles | 5.8 |
Shetland | 4.0 |
P
provisional
Source: National Manpower Statistics from payroll
ISD Scotland
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many radiologists are employed (a) in total, (b) by health board area and (c) in each hospital.
Answer
The numbers of radiologists employed in the NHS in Scotland by health boards are shown in the attached table. Information by hospital location is not held centrally. The table should be read in conjunction with the notes below.Radiologists employed in the NHS in Scotland by Health Board.Whole time equivalents at 30 September 1999
Scotland | 266.2 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 10.0 |
Borders | 4.6 |
Argyll & Clyde | 11.3 |
Fife | 7.1 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3.0 |
Greater Glasgow | 87.9 |
Highland | 8.0 |
Lanarkshire | 17.7 |
Grampian | 26.9 |
Orkney | 0.3 |
Lothian | 59.5 |
Tayside | 24.0 |
Forth Valley | 5.0 |
Western Isles | 1.0 |
Shetland | 0 |
Notes:
1. Source: Medical and Dental Manpower Census, ISD Scotland.
2. Staffing data is collected once a year, as at 30 September.
3. Data as at 30 September 1999 is provisional.
4. Staff in radiology comprises diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many radiographers have been trained in the use of ultrasound equipment in the last 12 months.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many training courses in the use of ultrasound equipment are available to radiographers and where these training courses are based.
Answer
The College of Radiographers has advised that one higher education Institution in Scotland, The Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen) offers post-graduate training leading to a post-graduate certificate, post-graduate diploma or MSc in Medical Ultrasound. There are 20 other accredited medical ultrasound courses in England, Wales and Ireland.
The training at Robert Gordon University is university based for the academic block weeks, which are interspersed with clinical experience.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive where radiographers and other hospital staff can study for a diploma in Ultrasound.
Answer
The College of Radiographers has advised that in Scotland the Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen) offers an accredited post graduate diploma in Medical Ultrasound.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many performance bonuses or merit awards have been paid out and to what total value since the reorganisation of the NHS Trusts in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, broken down by Trust.
Answer
The payment of performance bonuses to staff working in NHS Trusts is a matter for trust management. No central records are held. New arrangements for the pay of Trust chief executives and executive directors were introduced from 1 April this year. These arrangements are backed by rigorous performance management measures which are designed to ensure that pay progression is directly linked to demonstrable improvements in the delivery of patient care and other services.Distinction awards (formerly known as merit awards) are granted on the advice of the Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards to NHS consultants in recognition of outstanding professional work. In the 1999 round the following awards were granted:
Trust/Board | Awards | Value (£) |
Greater Glasgow Health Board | 2 | 49,280 |
Greater Glasgow PC Trust | 1 | 24,640 |
N. Glasgow Hospitals Trust | 11 | 412,750 |
S. Glasgow Hospitals Trust | 6 | 237,180 |
Yorkhill Trust | 2 | 49,280 |
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many managerial posts have been gained or lost since the reorganisation of the NHS Trusts in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, broken down by Trust.
Answer
As a result of Trust reconfiguration the number of Trusts in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area halved from eight to four, as a result the number of chief executive and executive director posts reduced from 40 to 20. Information on the number of other managerial posts is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical posts have been gained or lost since the reorganisation of the NHS Trusts in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, broken down by Trust.
Answer
Information on the number of clinical posts in each NHS Trust is not collected by the NHS in Scotland. Information on the number of medical and dental posts is collected as at 30 September each year. Information on the position at April 1999, the date of reorganisation, was not collected.The numbers of career and training grade medical and dental staff in post show an increase of 21 career grade clinicians and 13 postgraduate training grades for the Trusts in Greater Glasgow Health Board area between 30 September 1998 and 30 September 1999.Due to the restructuring of the NHS in Scotland in April 1999, Trust level comparisons before and after reorganisation cannot be made. However, details on the number of medical and dental staff in post on 30 September for all Trusts in Greater Glasgow area before and after reorganisation are shown in attached tables 1 and 2. The tables should be read in conjunction with the notes below.
Table 1: Medical and dental staff in post in the NHS in Greater Glasgow Health Board area. Headcount at 30 September 1999 | career4 | training5 | all grades |
Greater Glasgow Health Board6 | 1,165 | 1,266 | 2,418 |
Greater Glasgow Health Board Headquarters | 25 | 6 | 31 |
Yorkhill NHS Trust | 140 | 122 | 262 |
South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust | 236 | 276 | 512 |
North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust | 646 | 786 | 1,432 |
Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust | 179 | 77 | 256 |
Table 2: Medical and dental staff in post in the NHS in Greater Glasgow Health Board area. Headcount at 30 September 1998 | career4 | Training5 | all grades |
Greater Glasgow Health Board6 | 1,120 | 1,253 | 2,371 |
Greater Glasgow Health Board Headquarters | 26 | 6 | 32 |
Southern General Hospital NHS Trust | 144 | 164 | 308 |
Yorkhill NHS Trust | 141 | 125 | 266 |
Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust | 104 | 116 | 220 |
West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust | 243 | 309 | 552 |
Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust | 171 | 290 | 461 |
Stobhill NHS Trust | 90 | 120 | 210 |
Greater Glasgow Community & Mental Health Services NHS Trust | 180 | 76 | 256 |
Glasgow Dental Hospital & School NHS Trust | 106 | 48 | 154 |
Note to both tables:
1. Source: Medical and Dental Manpower Census, ISD Scotland.
2. Staffing data is collected once a year, as at 30 September.
3. Data as at 30 September 1999 is provisional.
4. Career numbers are all grades except house officer and registrar grades.
5. Training numbers are for senior house officer, house officer, registrar, senior registrar and specialist registrar.
6. There is an element of double counting in board figures as some doctors hold contracts in more than one trust.
