- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards have placed a ban on hiring agency staff and, if so, how this is affecting service delivery.
Answer
NHS Boards are not banned from hiring agency staff.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received IVF treatment in each of the last three years and what progress has been made in reducing waiting times for treatment.
Answer
Due to concerns about breaching strict confidentiality rules set by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), this information is not currently collected or held centrally by Information Services Division. The activity and success rates of each of the units in Scotland is reported directly to the HFEA and the latest published data for 2008 is available at:
http://www.hfea.gov.uk/104.html.
The National Infertility Group was established in April 2010 to help ensure equity and consistency of NHS infertility services, including waiting times, across Scotland. The group will, as part of its work, make recommendations to ministers on waiting times for IVF treatment.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what capital investment projects there have been in the NHS, including the level of investment, since 2007.
Answer
Over the three years of the current spending review period capital investment in NHSScotland has totalled £1.676 billion, an increase of 19.9% on the previous three years. NHS boards operate within delegated limits for the delivery of capital projects. For the majority of NHS boards, the delegated limit is £5 million with projects below that value being approved locally at NHS board level. Accordingly, only details of capital projects with a value in excess of £5 million are held centrally. Capital projects completed or currently in construction since 2007 with a value in excess of £5m are detailed in the following table:
| NHS Board | Project | Final Cost £ million | Completion Year |
| Ayrshire and Arran | Girvan Community Hospital | 20.00 | 2010 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Acute Mental Health Services | 27.2 | 2012 |
| Fife | St Andrews Community Hospital and Health Centre | 27.00 | 2009 |
| | Cupar Community Health Services | 9.8 | 2012 |
| | General Hospital and Maternity Services (Non PFI Elements) “ Victoria Hospital | 21.3 | 2014 |
| | General Hospital and Maternity Services “ Victoria Hospital | 170.0 | 2011 |
| Forth Valley | Clackmannanshire Community Hospital | 20.49 | 2009 |
| | Forth Valley Royal Hospital | 300.00 | 2010 |
| Grampian | Aberdeen Dental School | 20.00 | 2009 |
| | Forresterhill Energy Centre | 12.5 | 2011 |
| | Chalmers Hospital/ Health Centre | 15.3 | 2012 |
| | Aberdeen Emergency Care Centre | 110.0 | 2013 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | ACADS (Stobhill and Victoria Hospital) | 172.8 | 2008 |
| | Local Forensic Psychiatric Unit at Stobhill | 17.00 | 2007 |
| | Modernising Mental Health Services at Gartnavel Hospital | 17.00 | 2007 |
| | Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre | 86.70 | 2008 |
| | Modernisation and Upgrading of Maternity accommodation including New Build at the Southern General Hospital (comprising of a new neonatal unit) | 27.87 | 2009 |
| | Barrhead Health Centre | 17.6 | 2010 |
| | Renfrew Health Centre | 17.9 | 2010 |
| | Glasgow Royal Infirmary Tower - laboratory strategy | 17.0 | 2011 |
| | New South Glasgow Hospitals Project | 841.7 | 2014 |
| Highland | Nairn Primary Care and Hospital Development “ Phase 1 | 14.3 | 2009 |
| | Migdale Community Hospital | 8.3 | 2011 |
| | Mull and Iona Progressive Centre | 5.0 | 2011 |
| Lanarkshire | Carluke Health Centre | 13.60 | 2010 |
| | Adults with Complex Needs - Caird House | 8.1 | 2010 |
| | Coatbridge - Dental and Integrated Resource Centre | 13.7 | 2010 |
| | Learning Disability Assessment and Treatment Centre | 7.3 | 2010 |
| | Airdrie Resource Centre | 27.0 | 2012 |
| Lothian | Midlothian Community Hospital | 29.60 | 2010 |
| | St John''s Elective Surgical Centre Phase 2 | 6.4 | 2010 |
| | Chalmers Hospital | 9.6 | 2011 |
| | Royal Victoria Building | 43.6 | 2012 |
| | Musselburgh Primary Care Centre | 18.3 | 2012 |
| Tayside | Loch Leven Health Centre | 7.62 | 2009 |
| | Perth Dental Treatment Training Centre | 7.6 | 2010 |
| | Macmillan Palliative Care Unit, Perth | 5.9 | 2010 |
| | Nuclear Medicine - Ninewells Hospital | 10.4 | 2011 |
| | Mental Health Developments (Non Profit Distributing) | 95.0 | 2012 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | Replacement of Emergency Vehicles | 25.5 | 2009 |
| State Hospital | Redevelopment of State Hospital | 92.0 | 2012 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | Delivering West of Scotland Regional Heart and Lung Centre (Phase 2 Development of level 4) | 15.6 | 2008 |
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to expedite the discharge of older patients with complex needs from acute hospitals.
Answer
This administration has worked closely with local NHS and local authority partnerships to tackle delayed discharges over the last four years, greatly reducing the number of patients delayed over the six week discharge planning period, and achieving a zero level at the April census in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Our Joint Improvement Team has been made available to work with partnerships with specific problems.
There are some cases where it is not appropriate to discharge a patient within six weeks, such as where there are concerns about someone''s capacity. However, we are working towards reducing the length of these delays with local partnerships, the Mental Welfare Commission and Scottish courts, amongst others.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the calls from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Royal Society for Public Health for a ban on industrial trans fats, whether it will review its position on this matter.
Answer
The current position is to support industry to take voluntary measures which has seen average consumption of trans fats drop to below 1% and to only support placing a limit on trans fats if the evidence supports that there would be a significant health benefit in doing so the Food Standards Agency Scotland has confirmed that there is no new evidence to support a change of position.
We will continue to keep trans fats levels under close review, actively monitoring outputs of ongoing work and new research in Scotland, the UK and internationally.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications have been of the increase in Minor Ailments Service prescriptions in the last four years.
Answer
The number of patients registered for the Minor Ailment Service (MAS) is steadily growing and registrations have risen from 556,840 to 722,209 people over four years. It is used mainly by patients aged under 16 and over 60.
The Gross Ingredient Cost of items dispensed under the MAS in 2009-10 was £2.87 million with an average cost per item of £2.03. Patients appreciate the MAS which plays an important part in improving access to NHS healthcare advice and treatment and it helps free up GP time to see patients with more serious complaints.
Further statistics on the MAS are available on the NHS National Services Scotland website at http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/5033.html.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual salary of a staff nurse is and what pay grades are applicable to nursing staff in the NHS.
Answer
Since the introduction of the Agenda for Change pay system, nursing staff have been categorised according to their Agenda for Change pay band and the term staff nurse is no longer used in NHS Scotland. Those formerly designated as staff nurses will be covered either by Band 5 or Band 6 of Agenda for Change. Scottish Government analysts advise that the average salary of a Band 5 nurse is currently £25,215 and the average salary of a Band 6 nurse is £31,619.
Under Agenda for Change, there are job profiles available for nursing staff ranging from Band 2 Clinical Support Workers (£13,653 - £16,753) to Band 9 Nurse Consultant Higher Level (£77,079 - £97,478).
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what positions held by staff in NHS Health Scotland have an annual salary (a) of between £50,000 and £100,000, (b) of between £100,000 and £150,000 and (c) in excess of £150,000.
Answer
The information on staff numbers collected by Scotland''s Information and Statistics Directorate does not allow the identification of salaries for specific positions.
The Scottish government does publish remuneration information for chief executives which is available on the Scottish government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies.
Also, NHS organisations are required to publish pay data for staff earning over £50,000 in their annual accounts which for NHS Health Scotland can be found at:
http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/4896.aspx.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what positions held by staff in NHS24 have an annual salary (a) of between £50,000 and £100,000, (b) of between £100,000 and £150,000 and (c) in excess of £150,000.
Answer
The information on staff numbers collected by Scotland''s Information and Statistics Directorate does not allow the identification of salaries for specific positions.
The Scottish government does publish remuneration information for chief executives which is available on the Scottish government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies.
Also, NHS organisations are required to publish pay data for staff earning over £50,000 in their annual accounts which for NHS24 can be found at:
http://www.nhs24.com/content/mediaassets/doc/Annual%20Accounts%202009%20-%2010.pdf.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what backlog of X-rays waiting to be carried out by hospitals has been reported to it.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally. Current information on waits for diagnostic tests relate to the eight key diagnostic tests such as MRI and CT scans, but not for X-rays.
Waits for X-rays will of course be included in the 18 weeks referral to treatment time target due for delivery at the end of this year.
