- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mortality rate from the after effects of osteoporotic fractures was in each year since 1999, also broken down by gender and NHS board area.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by NHS boards in developing a combined falls and bone health strategy.
Answer
Health departmentletter HDL (2007) 13, issued on 21 February 2007, asked all health boards to developa combined falls prevention and bone health strategy by the end of 2007-08. the Scottish Government will monitor progress towards the end of 2007-08.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bone density scanners are currently in operation in NHS Scotland, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many osteoporotic fractures there were, also expressed as a percentage of all fractures, and what the cost was of treating such fractures in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Information on thecost of treating specific clinical conditions is not available centrally.Total running costsfor the acute surgical specialty of orthopaedics (where much of the hospital-basedtreatment for fractures takes place) are published in the Scottish Health ServiceCosts (Costs Book) at
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/costs-book-detailed-tables.jsp?pContentID=3583.Only a proportionof the work undertaken within the orthopaedic specialty will be related to fractures.
The information requestedis given in table number 1, which shows the total number of fractures and osteoporotic fractures,and the percentage of all fractures that are osteoporotic for each NHS board since1999, a copy of which is availablein the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43898).
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost was to the NHS of treating (a) osteoporosis and (b) hip fracture in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on thecost of treating specific clinical conditions is not available centrally.
Total running costsfor the acute surgical specialty of orthopaedics (where the majority of hospital-basedtreatment for hip fracture takes place) are published at NHS board level in the Scottish Health Service Costs (Costs Book) at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/costs-book-detailed-tables.jsp?pContentID=3583.Only a proportionof the work undertaken within the orthopaedic specialty will be related to hip fracture.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be provided for the implementation of HDL (2007) 13 - Delivery framework for adult rehabilitation: prevention of falls in older people, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The Scottish Governmenthas allocated funding to support the appointment of rehabilitationco-ordinators, for each health board area, for a period of two years. These postsare likely to be introduced later in the year and £10,000 per NHS board has beenallocated this year for this purpose. Subsequent funding will be subject to thecurrent Spending Review.
No specific fundingwas allocated towards the costs of implementing the falls prevention aspects ofHDL (2007) 13. Research identified by the Falls Working Group indicated that upto 30% of falls amongst older people living in the community could be preventedthrough appropriate multidisciplinary assessment, with associated cost savings forlocal health services.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the mortality rate from the after effects of osteoporotic fractures is projected to be in each year to 2025, also broken down by gender and NHS board area.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected increase is in the incidence of (a) osteoporosis and (b) hip fractures among (i) the total population, (ii) people under 65 and (iii) people aged 65 or over for each year until 2025, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The requested informationis not available centrally.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 15 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to encourage environmental volunteering.
Answer
On 5 February, I launched thepublication of a report by Jane Dalgleishthat considered how the Scottish Executive could help encourage the growth of environmentalvolunteering in Scotland. I also published a document outlining our response tothe issues raised in the report.
Bothdocuments are available on the Executive’s website.
I want to see individuals andcommunities become more active through volunteering, playing their part in improvingtheir own environments.
We are especially keen to seegreater participation, especiallyfrom groups in our society not currently represented.
I am about to setup an implementation group that will take the process forward.
- Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Dunfermline East, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been given to NHS boards and the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) on possible external tendering for the operation of the Patient Transport Service (PTS) where the SAS is unable to cater for fluctuating demand and whether a pilot tendering system for operation of the PTS will be trialled.
Answer
Health Department Letter (2004)33 Clarification of Finance (Revenue) Arrangements Relating to the Scottish AmbulanceService (SAS) describes the partnership and funding arrangements that are in placeto support planned changes to the level or pattern of demand on the ambulanceservice. This highlights the need for early dialogue between NHS boards and the Scottish Ambulance Service to ensure that any resource consequences of, for example,changes to hospital services, are identified and met.
Delivering for Health describesa future model of health care that includes the development of responsive communitybased services for the provision of local diagnosis and treatment. It also providesfor the further development of specialised tertiary centres staffed and equippedto deal with the more complex cases. These developments will impact on the provisionof patient transport services and the health department is currently consideringthese implications very carefully along with its NHS partners.
NHS boards are free to providenon-emergency patient transport services subject to upholding a common set of qualitystandards designed to safeguard the patient and general public, and giving the ScottishAmbulance Service the agreed period of notice for change.
