Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36050 on 27 September 2010. 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.

The Scottish Government recognises that falls are a major problem for frail older adults living within care homes and that exercise and nutrition is important in fracture prevention. An AHP Consultant has, therefore, been appointed within the Care Commission to work with the national falls lead to address the issue of falls prevention strategies across Scotland. One of the key strands of this work is the development of an electronic falls and fracture prevention self-assessment resource pack to support staff in care homes, which will enable the implementation of a systematic, person centred approach to falls prevention and management, based on best practice and the current evidence base. It is anticipated that the resource pack will be made available to the early implementation sites by January 2011.

The number of hospital admissions with hip fractures in patients aged 50 or more in Scotland between 2005 and 2009 by NHS board is provided in the following table.

In relation to how many patients were treated within 48 hours of admission to hospital, I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36048 on 27 September 2010. 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

NHS Scotland: Number of Hospital Admissions with Hip Fracture* in Patients Aged 50 or Over for the Years 2005 To 2009

NHS Board	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ayrshire and Arran	524	497	512	541	563
Borders	162	143	169	161	161
Dumfries and Galloway	263	225	199	234	250
Fife	425	397	403	394	394
Forth Valley	372	336	345	382	367
Grampian	716	692	690	698	747
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,859	1,835	1,934	1,828	1,776
Highland	378	338	382	367	399
Lanarkshire	715	704	737	748	756
Lothian	1,031	1,030	983	1,030	1,050
Orkney	30	29	22	27	26
Shetland	19	22	22	27	28
Tayside	668	670	685	731	688
Western Isles	23	10	28	21	34
Scotland	7,185	6,928	7,111	7,189	7,239

Source:ISD Scotland SMR01

*Hip fracture identified using ICD -10 codes S72.0, S72.1 and S72.2. this may include consecutive fractures to the same hip, but patients were not included more than once per continuous inpatient stay.

The Scottish Government has set a waiting time standard that 98% of patients admitted to a specialist unit for hip surgery following a fracture should undergo surgery within 24 hours, subject to the patient''s medical fitness and during safe operating hours. This standard has been in place since 31 December 2007.

Scottish Development International (SDI) does not have a record of the number of individual contacts it makes with each potential investor. However, the number of companies which were considered prospective first time inward investors in each year from 2005-06 until 2009-10 is given in the following table.

This table shows the number of companies contacted by SDI staff which, at the point the contact was made, did not have a presence in Scotland. These contacts include a combination of specifically targeted face to face meetings, telephone calls, letters and emails. They do not include contacts made through mailshots or telemarketing.

Number of Companies Contacted

Year
2005-06	92
2006-07	137
2007-08	192
2008-09	254
2009-10	164
Total	839

 

Some companies may be recorded in more than one year. Additionally, some large companies with particularly diverse portfolios may be recorded more than once in any given year as different divisions of the same organisation may have been contacted.

Of the 306 inward investment projects recorded by Scottish Development International between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2010, 98 were new projects from first-time inward investors. They are broken down by year as follows.

Year	Number of New Projects by New Inward Investors
2005-06	15
2006-07	15
2007-08	22
2008-09	15
2009-10	31
Total	98

 

The Scottish Government has already come to the assistance of the industrial museums through providing an additional £340,000 revenue funding in 2009-10 and 2010-11 and over £1.5 million in capital funding over the current Spending Review period. The Museums Think Tank is considering, as part of its remit, how best to achieve a sustainable future for our industrial collections and I look forward to discussing their conclusions later in the summer. All decisions on Scottish Government funding will, of course, be subject to the outcome of the forthcoming spending review.

I was pleased to visit the Scottish Maritime Museum on 14 June to open the new PS Lochlomond gallery, to announce an additional £100,000 funding for the museum, and to hear about its work and future challenges. The financial situation of the Scottish Maritime Museum and other industrial museums is being considered by the Museums Think Tank. Museums Galleries Scotland is working with the Maritime Museum to help ensure the development of a sustainable business model for the museum.

The Museums Think Tank has been considering the benefits of greater collaborative and partnership working between the industrial museums, and across the museums sector. I welcome this approach and look forward to discussing the group''s recommendations later in the summer. All decisions on Scottish Government funding will, of course, be subject to the outcome of the forthcoming spending review.

The Scottish Government recognises the importance of preserving Scotland''s maritime heritage. The Marine (Scotland) Bill received Royal Assent on 14 March 2010. This will allow us to create Historic Marine Protected Areas for our heritage at sea while heritage designations around our coast already recognise the significance of 107 historic lighthouses and 90 harbours. The Scottish Government is also investing in our maritime heritage. Over the last five years, Historic Scotland''s Building Repair Grant Scheme has contributed £2.5 million. Over the last two years, Museums and Galleries Scotland has invested approximately £1.3 million in Scottish Government funding towards maritime heritage through its grants schemes.