Chamber and committees

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.

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.

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The current waiting time standard is for 98% compliance with the national maximum wait of 24 hours from admission to a specialist unit for hip surgery following fracture, subject to medical fitness and during safe operating hours. The standard came into effect from 31 December 2007.

Performance on delivery of the 24 hour standard was compiled from the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit at NHS hospital level. The table below provides performance against the standard by NHS board for the period 2006-07, 2007-08 and 1 April to November 2008 and for the last reported month of 31 December 2008.

NHS Scotland delivered the hip fracture target in December 2007 and maintained it throughout 2008. Due to this excellent performance by NHS Scotland it was decided to stop the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit and re-invest the funding into a service where there was a need for significant improvement in access to treatment.

From 2009, NHS boards should be monitoring performance against the waiting time standard locally to ensure continuing delivery.

NHS Hospital	2006-07	2007-08*	1 April to 30 November 2008	December 2008
	% Meeting Standard	% Meeting Standard	% Meeting Standard	% Meeting Standard
Ayrshire and Arran
Crosshouse	92.3	94.6	99.3	90.0
Ayr	100	98.8	99.0	100
Borders
Borders General	98.2	93.3	92.8	93.3
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway Royal	98.4	95.4	100	100
Fife
Queen Margaret''s	96.8	97.1	98.5	97.0
Forth Valley
Stirling Royal	92.1	95.7	98.4	93.3
Grampian
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary	96.1	97.3	97.7	97.6
Dr Gray''s	96.7	96.8	100	100
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Glasgow Royal Infirmary	100	95.4	98.3	97.0
Western Infirmary Glasgow	86.4	96.5	98.9	100
Victoria Infirmary	100	99.0	100	100
Southern General	100	93.4	100	100
Royal Alexandria	90.6	97.1	97.2	100
Inverclyde	98.9	98.4	100	100
Highland
Raigmore	95.3	96.3	94.2	100
Lanarkshire
Hairmyres	94.2	90.7	97.2	100
Wishaw	86.7	94.5	98.4	100
Monklands District General	92.9	96.7	93.9	100
Lothian
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	65.9	91.4	99.4	98.8
Tayside
Ninewells	95.8	97.5	99.3	97.7
Perth Royal Infirmary	97.5	99.4	100	94.4
NHSScotland	89.0	95.7	98.4	98.1

Note: *The 24 hours standard delivery date was 31 December 2007 “ this is a whole year performance for 2006-07. The monthly data published in February 2008 showed that NHS Scotland delivered 98% compliance - delivering the standard.

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 estimated uptake of influenza A (H1N1) vaccination for those under the age of 65 years and in a clinical at-risk group (including pregnant women) is 52.1%. The estimated uptake of vaccine for those aged 65 years and over in a clinical at-risk group is 56.2%. These data are based on estimates from automatic reporting from 95.3% of general practices in Scotland on 4 April 2010.

It is not possible to provide an estimate for uptake in the household contacts of the immuno-compromised group, as these individuals are not specifically coded on the IT systems used in general practices.

The estimated uptake rate for frontline health care staff is 55.1%. The estimated uptake rate for frontline social care staff is 32%. These figures are based on the numbers of people vaccinated considered against the numbers eligible for vaccination as reported to HPS by the NHS boards.

Phase 2 of the immunisation programme recommended H1N1 immunisation for all children over six months of age and under five years. The estimated uptake of vaccine among healthy children under five years of age is 44.5%. Using the Scottish Immunisation Recall System (SIRS) it is not possible to separately identify children in an at-risk category from those who are healthy, therefore this figure will also include vaccinations given to children at-risk where this has been recorded on SIRS.

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.

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 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.