- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has of any local and regional variations in the provision of chiropody and podiatry treatment by the NHS.
Answer
The Information and Statistics Division (ISD) of the Common Services Agency, NHSScotland has published a Health Briefing (2001): Community Chiropody Services which presents information on community chiropody and podiatry services in Scotland between 1990-99. The information relates to the number of patients treated, the number of treatments provided, place of treatment and chiropody staffing levels. Further statistical information on the provision of chiropody services is available from the ISD website.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost currently is of chiropody/podiatry treatment by (a) a GP, (b) a nurse, (c) a consultant, (d) a chiropodist/podiatrist.
Answer
The only information that is collected centrally on the cost of chiropody/podiatry services is the cost of an out-patient attendance at a clinic where the patient is seen by a chiropodist. The average cost of an attendance in 2000-01 was £19.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the implications for the provision of chiropody and podiatry services in the NHS following the publication of the guidelines relating to the Scottish Diabetes Framework.
Answer
The Scottish Diabetes Group, the recently established national steering group for the implementation of the Scottish Diabetes Framework, will be taking forward work in relation to diabetic foot care. One of the action points of Scottish Diabetes Framework is to commission (by January 2003) a workforce study of diabetes services in hospitals and the community.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many foot operations in the NHS in Scotland have been undertaken by (a) orthopaedic surgeons and (b) podiatric surgeons in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Information on the number of foot operations performed as in-patients or day cases in the speciality of orthopaedics since 1997-1998, by NHS board of residence, is provided in the following table. In that period, no surgical cases were recorded in the speciality Surgical Podiatry. Information on operations undertaken in an out-patient setting is not available centrally.The treatment of patients by a Podiatrist is generally undertaken in a primary care setting or at sessions at NHSScotland hospitals, clinics or other Health Service facilities staffed by Professions Allied to Medicine. Information on services provided by Professions Allied to Medicine is not collected centrally. NHSScotland: Number Of In-patient And Day Case Foot
1 Operations Performed By A Consultant In The Specialty Of Orthopaedics. Years Ending 31 March 1998-2001 And 6 Months to 30 September 2001
| NHS Board | 31 March 1998 | 31 March 1999 | 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2001 | 6 Months to 30 September 2001P |
| Argyll and Clyde | 162 | 204 | 149 | 155 | 87 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 193 | 187 | 160 | 189 | 58 |
| Borders | 27 | 44 | 47 | 55 | 25 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 41 | 56 | 64 | 47 | 8 |
| Fife | 167 | 204 | 133 | 139 | 67 |
| Forth Valley | 105 | 108 | 93 | 116 | 45 |
| Grampian | 232 | 287 | 290 | 222 | 102 |
| Greater Glasgow | 303 | 305 | 325 | 272 | 117 |
| Highland | 68 | 99 | 90 | 89 | 36 |
| Lanarkshire | 195 | 214 | 186 | 166 | 68 |
| Lothian | 296 | 330 | 285 | 380 | 221 |
| Orkney | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Shetland | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Tayside | 258 | 233 | 209 | 170 | 85 |
| Western Isles | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Scotland | 2,065 | 2,295 | 2,050 | 2,011 | 926 |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR01.
p Provisional.Note:
1 Foot operations are defined as OPCS4 codes W03, W04 and W15 or any operation with a supplementary classification of 'site of operation' of Z79, Z80, and Z90.5.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to issue guidance regarding the minimum level of chiropody and podiatry services which should be available to patients from the NHS.
Answer
There are no such plans. It is for the NHS locally to determine the range and level of service provision in accordance with the needs of the population, and national and local priorities.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost currently is of a foot operation when undertaken by (a) an orthopaedic surgeon and (b) a podiatric surgeon.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community nurses, midwives and health visitors have yet to receive a mobile phone, hands-free kit and emergency software under the initiative announced by the Scottish Office on 22 March 1999.
Answer
The funding for this initiative was allocated on 20 December 1999. As a result and based on local assessment of need, the number of mobile phones available to community nurses, midwives and health visitors at that time more than trebled from approximately 1200 to over 3800.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19038 by Susan Deacon on 23 November 2001, when it will make a decision on the new smear-taking method, liquid-based cytology.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-23359.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19038 by Susan Deacon on 23 November 2001, when it plans to publish the report on the outcome of the Scottish Cervical Screening liquid-based cytology pilot.
Answer
I have considered the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme's final report on the Liquid Based Cytology (LBC) Pilot, and have accepted the Cervical Screening National Advisory Group's recommendations that LBC should be introduced into the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme. To assist with the initial set up and training costs, I have made available to the National Services Division, CSA up to £2.75 million.The Report on the LBC Pilot is available on the SHOW Website at: www.show.scot.nhs.uk in the publications section.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21205 by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 February 2002, what the average number of available staffed beds was in (a) acute specialities and (b) acute surgical specialities per 1,000 population in each NHS board area in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001.
Answer
The following table shows the number of beds per 1,000 population, in each NHS board area in the years 2000 and 2001. It is not meaningful to make comparisons between individual boards, because these figures do not take account of differences in the underlying healthcare needs of the population living in different NHS board areas, nor do they take account of the extent to which hospitals in one area may treat patients from neighbouring NHS board areas.NHSiS - Average available staffed beds
1; by health board of treatment, rate per 1,000 population
| Year Ending | 31 December 2000 | 31 December 2001p |
| Acute Rate2 | Acute Surgical Rate | Acute Rate2 | Acute Surgical Rate |
| Scotland | 3.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.2 |
| Argyll & Clyde | 3.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 3.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Borders | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Fife | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.8 |
| Forth Valley | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Grampian | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 |
| Greater Glasgow | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.7 |
| Highland | 3.5 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 1.4 |
| Lanarkshire | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| Lothian | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
| Orkney | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Shetland | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| Tayside | 3.5 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| Western Isles | 5.0 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
P ProvisionalNotes:1. Includes NHS beds in joint-user and contractual hospitals2. Includes acute surgical, acute medical beds and geriatric medicine excluding long stay.
