- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current waiting time is for patients awaiting (a) coronary artery bypass grafts and (b) other cardiac surgery in each health board area.
Answer
The median waiting times for admission to hospital from the inpatient/day case waiting list for coronary artery bypass grafts and other cardiac surgery, in the year ending 31 December 2000, by health board of residence, are given in the table.
Across Scotland, the median waiting time for coronary artery bypass grafts has reduced by 45 days (36%) and the median waiting time for other cardiac surgery has reduced by nine days (10%) compared with the position in the previous year.
NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for Hospital Admission from the Inpatient/Day Case Waiting List for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts1 and Other Cardiac Surgery1: Year Ending 31 December 2000p
| Health Board of Residence | Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Median Wait (Days) | Other Cardiac Surgery Median Wait (Days) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 70 | 61 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 46 | 39 |
| Borders | 80 | 79 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 98 | 84 |
| Fife | 104 | 127 |
| Forth Valley | 56 | 75 |
| Grampian | 39 | 52 |
| Greater Glasgow | 71 | 60 |
| Highland | 85 | 85 |
| Lanarkshire | 96 | 77 |
| Lothian | 98 | 95 |
| Orkney | 60 | 47 |
| Shetland | 43 | 34 |
| Tayside | 117 | 144 |
| Western Isles | 82 | 96 |
| Scotland | 79 | 79 |
P
Provisional.Source ISD Scotland.
Surgical Operations and Notes:1. Patients are defined using operation codes taken from the Office of Population and Censuses and Surveys Classification of Procedures 4th Revision (OPCS4). Coronary Artery Bypass Graft has been defined using principal procedure codes K40-K46; Other Cardiac Surgery has been defined using principal procedure codes K25-K35.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown by health board area of current waiting times for (a) orthopaedic outpatient appointments and (b) orthopaedic surgery.
Answer
The median waiting times for a first outpatient orthopaedic appointment with a Consultant following a General Medical Practitioner referral, and for orthopaedic surgery, by health board of residence, for the year ending 31 December 2000, are provided in the table.NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for a First Outpatient Orthopaedic Appointment
1 with a Consultant Following Referral by a General Medical Practitioner, and for Orthopaedic
Surgery
2. Year Ending 31 December 2000
p| Health Board | Median Wait For First Outpatient Appointment1 (Days) | Median Wait For Surgery2 (Days) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 76 | 85 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 75 | 90 |
| Borders | 71 | 71 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 79 | 56 |
| Fife | 75 | 112 |
| Forth Valley | 139 | 114 |
| Grampian | 69 | 52 |
| Greater Glasgow | 100 | 91 |
| Highland | 96 | 68 |
| Lanarkshire | 117 | 58 |
| Lothian | 87 | 99 |
| Orkney | 45 | 61 |
| Shetland | 57 | 65 |
| Tayside | 60 | 74 |
| Western Isles | 55 | 23 |
Scotland | 83 | 76 |
p ProvisionalNotes:1. Excludes patients with a Patient's Charter guarantee exception code.2. Patients routinely admitted from the inpatient/day case waiting list.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median waiting time is from the inpatient and day case waiting lists for cancer surgery and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last ten years broken down by health board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-12417 on 30 March 2001.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, where a patient has been admitted to a psychiatric ward on more than one occasion in the last five years, what the average length of time was between admissions.
Answer
The average length of time between admissions, for patients admitted to a psychiatric ward on more than one occasion in the five year period 1995-1999, was 174 days.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many intensive care beds there were in each of the last five years broken down by (a) health board and (b) acute trust.
Answer
Data for general adult intensive care beds are published each year in the Audit Report of the Scottish Intensive Care Society. For the period 1996 to 2000, the average numbers of funded general adult intensive care beds in each 12-month period by Health Board were:
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
Argyll and Clyde | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Borders | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Fife | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10 | 10 |
| Forth Valley | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Grampian | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Greater Glasgow | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 29 |
| Highland | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Lanarkshire | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Lothian | 19.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 |
| Tayside | 8.5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| TOTAL | 112 | 115.5 | 121.5 | 125 | 132.5 |
Intensive Care bed numbers by Acute Hospital:| Health Board / Hospital | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Argyll and Clyde | | | | | |
| Inverclyde Royal | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Vale of Leven | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Royal Alexandria | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | | | | | |
| Ayr | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Crosshouse | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Borders | | | | | |
| Borders General | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | |
| Dumfries | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Fife | | | | | |
| Victoria | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| Queen Margaret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Forth Valley | | | | | |
| Stirling | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Falkirk | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Grampian | | | | | |
| Aberdeen Royal | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Greater Glasgow | | | | | |
| Western Infrimary | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Glasgow Royal Infirmary | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Victoria Infirmary | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Stobhill | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Southern General | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Highland | | | | | |
| Raigmore | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Lanarkshire | | | | | |
| Hairmyres | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Law | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Monklands | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Lothian | | | | | |
| Royal Infirmary | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Western General | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| St John's | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Tayside | | | | | |
| Ninewells | 5.5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Perth Royal | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 112 | 115.5 | 121.5 | 125 | 132.5 |
Note: the figures in the above tables are drawn from the Audit Report of the Scottish Intensive Care Society and include general adult ITU beds only. They therefore exclude coronary and cardiac care beds, neurosurgical beds and paediatric intensive care beds.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 1 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has assessed the social and economic impact which would result in the event of Migdale Hospital, Sutherland closing.
Answer
The provision of community health services in Sutherland is a matter for Highland Health Board and the Highland Primary Care Trust. There is at present no suggestion that Migdale Hospital will close.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 22 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many high dependency beds there were in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) health board and (b) acute trust.
Answer
Answer expected on 22 March 2001
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive why overall waiting times for inpatient and outpatient treatment are longer now than in 1999, as highlighted in figures published by the Information and Statistics Division on 28 February 2001.
Answer
Waiting in the NHS occur for a number of reasons. Figures referred to show only small shifts against a background of steadily increasing activity.Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change, sets out a programme of investment and reform, including a range of measures which aim to reduce waiting throughout the patients journey of care.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any NHS Trusts are unable to operate the new MRI scanners provided by the Executive and what reasons they have given for this.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is making available substantial resources for NHSScotland to procure new and replacement radiology equipment. In 2001-02, this includes six MRI scanners and seven CT scanners. All the NHS Trusts receiving this equipment have demonstrated that they will be able to operate it.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of occupation for psychiatric ward beds in the NHSiS was in each of the last three years.
Answer
The median length of stay for all psychiatric specialties was 16 days in 1997-98, 17 days in 1998-99 and 17 days in 1999-2000. Lengths of stay for psychiatric inpatients vary considerably across and within specialties.
