- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients underwent knee replacement surgery in 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The requested information is shown in the following table.
Number of patients who have Undergone a Primary Knee Replacement1,2 Broken down byd NHS Board of Treatment. Calendar Year Ending 31 December 2007
| | Number of Patients3 |
| Scotland | 5,911 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 320 |
| Borders | 106 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 103 |
| Fife | 407 |
| Forth Valley | 239 |
| Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 831 |
| Grampian | 580 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 1378 |
| Highland | 254 |
| Lanarkshire | 342 |
| Lothian | 781 |
| Orkney4 | 0 |
| Shetland5 | 0 |
| Tayside | 555 |
| Western Isles | 15 |
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients died in 2007 as a result of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally, as death certificates do not specify whether the venous thromboembolism was acquired in hospital or not.
The following figures include deaths in 2007 caused by Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), broken down by NHS board area, and deaths caused by pulmonary embolism, as the overwhelming majority of these deaths are likely to be as a consequence of VTE. The figures also indicate whether deaths occurred in, or out of hospital.
| NHS Board of Residence | Venous Thromboembolism | Pulmonary Embolism |
| All Deaths | Deaths in Hospital | Deaths not in Hospital | All Deaths | Deaths in Hospital | Deaths not in Hospital |
| Scotland | 139 | 60 | 79 | 257 | 209 | 48 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 23 | 7 |
| Borders | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| Fife | 13 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 8 |
| Forth Valley | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| Grampian | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 31 | 17 | 14 | 66 | 53 | 13 |
| Highland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| Lanarkshire | 19 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
| Lothian | 25 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 31 | 7 |
| Orkney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Shetland | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tayside | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| Western Isles | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether recent discussions have taken place with the Office of Fair Trading regarding the Greenbelt Group Ltd and, if so, what the outcome was.
Answer
I met with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on 14 October, to discuss land maintenance companies and the current OFT market study into property managers in Scotland.
The OFT has indicated the report will be published in early 2009.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 17 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether tests are carried out for thrombophilia and, if so, (a) where they are carried out, (b) how much a test costs and (c) what the criteria are for testing.
Answer
Thrombophilia investigations are available at several haematology departments and molecular genetics laboratories in Scotland.
There are a number of genetic mutations which give rise to thrombophilia, but Factor V Leiden is the most common relevant genetic abnormality. The test for Factor V Leiden costs between £80 and £100.
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Guideline 62 on Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) recommends that all pregnant women with a personal or, family history of VTE in first or second degree relatives should be offered screening for thrombophilia.
SIGN is now reviewing Guideline 62 and consultation on the revised draft guideline will take place during 2009. The SIGN guideline development group has devised a set of key questions covering issues such as risk factors and testing, and the key questions about the investigations which predict risk of VTE refer to testing for thrombophilia as well as to family history.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the regular dredging of the River Clyde forms part of flood prevention schemes for land bordering both sides of the river.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is to the public purse of the dredging of the River Clyde and whether any of the expenditure is borne by local authorities.
Answer
There is no cost to the public purse as a result of the dredging of the River Clyde.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions have taken place with maritime organisations that operate on the River Clyde and other interested parties on the matter of the dredging of the river.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with Clydeport to discuss a range of matters including dredging, and there is also on-going contact between Scottish Natural Heritage, Fisheries Research Services and Clydeport on dredging of the River Clyde in particular.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisation is responsible for the dredging of the River Clyde and which public body monitors the effectiveness of this work.
Answer
Clydeport as the statutory harbour authority is responsible for the dredging of the River Clyde and for monitoring the effectiveness of such work.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether proposals are to hand anent the regulations governing the dredging of the River Clyde.
Answer
The Scottish Government will shortly consult on proposals to extend the Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 to dredging for minerals in waters within the jurisdiction of harbour authorities.
- Asked by: Trish Godman, MSP for West Renfrewshire, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether recent studies have been undertaken into the efficacy of current flood prevention schemes in Renfrewshire and Ayrshire.
Answer
The Scottish Flood Defence Asset Database contains details of some 70 flood prevention schemes constructed under the 1961 Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act. This database was completed in 2007. Where details have been available it records the results of an analysis of the condition and performance of the scheme.
Local authorities, who are responsible for maintaining these schemes, have access to the database to provide detailed information on the schemes within their area.
In the local authority areas of North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire the following four schemes have been considered in terms of general condition and performance: Largs, Collier Street in Johnstone, Crosslee in Houston and Moredun in Paisley. All of these have been assessed to be in good or good to excellent condition.
