- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans for a new multi-arts performance centre in Glasgow.
Answer
The Executive has no currentplans for a new performing arts venue in Glasgow or elsewhere.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the decision not to have neonatologists on site at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
As part of my wider considerationof the proposals, I will examine how the proposals address the issue of neonatologistsupport at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it values the model of care currently provided by the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Queen Mother's Hospital.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional training will be required for staff transporting sick babies as a result of the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
The report of the Expert Groupon Acute Maternity Services (2002) makes it clear that professionalsat all levels of maternity care must have appropriate skills and competences forthe service they provide. They should have access to regular continuing professionaldevelopment opportunities to equip and maintain the competencies and skills theyneed to provide high quality, safe maternity care.
It will be for NHSGreater Glasgow to ensure that staff have appropriate skills and receive appropriatetraining to maintain a high quality of maternity and neonatal care in any reconfigurationof maternity services.
There is a pan-Scotlandspecialist neonatal intensive care transport service based on three regional locationsin the north of Scotland, west of Scotlandand south east Scotland. Also with increased antenatal care and diagnosis of fetalabnormality, planned neonatal transfers between units can be carried out so thatemergency neonatal transports are minimised.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be made for births and post-natal care for mothers whose babies require to be transferred to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children as a result of the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.
Answer
I would expect Greater GlasgowNHS Board to address this issue in any reconfiguration of maternity services.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals are in place for women in the west end of Glasgow to access maternity care should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
This is in the first instancea matter for Greater Glasgow NHS Board. However, I would expect Greater GlasgowNHS Board to address any access concerns identified in the consultation exercise.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of stay has been for mothers delivered of babies at the Queen Mother's Hospital in each year since 1999.
Answer
NHSiS - Mean Stay PerEpisode1; Obstetric Specialty: Years Ending 31 March 2000-04
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004P |
| Queen Mother's | 3.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Southern General | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Glasgow Maternity | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Source: ISD Scotland[Form ISD(S)1].
Reference:ISD/ACIG/IR2004-01653.
Date: 04/06/04.
PProvisional.
Note:
1. Derived as total occupiedbed days/in-patient episodes.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place for the Yorkhill NHS Trust pharmacy department following the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.
Answer
I would expect NHS Greater Glasgowto take into account the points raised by the Area Pharmaceutical Committee in anyreconfiguration of maternity services.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what accommodation arrangements are in place for staff of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, currently accommodated in the Queen Mother's Hospital, should the Queen Mother's Hospital close as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.
Answer
I would expect these issues tobe fully explored in the detailed planning and implementation phase of any reconfigurationof maternity services.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether women in the west end of Glasgow will have a choice of maternity care should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I consider that choice shouldbe central to any reorganisation of maternity services and I expect choices to beprovided regarding care options and place of delivery.
