- 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 that clinical research at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children will not be affected by 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 that the networksand collaboration that exist between NHS and academic staff across Glasgow willcontinue.
- 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 has any concerns that mothers across Scotland may be separated from sick new-born 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
I am considering this issue aspart of my wider consideration of the board's proposals.
- 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 guidelines are issued concerning the length of stay for mothers delivered of babies at maternity hospitals.
Answer
A Framework for MaternityService in Scotland, published in 2001, sets out a vision and philosophyfor maternity services which provides women with high quality, accessible and responsivematernity care.
The framework makes it clearthat health professionals should adopt a flexible and evidence based approach topost-natal care, working in partnership with women. The duration of a post-natalhospital stay should be individualised, using clinical judgement, to meet the specificneeds of the mother and baby. It should be reinforced by a comprehensive supportservice in the community after discharge. There are no specific guidelines issuedfor post-natal hospital stay.
- 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 Southern General Hospital in Glasgow in each year since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer I gave to S2W-8612 answered 10 June 2004. All answers to written parliamentary question are available on the Parliaments website , the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that a range of options was adequately considered prior to the development of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I am considering the extent towhich Greater Glasgow NHS Board considered all of the possible options for the reconfigurationof maternity services in Glasgow.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider further representations on the proposals for closing the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I will continue to consider allinformation available to me and all representations made to me before coming toa view.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs will be of consultants from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children working off-site 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
This is a matter for Greater Glasgow NHS Board.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to proposals for the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of the plans for reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I am considering the report of the outcome of consultation from NHS Greater Glasgow and all other information availableto me. I will continue to listen to representations made by all interested stakeholders.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to reject proposals for the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
In line with all proposals formajor service change, the board's proposals for maternity services in Glasgow are subjectto ministerial consideration and approval.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3831 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 November 2003, whether there is now a case for a central review of maternity services to determine the cross-flow of patients between NHS boards as a result of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
As I indicated in my previousanswer, the overview report of the Expert Group on Acute Maternity Services (2002)states clearly the need for boards to take a regional approach to planning maternityservices and consideration of cross‑flow of patients from other board areasshould be part of this. To help facilitate regional planning in maternity services,the Executive has given each Regional Planning Group £50,000 (non‑recurrent)to fund a Regional Maternity Service Co‑ordinator.
The reconfiguration of maternityservices in Glasgow does not make a case for a central review of maternityservices to determine cross‑flow of patients across NHS boards in Scotland.
I have received an update fromNHS Argyll and Clyde and NHS Greater Glasgow on progress to address issueson the pattern of patient choice between Paisley and Glasgow. The two NHS boards will continue to monitor the choiceswomen are making over the coming months.
