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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-17594

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any joint research programmes completed or currently being carried out by two or more of (a) the Clinical Resource and Audit Group, (b) the Common Services Agency, (c) the Health Technology Board for Scotland, (d) the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, (e) the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland, (f) the Public Health Institute for Scotland and (g) individual local area drug and therapeutic committees (ADTCs) or groups of ADTCs.

Question reference: S1W-17588

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network receives annually from (a) it and (b) private companies.

In 2001-02 the Clinical Resource and Audit Group grant to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was £810,000. SIGN receives no core funding from any private companies. However, it does seek sponsorship for its national meetings from private companies. In 2000-01 the total funding received was £15,000 covering 10 national meetings. The sponsorship pays for the hotel costs of the meeting and the company is allowed to have an information stand in the foyer.

Question reference: S1W-17586

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the Common Services Agency and what its annual funding is.

The remit of the Common Services Agency (CSA) is to provide, facilitate or co-ordinate essential national and regional services for the NHS in Scotland that are effective, efficient and provide value for money. In addition to its headquarters, the CSA is made up of the following Divisions:Central Legal OfficeInformation & Statistics DivisionNational Services DivisionPractitioner Services DivisionPublic Health Institute of ScotlandScottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health DepartmentScottish National Blood Transfusion ServiceScottish Healthcare SuppliesThe CSA received a revenue allocation of £124.5 million for the financial year 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-17590

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland and what its annual funding is.

Question reference: S1W-17591

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15892 by Susan Deacon on 5 June 2001, when it expects a Scottish Medicines Consortium to be established, what its remit will be and what (a) public and (b) private funding it will receive.

Question reference: S1W-17589

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the Public Health Institute for Scotland and what its annual funding is.

The Public Health Institute of Scotland's remit is:

"to protect and improve the health of the people of Scotland by working with relevant agencies and organisations to increase our understanding of the determinants of health and ill health, help to formulate public health policy, and increase the effectiveness of the public health endeavour".

In July last year I announced the establishment of the institute with Health Improvement Fund monies of £1 million a year.Further information about the work of the institute can be obtained from its website at www.show.scot.nhs.uk/phis

Question reference: S1W-17587

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the Health Technology Board for Scotland, who its members are and what its annual funding is.

Question reference: S1W-17296

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 24 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which hospitals have been sold in each year since 1999; what revenue was raised from any such sales, and how much of this revenue was re-invested in community care packages, broken down by health board area.

The table details, by health board area, the hospitals and partial hospital sites which have been sold since 1999 and the total capital receipts realised to date from these disposals. Such receipts supplement the level of capital available for investment in NHSScotland and current guidelines indicate that the proceeds from the sale of hospitals and hospital sites should be fully reinvested in improving patient care.

Health Board Area	Name of Hospitals Sold Since 1999 (as at 14 August 2001)	Sale Proceeds (£ million)
Argyll & Clyde	Bridge of Weir Hospital	0.400
Ayrshire & Arran	Ayr County Hospital	0.500
Borders	Dingleton Hospital, Melrose	1.325
Forth Valley	Bellsdyke Hospital, LarbertLochgreen Hospital, Falkirk	2.611
Grampian	Daviot Hospital, Aberdeen	0.750
Greater Glasgow	Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow (part disposal)Knightswood Hospital, Glasgow	9.650
Highland	Craig Dunain Hospital, Inverness (part disposal)	0.750
Lothian	Royal Infirmary of EdinburghSouthfield Hospital, EdinburghLeith Hospital, EdinburghGogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh	12.194
Tayside	Dundee Royal InfirmaryPart disposals:Windyridge House, Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee7 & 11Westmount, Sunnyside Hospital, MontroseMurray House and Field 'D', Murray Royal Hospital, Perth2 & 3 Dudhope Terrace, Dundee	1.517

Question reference: S1W-17295

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 24 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which hospitals have been closed in each year since 1999, broken down by health board area.

The information is contained in the following table:

Year of Closure	Health Board	Hospital	Date of closure
1999	Argyll & Clyde	Bridge of Weir Hospital	30/11/1999
	Argyll & Clyde	Elderslie Hospital, Renfrewshire	30/06/1999
	Forth Valley	Bellsdyke Hospital, XXXXLarbert	31/03/1999
	Greater Glasgow	Knightswood Hospital, Glasgow	31/12/1999
	Greater Glasgow	Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow	31/12/1999
	Greater Glasgow	Rutherglen Maternity, Hospital Glasgow	1999
	Lothian	Gogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh	07/05/1999
	Lothian	Southfield Hospital, Edinburgh	15/11/1999
	Lothian	St Joseph's, Rosewell	27/12/1999
2000	Ayrshire & Arran	Ballochmyle Hospital, Mauchline	09/08/2000
	Greater Glasgow	Woodilee Hospital, Lenzie	31/03/2000
	Highland	Craig Dunain Hospital, Inverness	17/07/2000
	Highland	Craig Phadrig Hospital, Inverness	17/07/2000
	Orkney	Eastbank Hospital, Kirkwall	31/03/2000
2001	Borders	Dingleton Hospital, Melrose	15/06/2001
	Greater Glasgow	Cowglen Hospital, Glasgow	01/04/2001
	Lanarkshire	Bellshill Hospital, Bellshill	04/06/2001
	Lanarkshire	Law Hospital, Carluke	29/05/2001
	Western Isles	Daliburgh Hospital, South Uist	09/03/2001
	Western Isles	Lochmaddy Hospital, North Uist	09/03/2001

It should be noted that the vast majority of hospital closures are part of on-going service improvement and development in making the transfer of services either to the community or to new hospital settings.

Question reference: S1W-16938

Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated annual cost of implementing the SIGN 52 guideline in full will be (a) in total and (b) per individual diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.