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The average length of stay in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Ninewells over the last five years was as follows :

2001-02	2.4 days
2000-01	2.3 days
1999-2000	2.4 days
1998-99	2.3 days
1997-98	2.3 days

In the period April to August 2002 the average length of stay in the nine-bedded CCU at Ninewells has reduced to 1.9 days as appropriate patients are now "stepped down" to a six-bedded Cardiac Step Down Unit and ultimately to a cardiology ward in carefully managed steps.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29905 today. All answers to written PQs are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

The clot-busting drug used is tenectaplase.

Following closure of the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Stracathro the nine-bedded CCU in Ninewells was supplemented by the addition of a six-bedded Cardiac Step Down Unit (CSDU). The CSDU allows appropriate patients to "step down" in a staged process from the CCU to a cardiology ward. Wards 1 and 2 at Ninewells have also been designated as predominantly cardiology wards.

There are nine beds in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Ninewells. This has been the bed complement over the last five years. Following closure of the CCU at Stracathro the service at Ninewells has been supplemented by the introduction of a five-bedded Cardiac Step Down Unit.

It is for VisitScotland to submit to Scottish ministers proposals for signing on a national tourist route. No such proposals have been submitted for this route.

No. The objections are for me to consider in terms of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

For patients domiciled in Angus and encountering chest pain while in Angus the default position is for patients to be admitted to Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.

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