Chamber and committees

Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, with the support of Tayside Health Board, has proposed the disposal of the following Trust assets which are no longer required to support the delivery of modern healthcare services. These disposals will result in a technical profit or a loss as proceeds received from their sale differ from the value of the asset within the Trust's ledgers.Profit / (Loss) on Planned Disposals

	1999/00 £000	2000/01 £000	2001/02 £000
Ninewells Residences	(177)	-	-
Medipark	(267)	-	(465)
Ninewells Land	2360	-	-
Dundee Limb Fitting Centre	160	-	-
Fairies Road, Perth	495	-	-
Kings Cross	-	-	59
Total	2571	-	(406)

Following presentation of the Trust Implementation Plan, these amounts have been amended to reflect the outcome of the National Revaluation exercise. No disposals have been planned for 2000-01.

The Scottish Executive Health Department, is aware that there may be some recruitment issues concerning Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers (MLSOs) and has established a Working Group to examine the position in depth as it affects all the laboratory disciplines across Scotland. The Working Group is chaired by Mr T H Cavanagh, Laboratory Manager, Haematology Department, Western Infirmary, Glasgow and includes representatives from professional organisations and trade unions who have a specific interest in this issue. The Group will prepare a report on its findings which will be presented to the Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee next year.

The Intensive Care Unit (ITU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU) staffed beds in Tayside are as follows:

	ITU	HDU	ITU as % of all beds	HDU as % of all beds
Ninewells Hospital	8	6	0.86	0.64
Perth Royal Infirmary	3	2	0.9	0.6
Stracathro Hospital	0	0	n/a	n/a

I understand that the former Angus NHS Trust initiated a risk assessment of the effectiveness of legionella control arrangements and received a detailed Audit and Risk Assessment Report in March 1996. The Report indicated there were no management systems in place to oversee and/or monitor the control of legionellosis. As a result, the Trust introduced robust management systems and an external audit system. The Trust's management arrangements were subject to audit by The Health & Safety Executive in March/April 1998 who were satisfied with the result.

The risk assessment focused on management arrangements for overseeing and/or controlling legionellosis. Expert assessment concluded that operational management of the risk did not require the closure of any premises to which patients had access and therefore information was not generally made available to staff and patients.I understand there have been no instances of legionella in premises of the former Angus NHS Trust area.

The Scottish Executive is considering whether to implement restrictions on the use of lead shot in Scotland.

The Scottish Executive is considering whether to implement restrictions on the use of lead shot in Scotland.

This information is not held by the Scottish Executive.

No. Tayside Health Board indicates that the report has been overtaken by the work in hand as part of the review of acute services which is currently underway in Tayside.

Waiting list information is collated by specialty. I understand from Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust that there are 160 patients on the surgical day case waiting list at Stracathro Hospital and 186 patients at Ninewells.

I refer Mr Welsh to my answer to his question S1O-297 on 16 September 1999.