- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to set boundaries for managed clinical networks and, if so, what criteria it will use.
Answer
The scope of each ManagedClinical Network (MCN) is determined by how best to integrate the serviceconcerned in the interests of patients. In geographical terms, MCNs can operateat local (NHS board), regional or national level.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in developing a comprehensive diabetic retinopathy screening programme in each NHS board area.
Answer
Health Department Letter(2003)23 requires each NHS board to have a comprehensive diabetic retinopathyscreening programme in its area by March 2006. The Scottish Diabetes Group,which monitors the Scottish diabetes framework, considers that all boardsappear to be making satisfactory progress on this aspect of the framework.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS board areas are providing annual reviews for people diagnosed with diabetes and what the average waiting time is for such reviews in each board area.
Answer
Annual reviews are providedfor people with diabetes in all parts of Scotland. Information on how each NHS board organises these isnot collected centrally.
The diabetes standardspublished by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland make provision for people withdiabetes to be offered an examination annually, or more frequently whereclinically indicated.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much diabetic kidney disease has cost the NHS in each of the last three years.
Answer
This information is notcollected centrally.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new cases of diabetic kidney failure were dealt with by the NHS in each of the last three years.
Answer
The following table providesinformation about the incidence of patients receiving renal replacement therapy(RRT) for end stage renal disease (ESRD) as a result of diabetic nephropathy(DN).
The information is drawnfrom the Scottish renal registry (SRR), a national registry of patients withrenal failure and other renal disorders.
Number of PatientsStarting RRT for ESRD with Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) 2000 to 2002
| Calendar year | Number of Incident Patients |
| 2000 | 102 |
| 2001 | 93 |
| 2002 | 99 |
Notes:
1. “Incident” refers to the number of patients who start RRT for ESRD inScottish hospitals each year.
2. Figures were extracted from the Scottish renal registry on 15 November 2003.
3. Some patients with DiabetesMellitus (DM) will have a cause of ESRD other than DN. Where this other cause isknown, it is recorded as the primary renal disease. The numbers of patientswith DM who started RRT will therefore be slightly higher than that shown inthe table.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland report into local diabetes services to be published.
Answer
I understand that NHSQuality Improvement Scotland expects to publish local and national reports on itsdiabetes standards in March 2004.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to address diabetic kidney disease.
Answer
NHS QualityImprovement Scotland (NQIS)’s renal standards acknowledge diabetes as one of the commonest conditions that can lead to renal disease. NQIS’s diabetesstandards contain a standard relating specifically to the management of renalproblems. Responsibility for implementation of these standards rests with NHS boards.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next review income-related exemptions to NHS prescription charges.
Answer
There are no plans atpresent to review income-related exemptions to NHS prescription charges.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 20 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost would be to the public purse if the state was required to provide the same level of service as that currently carried out by unpaid carers.
Answer
The Executive acknowledges withgratitude the immense contribution made by Scotland’s carers. There is noestimate by the Executive of the notional cost of replacing this support withpaid employees financed by the state. However, Carers UK launched a report WithoutUs…? in 2002 which calculated the value of support provided by carers inthe UK at £57 billion a year.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 20 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much tourism revenue will be lost in Aberdeenshire as a result of the loss of spawning salmon during summer 2003 due to low water levels and increased temperatures.
Answer
Angling tourism is ofconsiderable importance to Deeside. However, it is too early to tell whetherthe low water has had any direct impact on tourism spend. The first point atwhich any impact might be determined will be next summer when survey work onthe Dee and its tributaries will identify any weaknesses in the 2004 class of juvenilefish.
