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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4W-13761

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 16 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) speech and language therapists and (b) physiotherapists are based in each hospital and how many older patients have been referred to them in each of the last three years.

Alex Neil: The information requested is not centrally held, however the number of speech and language therapists and physiotherapists by NHS Board as at December 2012 is as follows:

NHS Board	Speech and Language Therapists	Physiotherapists
Ayrshire and Arran	59	201.1
Borders	20.2	58.7
Dumfries and Galloway	34.1	71.1
Fife	62.7	174.8
Forth Valley	61.6	109.9
Grampian	109.4	241.7
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	244.7	705.7
Highland	35.2	158.8
Lanarkshire	106	227.9
Lothian	132.5	426.4
Orkney	3.1	11.8
Shetland	3.9	10.5
Tayside	79.5	190.9
Western Isles	10.1	15.2
Total	942	2779.2

Question reference: S4W-13764

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients over the age of 65 have developed a pressure ulcer while in hospital in each of the last three years broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.

Question reference: S4W-13755

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of over 65-year-olds received a risk falls assessment within 24 hours of admission to hospital in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.

Question reference: S4W-13763

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Lothian has established a new older people mental health liaison team as referenced on page 13 of Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s report, Announced Inspection Report - care for older people in acute hospitals: Western General.

Question reference: S4W-13753

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of over 65-year-olds was screened for cognitive impairment within 24 hours of admission to hospital in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.

Question reference: S4W-13754

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of over 65-year-olds received a nutritional risk assessment within 24 hours of admission to hospital in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.

Question reference: S4W-13756

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of over 65-year-olds was assessed for the risk of developing pressure ulcers within six hours of admission to hospital in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.

Question reference: S4W-13759

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which hospitals have an older people's (a) dietician, (b) tissue viability, (c) psychiatric or dementia liaison and (d) falls prevention service.

Question reference: S4W-13757

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which hospitals have or have access to an older people's (a) dietician, (b) tissue viability, (c) psychiatric or dementia liaison and (d) falls prevention service at (A) weekends and (B) out of office hours and which do not.

Question reference: S4W-13762

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding NHS boards have allocated to purchase specialist pressure-relieving equipment to reduce the risk of older patients developing pressure ulcers in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.