- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has instructed NHS boards to conduct an inspection of all extant disused hospitals or medical premises in their areas to ensure that no medical records have been left in these premises and, if so, when this instruction was issued, when it will be carried out and whether it will report the results to the Parliament.
Answer
The Scottish Government wrote to all NHS boards on the 15 July 2008. All boards with disused hospital premises were asked to carry out a physical inspection to ensure that no patient identifiable information is present. All boards have been asked to confirm when this has been completed. The outcome of these checks will be reported to the Parliament. To date responses have been received from 19 out of 22 territorial and special health boards. All territorial boards operating hospitals have responded to indicate that checks have been completed and no patient identifiable data was present. Responses from three special health boards are awaited to indicate whether they have such premises and the outcome of any checks.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all (a) disused hospitals and medical premises owned by the NHS and (b) sold, but not demolished, hospitals and medical premises.
Answer
The following table provides an overview of those hospital and medical facilities which are no longer required for operational purposes but which remain in the ownership of Scottish Ministers.
Surplus properties currently remaining in NHSScotland ownership
| NHS Board | Disused hospital and medical centres owned by the NHS | Date Closed, Sold or date of expected sale |
| NHS National Services Scotland | Protein Fractionation Centre, Ellen''s Glen Road, Edinburgh | A small part of site remains operational but the major production facility being on site is being decommissioned “ there are no plans to sell the vacated part in short term. |
| NHS Borders | Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital, Jedburgh | Closed October 2006 Currently being marketed |
| | Princes Street Clinic, Hawick | Closed 2006 |
| NHS Dumfries & Galloway | Garrick Hospital, Stranraer | Missives due to conclude: 2008-09 |
| | Ladyfield East, Glencaple Road, Dumfries | Property to be marketed: 2008-09 |
| | Ladyfield West Glencaple Road Dumfries | Property to be marketed: 2008-09 |
| NHS Forth Valley | Airth Clinic | |
| | 2 Clinics, Callendar | |
| NHS Grampian | Cove Clinic, Aberdeen | Closed 2007 Expected sale date: March 2009 |
| | Upper & Lower Hospitals, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen | Closed March 2004 |
| NHS Tayside | Irvine Memorial Hospital, Pitlochry | Closed 2008 Expected sale date 2009-2010 |
| | Armitstead Children''s Development Centre, Dundee | Closed 2008 Expected sale date 2009-2010 |
| NHS Lothian | Broxburn Health Centre, Broxburn | Closed 2002. Expected sale date: 2009 |
| | Bangour Village Hospital, West Lothian | Closed 2004 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | Law Hospital | Closed 2001. Expected sale date: 2009 |
| | Alexander Hospital - one building only remains on site | Closed: March 2006, Expected sale date: 2008 |
| NHS Fife | Alison Street Clinic, Kirkcaldy | Closed 2004. Expected sale date: 2008 |
It is not possible to provide details of properties which have been sold but not demolished as health boards have no operational responsibility for such premises once a sale has been completed.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS board control of infection committees have carried out a walk-through audit of each hospital for which they are responsible and whether the results of such audits will be made public.
Answer
Infection Control Committees report to the board through a Governance framework. All NHS board meetings are open to the public. The Governance section of our new National Action Plan sets out our plans for introducing a standard reporting template in January 2009 and all NHS boards will be required to follow it. The new National Action Plan can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/19529/2005/actionplans.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts the target in the Wanless Report, Securing Our Future Health: Taking a Long-Term View, of 3 to 4% of NHS expenditure as necessary to meet fully future information management and technology requirements in the NHS.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not set a specific target for IM&T expenditure but has committed to fund future growth in eHealth in the Strategic Spending Review. The national eHealth budget will progressively increase from under £40 million in 2005-06 to a forecast £140 million in 2010-11. This does not take into account NHS board expenditure on IM&T which is in addition to this budget.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with the NHS national screening and surveillance information management and technology projects.
Answer
The national software to support cervical screening (the Scottish Cervical call recall system, SCCRS) was implemented 29 May 2007. The national software to support screening of diabetic retinopathy (diabetic retinopathy system, DRS) was implemented in all NHS boards in 2006-07. The national software to support bowel screening (bowel screening system, BoSS) was implemented 4 June 2007.
In addition to these new systems, there are other long established national IT systems supporting other screening programmes such as breast screening, and newborn and pregnancy screening which are updated as required.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what national information management and technology projects it has underway; what the target completion dates are, and what performance indicators (a) have and (b) have not been met for each project.
Answer
National information management and technology projects now underway are as listed in the eHealth Strategy of June 2008 under Significant procurements or developments on page 23. These are listed below with the target completion dates that were stated in the strategy:
- Modernise the national CHI index (end 2009)
- Procurement of Patient Management System (contract in place spring 2009, roll-out thereafter, live in three NHS Boards by 2011)
- Procurement of identity management and Single Sign-on (contract in place spring 2009, roll-out thereafter, live in three NHS boards by 2011)
- Managed transition from GPASS (contract in place summer 2009, roll-out thereafter with a date to be agreed for migration of last GPASS practice)
- Complete the business case and take decisions around the proposed national HR system. (by September 2008).
Of these, all are on track to deliver by the stated dates with the exception of proposed national HR system where it has been decided that end 2008 is a more appropriate target date.
Further performance indicators relate to project disciplines such as governance arrangements and quality assurance measures being established within each project. All the above projects are currently satisfying these disciplines.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the outturn was in revenue and capital expenditure against budget for information management and technology in the NHS in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.
Answer
The Scottish Government did not centrally collate this information in 2005-06. In 2006-07, the Scottish Government conducted a national IM&T expenditure survey. Outturn expenditure across NHS Scotland was £166 million revenue and £61 million capital. Information on outturn against budget was not centrally collated. A 2007-08 expenditure survey has not yet been conducted.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with Scottish Care Information’s SCI Index.
Answer
SCI Index is a working title for a project to replace the Community Health Index (CHI) technical infrastructure and improve the patient identification service. The eHealth strategy 2008-11, launched in June 2008, identifies the replacement of the CHI technology as a priority over the next three years. Work to date has been in the area of defining functional requirements and examining technical options. It is expected that the next stage of development will be commissioned by the end of 2008.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the uptake of Scottish Care Information’s SCI Store remains optional; which NHS boards have taken up SCI Store and when they did so, and, for those that operate separate systems, how many of those systems are fully compatible and integrated with SCI Store.
Answer
The functionality of SCI store has an important role in the eHealth strategy. SCI Store is a key product in the national eHealth Strategy. All territorial NHS boards and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital have implemented SCI Store. Implementation started in the lead board in 2001; the last board to implement did so from 2006. One board, NHS Tayside, has a compatible system to SCI store with integration links
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of GPs use the Gpass primary care information technology system and what other systems are approved for use.
Answer
64% of GPs (68% of GP practices) currently use Gpass. Other systems that are approved for use are: InPS (Vision 3), EMIS (PCS) and Ascribe. Over 1,000 GPs (180 GP practices) have moved away from Gpass to a third party system over the last three years and a number of other practices have flagged their desire to move from Gpass.
