- 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 which NHS boards (a) have and (b) have not adopted the national information management and technology (IMT) system for accident and emergency and for those which have not, whether their systems are fully compatible with the national IMT system.
Answer
The EDIS system is a nationally procured system which is available to all boards. The boards currently using the accident and emergency (A&E) system (EDIS) are:
Borders Dumfries and Galloway Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow (North and Clyde) Highland Lanarkshire Shetland Western Isles
The following NHS boards use an alternative A&E system:
Tayside uses Ascribe which has the same base functionality as EDIS and is integrated with local hospital systems and the SCI Store.
Ayrshire and Arran uses Ascribe and are currently upgrading sites. The new system will have links to SCI Store for patient demographics and results.
Fife uses Oasis which meets the core requirements of the national system and is fully integrated with local systems.
Greater Glasgow (Yorkhill, Southern General, Victoria) uses HIS Meditech which has the same base functionality as EDIS and is integrated with local hospital systems and the SCI Store.
Lothian uses a module of its Patient Management System (Trak Health) which is fully integrated with Lothian applications at all sites.
Orkney is planning to use Adastra''s out-of-hours system to support A&E activity.
- 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 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 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.
- 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: Friday, 01 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children aged under 16 have been admitted to Scottish Prison Service prisons in each of the last eight quarters.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The number of children (aged over 14 and under 16) who were admitted to a Scottish Prison or Young Offenders Institution are shown in the following table.
| | Time Period of Interest | Number of Under 16s |
| 2006 | Quarter 1: 01-01-06 to 31-03-06 | 11 |
| | Quarter 2: 01-04-06 to 30-06-06 | 7 |
| | Quarter 3: 01-07-06 to 30-09-06 | 15 |
| | Quarter 4: 01-10-06 to 31-12-06 | 1 |
| 2007 | Quarter 1: 01-01-07 to 31-03-07 | 4 |
| | Quarter 2: 01-04-07 to 30-06-07 | 6 |
| | Quarter 3: 01-07-07 to 30-09-07 | 7 |
| | Quarter 4: 01-10-07 to 31-12-07 | 1 |
Source: Scottish Prison Service Prisoner Records System.
Note: Individuals can be admitted more than once.
Information for the first quarter of 2008 will not be available until after the publication of the final 2007-08 data in the Prison Statistics Scotland 2007-08 Bulletin on 29 August 2008. Data for the rest of 2008 are due to be published in 2009.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14717 by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008, when it expects a definitive outcome to the West of Scotland Regional Planning Group’s consideration and implementation planning on ambulance services to meet the growing demand for transfer to Hairmyres Hospital or the Golden Jubilee National Hospital for primary angioplasty and what additional resources will be made available to ensure that other category A calls will be dealt with within agreed national targets when ambulances are undertaking such transfers.
Answer
The West of Scotland Regional Planning Group has agreed to support the introduction of an optimal reperfusion therapy service. The service modelling undertaken by the group, in conjunction with the Scottish Ambulance Service, is intended to ensure that the redesign of services for patients requiring primary PCI does not prejudice the Scottish Ambulance Service''s ability to respond to all category A calls in the region.
To back-fill the use of ambulances transporting patients to the primary PCI centres, the Scottish Ambulance Service will be deploying two additional rapid response vehicles in the region. Repatriation of patients after primary PCI will be undertaken by two new dedicated ambulances in order to further reduce pressure on front-line ambulances.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14717 by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008, when it expects a definitive outcome to consideration and implementation planning by groups other than the West of Scotland Regional Planning Group on ambulance services to meet the growing demand for transfer to hospitals for primary angioplasty and what additional resources will be made available to ensure that other category A calls will be dealt with within agreed national targets when ambulances are undertaking such transfers.
Answer
A business case for the introduction of optimal reperfusion therapy is being considered by the South East and Tayside Regional Planning Group.
The North of Scotland Planning Group is developing a model of optimal reperfusion which takes account of geography and the availability of clinical staff. In addition to pre-hospital thrombolysis, which will continue to be provided in appropriate cases, plans are being made for the provision of daytime primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for those within 60 minutes'' travel time of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
These plans, which have been developed in conjunction with the Scottish Ambulance Service, take account of the service''s targets relating to all category A calls.
- 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 Shona Robison on 21 August 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the ministerial statement on prescription charges on 5 December 2007 (Official Report, c 4063), what further consideration has been given to the implications for the minor ailments service when prescription charges have been abolished and whether this service will be extended to all patients.
Answer
We are not planning to extend the Minor Ailments Service to all patients when prescription charges are abolished, but do intend to ensure that the patient groups that currently qualify (e.g. children, the elderly and those currently exempt on low income grounds) continue to do so. We will also take the opportunity of the abolition of prescription charges in 2011 to consider whether there are any other modifications to the Minor Ailments Service that might be appropriate in the wider context of Better Health Better Care.
