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Question reference: S3W-24110

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many gastric (a) band and (b) bypass operations were performed in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

The latest available information for the numbers of gastric banding and gastric bypass procedures, with a main diagnosis of obesity, is shown in the following tables.

Table 1: Gastric Banding Procedures by NHS Board of Residence 2004-08

Health Board	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Ayrshire and Arran	5	6	7	*	*
Borders	*	*	*	*	*
Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	*	*	*
Fife	*	*	*	*	*
Forth Valley	*	8	7	7	6
Grampian	7	6	8	23	16
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	30	39	35	50	32
Highland	6	*	*	6	*
Lanarkshire	6	14	12	12	28
Lothian	10	*	*	10	17
Orkney	*	*	*	*	*
Shetland Isles	*	*	*	*	*
Tayside	*	*	*	*	*
Western Isles	*	*	*	*	*
All Scotland	73	83	74	118	111

Table 2: Gastric Bypass Procedures by NHS Board of Residence 2004-08

Health Board	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	6	*	8
Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	*	*	*
Fife	*	*	*	*	*
Forth Valley	*	*	9	14	26
Grampian	*	*	*	*	5
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	*	16	44	69	107
Highland	*	*	*	*	6
Lanarkshire	*	*	8	12	17
Lothian	*	*	*	*	*
Shetland Isles	*	*	*	*	*
Western Isles	*	*	*	*	*
All Scotland	*	22	76	100	178

Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR01).

Note: *Numbers under five have not been shown as these are potentially disclosive.

Question reference: S3W-24116

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many body contouring operations were performed in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

Information on the number of body contouring procedures undertaken in the last five years by NHS boards is provided in the following table. Body contouring has been defined where the main diagnosis was plastic surgery for an unacceptable cosmetic appearance and include such procedures as facelifts, breast reduction or enlargement and liposuction. These figures should be treated with caution as they may represent an undercount of the number of cases because these cosmetic factors may not be the only or main reason for the surgery and may not always be recorded.

NHSScotland: Number of Body Contouring* Operations Undertaken by NHSScotland by NHS Board of Residence for the Year Ending 31 March 2003-08

NHS Board	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Ayrshire and Arran	25	86	82	65	40
Borders	17	19	19	9	6
Dumfries and Galloway	12	13	23	20	7
Fife	74	57	58	45	62
Forth Valley	34	36	49	45	31
Grampian	99	67	122	94	75
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	69	99	282	226	125
Highland	48	34	46	45	23
Lanarkshire	50	55	110	130	80
Lothian	166	157	139	113	110
Orkney	-	⁺	⁺	⁺	-
Shetland	⁺	⁺	⁺	8	⁺
Tayside	56	68	76	69	92
Western Isles	-	⁺	4	⁺	⁺
Scotland	652	694	1,015	871	653

Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).

*Body contouring defined as procedure codes S01.-,S02.-, S03.-,S48.2-S48.9, S49.1, S49.3-S49.9,S62.2, B31.1 and B31.2 and with a main diagnosis code of Z41.1 or Z42.-.

⁺Information has not been provided for NHS boards where the number of operations are less than five. This is to ensure that individual patients are not identified from the data.

Question reference: S3W-24112

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much a gastric (a) band and (b) bypass operation costs.

Question reference: S3W-24111

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 to 30 had gastric (i) band or (ii) bypass operations in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

The latest available information for patients aged up to 17 years and 18 to 30 years undergoing gastric band procedures, where there is a main diagnosis of obesity, is shown in table 1. The latest available information for patients aged up to 17 years and 18 to 30 years undergoing gastric bypass procedures, with a main diagnosis of obesity, is shown in table 2.

Table 1: Number of Patients Aged Up to 17 and 18 to 30 Years of Age who have Undergone a Gastric Band Operation by NHS Board of Residence 2004-08

Age	Health Board	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Up to 17 years	Lanarkshire	*	*	*	*	*
	All Scotland	*	*	*	*	*
18-30 years	Ayrshire and Arran	*	*	*	*	*
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	*	*	*	*	*
	Highland	*	*	*	*	*
	Lanarkshire	*	*	*	*	*
	Grampian	*	*	*	*	*
	Lothian	*	*	*	*	*
	Forth Valley	*	*	*	*	*
	Shetland	*	*	*	*	*
	All Scotland	10	6	7	8	5

Table 2: Number of Patients Aged Up to 17 and 18 to 30 Years of Age who have Undergone a Gastric Bypass Operation by NHS Board of Residence 2004-08

Age	Health Board	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Up to 17 years	All Scotland	*	*	*	*	*
18-30 years	Ayrshire and ARRAN	*	*	*	*	*
	Fife	*	*	*	*	*
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	*	*	*	*	*
	Lanarkshire	*	*	*	*	*
	Forth Valley	*	*	*	*	*
	All Scotland	*	*	5	5	*

Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland.

Note: *Numbers under five have not been shown as these are potentially disclosive.

Question reference: S3W-24113

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS-funded gastric (a) band and (b) bypass operations have been performed in private hospitals in each of the last five years.

For NHS patients treated by independent hospitals in Scotland, information is required to be submitted as part of standard national data returns (SMR). However, submissions for independent hospitals are considerably under-reported, thus figures are not routinely published. For the period 2003-04 to 2007-08, there were no recorded NHS-funded gastric banding procedures and gastric bypass procedures, where there is a main diagnosis of obesity, in independent sector hospitals.

The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is continuing to work with NHS boards and independent healthcare providers to ensure higher levels of SMR completion.

Question reference: S3W-24117

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS-funded body contouring operations were performed in private hospitals in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S3W-24076

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many plastic surgery procedures have been carried out following an exceptional referral in each of the last five years, broken down by type of procedure and NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-24077

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the median waiting time was for patients undergoing plastic surgery procedures in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

The median waiting times for patients undergoing plastic surgery procedures in the five years to 31 March 2007 is provided in the following table.

NHSScotland: Median* wait for Patients who Underwent Plastic Surgery Procedures in the years Ending 31 December 2003-07 by NHS Board of Treatment

NHS Board	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
NHS Board	Days
Ayrshire and Arran	84	56	56	42	39
Fife	116	95	139	119	69
Grampian	42	35	47	44	33
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board	23	26	27	21	25
Highland	168	179	112	113	118
Lothian	62	58	64	61	65
Tayside	67	89	85	112	92
Scotland	42	43	42	39	39

Source: SMR01.

Note: *Includes patients with Availability Status Codes.

Question reference: S3W-24075

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals aged (a) 18 and under, (b) 19 to 24, (c) 25 to 34, (d) 35 to 44 and (e) 45 and over underwent plastic surgery procedures following an exceptional referral in each of the last five years, broken down by type of procedure.

Question reference: S3W-23847

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 May 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals aged (a) up to 70 and (b) over 70 were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of osteoporosis in each of the last five years, broken down by gender and NHS board.

The number of hospital discharges for patients aged 70 years and under, and 70 years and over with a diagnosis of osteoporosis, by NHS board, for year end 2004 to 2008, is shown in the following table. If a patient has more than one hospital discharge in a year, then each hospital discharge is counted.

	2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
	Under 70	Over 70	Under 70	Over 70	Under 70	Over 70	Under 70	Over 70	Under 70	Over 70
Scotland
Male	591	546	718	616	718	713	664	616	619	659
Female	1,919	4,265	2,180	4,962	2,113	5,190	2,123	5,201	2,051	5,085
Ayrshire and Arran
Male	79	50	79	41	56	35	45	32	26	36
Female	202	372	228	422	228	385	196	414	130	244
Borders
Male	6	26	9	21	15	12	13	15	12	21
Female	22	83	28	88	23	99	34	108	30	137
Dumfries and Galloway
Male	36	23	43	28	21	34	21	16	27	18
Female	94	229	89	192	85	210	65	158	74	189
Fife
Male	28	35	62	46	76	73	67	77	56	47
Female	126	382	132	403	110	372	207	472	168	487
Forth Valley
Male	5	24	7	13	11	14	4	7	3	13
Female	27	117	33	102	21	78	16	62	21	84
Grampian
Male	76	57	85	51	80	74	62	59	27	44
Female	224	478	216	513	289	640	291	646	180	501
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Male	168	187	249	235	273	220	271	181	242	230
Female	701	1,314	921	1,645	779	1,743	673	1,556	770	1,588
Highland
Male	25	26	25	40	39	31	33	40	52	45
Female	115	317	112	343	132	362	174	376	163	399
Lanarkshire
Male	39	21	16	27	28	29	14	29	25	32
Female	85	149	100	228	88	226	90	230	111	212
Lothian
Male	93	74	105	74	91	140	101	104	108	106
Female	220	565	218	683	249	739	262	739	261	772
Orkney
Male	1	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	6
Female	8	15	7	48	4	19	7	32	19	24
Shetland
Male	-	-	1	1	3	5	4	1	-	-
Female	1	11	2	9	4	19	9	36	6	19
Tayside
Male	35	17	36	35	23	42	23	49	34	57
Female	88	220	88	270	92	272	92	344	103	408
Western Isles
Male	-	4	-	2	1	2	3	2	4	3
Female	2	10	2	10	3	23	6	19	9	12
Golden Jubilee
Male	-	2	-	2	1	1	1	4	3	1
Female	4	3	4	6	6	3	1	9	6	9

Source: Information Services Division (SMR01).