- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been removed from hospital waiting lists since September 2007.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9328 on 27 February 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been excluded from a waiting time guarantee since September 2007 because treatment is deemed to be a low clinical priority.
Answer
Waiting list information prior to 1 January 2008 was collected by a census undertaken on the last day of each month and published quarterly. The latest available information published on 26 February 2008, showed that the number of patients who had an availability status code indicating treatment of low clinical priority on 31 October 2007, 30 November 2007 and 31 December 2007 was 141, 112 and 34 respectively.
From 1 January 2008 where a patient is placed on a waiting list the patient is treated within the national maximum waiting time target, subject to any periods of unavailability. There is no category of low clinical priority.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the session conditions under which the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service collects blood enable staff to establish insights into the lifestyle of gay and bisexual men in as straightforward a manner as for heterosexual men.
Answer
The session conditions aim to be conducive in meeting the donor selection guidelines, to ensure the safety of the blood supply. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service seeks to ensure, as far as it can, confidentiality for all donors.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time has been for those requiring wheelchairs in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Wheelchair and Seating Services Project Board and Project Manager will look at the way in which wheelchair waiting times information is gathered throughout Scotland, and will work with the service managers to introduce a unified approach to the collection of meaningful and transparent data.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that preventing gay and bisexual men from giving blood is necessary to ensure a safe blood supply.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9449 on 26 February 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to seek a review of the EU blood directives that prevent gay and bisexual men from giving blood in Scotland.
Answer
Health ministers throughout the UK are advised on these matters by the Advisory Committee for the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns about the strictness of the rules applicable to heterosexual blood donors.
Answer
The blood donation guidelines are reviewed on a regular basis at a UK level through the UK Advisory Committee for the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs and the Joint Professional Advisory Committee for the four UK Blood Transfusion Services, based on the latest epidemiological information from the Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland and other experts in this field. cases
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has provided to hospitals and GPs on how to review the position of patients who have had their waiting time clocks stopped.
Answer
The latest available guidance on new ways of defining and measuring waiting was issued to NHSScotland in December 2007. This can be accessed at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/New-Ways-Applying-Guidance-V3.pdf.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how long on average patients removed from hospital waiting lists and referred back to the care of their GPs have to wait before receiving treatment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-9323 on 25 February 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
Where a patient from a hospital waiting list is returned to the care of the GP, published guidance must be followed. If a patient is returned to their GP''s care, it is a matter for the GP and the patient to decide whether a re-referral is necessary and appropriate, and if so when it should be made. If a GP decides to re-refer, the patient would be seen and if necessary treated within national maximum waiting times targets, subject to any periods of unavailability.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been informed that their waiting time clocks have been stopped since September 2007, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer
I refer the member to answer to question S3W-9315 on 25 February 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
