- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average occupancy rate has been for each specialist neonatal unit in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information availableis shown in table 1.
Table 1: Average Occupancy in NeonatalUnits: By Health Board Area #: Years Ending 31 March 2003 to 2007P
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007P |
Scotland | 62.8 | 64.1 | 66.6 | 70.5 | 67.5 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 54.3 | 52.9 | 63.1 | 70.9 | 75.9 |
Borders | 29.1 | 28.4 | 32.4 | 26.9 | 29.4 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 44.7 | 54.0 | 61.1 | 61 | 62.7 |
Fife | 52.5 | 45.6 | 49.6 | 56 | 50.9 |
Forth Valley | 35.8 | 25.2 | 22.9 | 47.3 | 53.6 |
Grampian | 71.3 | 68.6 | 63.4 | 67.1 | 64.4 |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 62.7 | 73.7 | 71.1 | 70.6 | 63.9 |
Highland | 73.0 | 75.1 | 80.1 | 79.6 | 80.2 |
Lanarkshire | 70.7 | 93.0 | 83.8 | 91.4 | 88.9 |
Lothian | 66.3 | 66.6 | 69.8 | 73.7 | 66.1 |
Tayside | 65.9 | 52.7 | 73.6 | 76.1 | 85.1 |
PProvisional.
Source:ISD(S)1, Scottish Health Service Costs.
Note:#Eleven NHS boards are shown, the remaining three, Orkney, Shetland and WesternIsles do not have neonatal units.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions, and for how long, neonatal units were closed to new admissions in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally, however, we are aware of issues within neonatal services, andare currently carrying out a comprehensive review of this service, through a dedicatedneonatal sub group of the Maternity Services Action Group. The Scottish Governmentwill give full consideration to the findings and recommendations of the report whenit is published.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of specialist neonatal units were closed to new admissions in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information isnot held centrally, however, we are aware of issues within neonatal services, andare currently carrying out a comprehensive review of this service, through a dedicatedneonatal sub group of the Maternity Services Action Group. The Scottish Governmentwill give full consideration to the findings and recommendations of the report whenit is published.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS patients have been de-registered from dental practices in each of the last five years, broken down into age groups: (a) 0 to 2, (b) 3 to 5, (c) 6 to 12, (d) 13 to 17, (e) 18 to 24, (f) 25 to 34, (g) 35 to 44, (h) 45 to 54, (i) 55 to 64, (j) 65 to 74 and (k) 75 and over.
Answer
The latest availableinformation is shown in the following table.
NHS GeneralDental Service Patients whose Registration Status Shows “Withdrawn”1,2;by Age Group for Financial Years Ending 31 March 2003 to 2007
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
All ages | 12,232 | 24,726 | 32,787 | 42,040 | 31,201 |
0-2 | 38 | 76 | 93 | 123 | 68 |
3-5 | 114 | 197 | 232 | 281 | 176 |
6-12 | 378 | 547 | 704 | 993 | 585 |
13-17 | 267 | 421 | 527 | 680 | 536 |
18-24 | 1,060 | 2,128 | 2,856 | 3,520 | 2,886 |
25-34 | 2,022 | 3,468 | 4,958 | 5,704 | 4,012 |
35-44 | 2,828 | 5,493 | 7,459 | 8,822 | 6,915 |
45-54 | 2,411 | 4,884 | 6,414 | 8,232 | 6,505 |
55-64 | 1,779 | 3,913 | 5,024 | 7,144 | 5,404 |
65-74 | 939 | 2,370 | 2,944 | 4,350 | 2,700 |
75+ | 396 | 1,229 | 1,576 | 2,191 | 1,414 |
Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation & Dental Accounting System).
Notes:
1.
Based on patientswhose registration status indicated “withdrawn” between the dates considered. Thisoccurs when there is a request for the registration record to be withdrawn (madeusually by the dentist, and subsequently approved by the NHS board). The numbersalso include withdrawals carried out where more than one active registration existsfor the same patient as part of data cleansing. Some patients whose registrationhas been withdrawn may register with another NHS dentist elsewhere. There may alsobe retrospective additions to these data.
2. If a patient hasbeen withdrawn from more than one dental practice, they will be counted each timethis happens. It is also possible for a patient to be counted in more than one agegroup if they have moved to a dentist after their birthday and have been withdrawnfrom another practice in the same year.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS patients have been de-registered from dental practices in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The latest availableinformation is shown in the following table.
NHS GeneralDental Service Patients whose Registration Status Shows “Withdrawn”1,2; by NHSBoard for Financial Years Ending 31 March 2003-07
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
Scotland | 12,224 | 24,720 | 32,781 | 42,021 | 31,180 |
Argyll and Clyde | 99 | 170 | 1,622 | 2,066 | x |
Ayrshire and Arran | 209 | 188 | 224 | 241 | 703 |
Borders | 332 | 10,104 | 1,402 | 1,504 | 4,525 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 963 | 1,288 | 189 | 6,567 | 1,073 |
Fife | 529 | 974 | 10,480 | 4,971 | 9,201 |
Forth Valley | 278 | 384 | 288 | 3,145 | 365 |
Grampian | 4,616 | 6,712 | 6,008 | 11,821 | 5,229 |
Greater Glasgow | 1,369 | 939 | 647 | 772 | x |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde3 | x | x | x | x | 2,315 |
Highland | 488 | 262 | 454 | 637 | x |
Highland3 | x | x | x | x | 1,182 |
Lanarkshire | 427 | 329 | 1,083 | 387 | 760 |
Lothian | 1,845 | 2,482 | 2,433 | 7,357 | 3,680 |
Orkney | - | 81 | 3 | - | - |
Shetland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Tayside | 1,039 | 764 | 4,611 | 2,516 | 2,132 |
Western Isles | 29 | 41 | 3,336 | 34 | 12 |
Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation and Dental Accounting System).
Notes:
- no data.
x not applicable.
1. Based on patientswhose registration status indicated “withdrawn” between the dates considered. Thisoccurs when there is a request for the registration record to be withdrawn (madeusually by the dentist, and subsequently approved by the NHS board). The numbersalso include withdrawals carried out where more than one active registration existsfor the same patient as part of data cleansing. Some patients whose registrationhas been withdrawn may register with another NHS dentist elsewhere. There may alsobe retrospective additions to these data.
2. If a patient hasbeen withdrawn from more than one dental practice, they will be counted each timethis happens. It is also possible for a patient to be counted in more than one NHSboard if they have moved to a dentist in a different NHS board area and have beenwithdrawn from practices in each NHS board where they have received NHS generaldental services.
3. The dissolutionof Argyll and Clyde took effect from 1 April 2006. From this date, NHS Argyll and Clyde patients are included in figures for NHS Greater Glasgowand Clyde and NHS Highland.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the length of time that must elapse in which a patient does not visit their dentist prior to de-registration taking place.
Answer
The registration periodfor continuing care and capitation patients was extended from the previous 15 monthsto 36 months for those patients who register or re-register with a dentist on orafter 1 April 2006. While we have no immediate plans to changethis registration period we will keep the matter under review.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to tackle the overcrowding at Polmont Young Offenders Institution reported by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
Answer
Darroch Hall at HMPrison Greenock is planned to accommodate Young Adults fromthe 19 November 2007 providing an additional 54 places.
In addition a newHouseblock at HM Young OffendersInstitution Polmont will openin early 2009. This will provide 137 places.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses have worked in specialist neonatal units in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on thenumber of nurses working in specialist neonatal units is not available centrally.
Information on staffemployed in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce. SectionE gives details of Nursing and Midwifery staff, in particular tables E1 – E6.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to recruit additional nurses to ensure that the provision of neonatal care is enhanced across Scotland.
Answer
Nurse recruitmentis a matter for health boards. Neonatal nurses in NHSScotland, in association withthe Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Programme Team have, overthe past year, developed, piloted and validated a nursing workload tool. This workwill inform any recruitment plans that Neonatal Units may have.
- Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nursing vacancies there have been at specialist neonatal units in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Information on thenumber of nursing vacancies at specialist neonatal units is not available centrally.
Information on nursingvacancies in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce. SectionE gives details of nursing and midwifery vacancies, in particular tables E7 – E10.