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Data for 2009-10 is not complete at this time and is, as yet, unpublished. Data for 2009-10 will be available from 28 September 2010.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35257 on 3 August 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The question is answered in the following tables:

Table 1a: Deaths where Malnutrition was the Underlying Cause of Death.

Age at Death and NHS Board		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
64 and under
	Fife	0	0	0	1	0
	Forth Valley	1	0	0	0	1
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	0	1	2	2	2
	Lanarkshire	1	0	0	0	0
	Lothian	0	1	0	1	0
	Tayside	0	1	1	0	0
	Scotland	2	3	3	4	3
65 to 74		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Ayrshire and Arran	0	0	0	1	0
	Fife	0	0	0	0	1
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1	2	1	1	1
	Lanarkshire	1	1	0	0	0
	Lothian	1	0	1	0	0
	Tayside	0	1	0	0	0
	Scotland	3	4	2	2	2
75 and over		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Ayrshire and Arran	0	0	1	0	3
	Fife	1	0	0	1	0
	Forth Valley	1	0	0	0	0
	Grampian	1	0	0	0	1
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	2	5	1	1	3
	Highland	0	1	0	0	0
	Lanarkshire	0	4	1	0	1
	Lothian	2	1	1	2	0
	Tayside	1	1	0	0	1
	Western Isles	1	0	0	0	1
	Scotland	9	12	4	4	10
All		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Ayrshire and Arran	0	0	1	1	3
	Fife	1	0	0	2	1
	Forth Valley	2	0	0	0	1
	Grampian	1	0	0	0	1
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	3	8	4	4	6
	Highland	0	1	0	0	0
	Lanarkshire	2	5	1	0	1
	Lothian	3	2	2	3	0
	Tayside	1	3	1	0	1
	Western Isles	1	0	0	0	1
	Scotland	14	19	9	10	15

 

Table 1b: Deaths where Malnutrition was a Contributory Factor, but not the Underlying Cause of Death.

Age at Death and NHS Board		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
64 and under
	Ayrshire and Arran	3	5	2	3	1
	Borders	0	0	1	1	1
	Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	1	2	1
	Fife	0	1	1	1	2
	Forth Valley	1	1	1	2	2
	Grampian	1	3	1	2	1
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	16	6	10	9	8
	Highland	0	0	1	2	3
	Lanarkshire	3	2	3	4	2
	Lothian	2	5	2	7	5
	Tayside	4	2	1	1	4
	Western Isles	0	0	0	1	0
	Scotland	30	25	24	35	30
65 to 74		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Ayrshire and Arran	2	1	0	2	1
	Borders	0	0	0	3	0
	Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	1	1	1
	Fife	0	2	1	4	1
	Forth Valley	1	0	0	1	1
	Grampian	4	1	1	1	0
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	6	7	6	6	4
	Highland	0	0	2	0	0
	Lanarkshire	2	1	2	2	0
	Lothian	6	3	3	1	2
	Tayside	0	0	0	2	2
	Western Isles	0	0	0	1	0
	Scotland	21	15	16	24	12
75 and over		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Ayrshire and Arran	3	5	2	6	6
	Borders	0	0	1	0	0
	Dumfries and Galloway	1	0	1	3	0
	Fife	4	1	2	4	2
	Forth Valley	2	6	0	2	1
	Grampian	1	2	1	2	3
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	6	8	10	7	6
	Highland	1	2	2	2	0
	Lanarkshire	1	0	4	3	2
	Lothian	8	8	4	5	5
	Shetland	0	1	0	0	0
	Tayside	3	1	3	0	0
	Scotland	30	34	30	34	25
All		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	Ayrshire and Arran	8	11	4	11	8
	Borders	0	0	2	4	1
	Dumfries and Galloway	1	0	3	6	2
	Fife	4	4	4	9	5
	Forth Valley	4	7	1	5	4
	Grampian	6	6	3	5	4
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	28	21	26	22	18
	Highland	1	2	5	4	3
	Lanarkshire	6	3	9	9	4
	Lothian	16	16	9	13	12
	Shetland	0	1	0	0	0
	Tayside	7	3	4	3	6
	Western Isles	0	0	0	2	0
	Scotland	81	74	70	93	67

 

Table 1c: All Deaths from Malnutrition.            

Age at Death and NHS Board		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
64 and under
	Ayrshire and Arran	3	5	2	3	1
	Borders	0	0	1	1	1
	Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	1	2	1
	Fife	0	1	1	2	2
	Forth Valley	2	1	1	2	3
	Grampian	1	3	1	2	1
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	16	7	12	11	10
	Highland	0	0	1	2	3
	Lanarkshire	4	2	3	4	2
	Lothian	2	6	2	8	5
	Tayside	4	3	2	1	4
	Western Isles	0	0	0	1	0
	All	32	28	27	39	33
65 to 74
	Ayrshire and Arran	2	1	0	3	1
	Borders	0	0	0	3	0
	Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	1	1	1
	Fife	0	2	1	4	2
	Forth Valley	1	0	0	1	1
	Grampian	4	1	1	1	0
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	7	9	7	7	5
	Highland	0	0	2	0	0
	Lanarkshire	3	2	2	2	0
	Lothian	7	3	4	1	2
	Tayside	0	1	0	2	2
	Western Isles	0	0	0	1	0
	All	24	19	18	26	14
75 and over
	Ayrshire and Arran	3	5	3	6	9
	Borders	0	0	1	0	0
	Dumfries and Galloway	1	0	1	3	0
	Fife	5	1	2	5	2
	Forth Valley	3	6	0	2	1
	Grampian	2	2	1	2	4
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	8	13	11	8	9
	Highland	1	3	2	2	0
	Lanarkshire	1	4	5	3	3
	Lothian	10	9	5	7	5
	Shetland	0	1	0	0	0
	Tayside	4	2	3	0	1
	Western Isles	1	0	0	0	1
	All	39	46	34	38	35
All
	Ayrshire and Arran	8	11	5	12	11
	Borders	0	0	2	4	1
	Dumfries and Galloway	1	0	3	6	2
	Fife	5	4	4	11	6
	Forth Valley	6	7	1	5	5
	Grampian	7	6	3	5	5
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	31	29	30	26	24
	Highland	1	3	5	4	3
	Lanarkshire	8	8	10	9	5
	Lothian	19	18	11	16	12
	Shetland	0	1	0	0	0
	Tayside	8	6	5	3	7
	Western Isles	1	0	0	2	1
	All	95	93	79	103	82

Source: General Register Office Scotland. Figures for 2009 are provisional. Deaths occurring in hospital for which malnutrition was (i) the underlying cause or (ii) a contributory factor, by NHS board of residence (for Scots residents), rather than by location of hospital. Malnutrition is coded by the international classification of diseases version 10; ICD-10 codes E40-E46.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35257 on 3 August 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

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Information is presented by NHS board for financial years up to 2008-09. Provisional statistics for financial year 2009-10 are planned to be published on the 28 September 2010.

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I wrote to you in March 2009 prior to Stage 3 of the Act to outline the approach that I intend to take in delivering non statutory alternative pilots. This involved a mix of the following approaches across NHS Grampian and NHS Lothian:

strengthening the role of Public Partnership Forums by appointing at least one of their members to the local health board;

reducing the number of Executive members on a Board to 5 and increasing the number of non executive members. This will give a clear majority to non executive and councillor members;

enhancing the public appointments process in the pilot area to increase the diversity around the board table.

I can confirm that a member of Midlothian Public Partnership Forum has been appointed to the NHS Lothian Board after a selection process overseen by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. You will also wish to note that the number of Executive Directors in both non-statutory pilot areas has been reduced to 5 which is consistent with the reductions in both Pilot Elected Health Boards. 

An enhanced public appointment process to appoint 2 additional members in NHS Grampian is currently underway which is aimed at increasing diversity around the board table. A further appointment will also be made to the NHS Lothian Board in due course using the alternative proposals.

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The forthcoming smoking cessation marketing campaign, planned for launch in the autumn, aims to increase referrals to NHS Stop Smoking Services to build upon the ever increasing reach of those services.

Work is also ongoing to increase the number of brief interventions and referrals for specialist smoking cessation support delivered by all health professionals. Included in that would be the range of professions involved in the assessment and treatment of patients where there may be a risk of sight loss.

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