- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many discharges there have been with alcoholic cardiomyopathy in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and deprivation quintile.
Answer
The Information requested is published and copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37958).
Figures on discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcoholic cardiomyopathy during 2000-01 to 2004-05 is shown in table 1.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Kerr report’s conclusion that “Information and communications technology will give us the tools to fundamentally reshape how health care is delivered”, what targets have to be met by the national information management and technology strategy in healthcare.
Answer
A single electronic health record system accessible by patients and health care professionals will be procured over the period 2006-07 and rolled out across Scotland over the period 2007-10. The system will contain facilities for archiving and transmitting digital images such as x-rays and scans, electronic prescribing in hospitals, online diagnostic test ordering and clinical decision support.
By June 2006:
A single national electronic “emergency care summary” will be available across Scotland available to out of hours doctors and NHS 24 in the first instance and thereafter to other health care professionals with the need to know.
A growing number of out-patient referrals will be sent electronically, currently 60% and expected to rise to 90%.
Use of the CHI number will be universal.
Modern information support systems will also be in place in all accident and emergency departments to support our objectives for improvements to patient care in accident and emergency departments.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19593 by Mr Andy Kerr on 14 October 2005, whether it will provide a list of all hospitals which are not linked to the Community Health Index number system, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The 42 major hospitals in Scotlandhave access to the Community Health Index. We do not hold information centrallyabout systems used by community hospitals.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18941 by Mr Andy Kerr on 14 September 2005, when the 270,000 doses of vaccine against H5N1 influenza will be delivered.
Answer
A delivery date has not beenarranged yet. The Department of Health, on behalf of the UK Health Departments istendering on the procurement of vaccine against H5N1. The Scottish Executive ispurchasing 270,000 doses of vaccine as part of this process.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19440 by Mr Andy Kerr on 30 September 2005, how many doses of Tamiflu there are in Scotland and how many doses will be available in (a) three, (b) six, (c) 12, (d) 18 and (e) 24 months time.
Answer
The information requested isprovided in the following table. The 1.3 million courses referred to in the answerto question S2W-19440 will all have been delivered to Scotland within12 months. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search. | Period | No. of Doses in Scotland |
| End of October 2005 | 235,000 |
| 3 months | 454,000 |
| 6 months | 751,000 |
| 12 months | 1,336,000 |
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-5169 by Rhona Brankin on 3 February 2005, whether the Breast and Cervical Screening National Advisory Group has now made its recommendations to the Executive on two-view mammography and, if so, when these recommendations will be made public.
Answer
Following their meeting on 3 October 2005, theBreast and Cervical Screening National Advisory Group recommended that the Executive consider a change in policy to introduce two views at every round of the Scottish Breast Screening Programme (SBSP). A webpage to host papers fromthe Advisory Group is currently under construction and will be sited at
www.scotland.gov.uk. The minutes fromthe October meeting have not yet been finalised but will appear on this site indue course.Before any changes in policyto the SBSP are introduced we must ensure there will be no detrimental impacton existing cancer screening and follow-up services. We will be consulting withregional cancer networks and board chief executives. I expect a full businesscase for my consideration in early 2006.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 28 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the rate of pay is per shift for doctors working in the GP out-of-hours service, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The table represents the GP out-of-hours (OoH) payment rate per hour by NHS board, as at July 2005. The rates have been negotiated by NHS boards to cover out of hours service following opt out by GPs under new GMS contract from 1 April 2004.
GP Out of Hours Rates Per Hour (August 2005)
| NHS Board | Before Midnight | After Midnight | Saturday (Low)^^ | Saturday (High)^^ | Sunday (Low)^^ | Sunday (High)^^ | Public Holidays (Low)^^ | Public Holidays (High)^^ |
| Argyll and Clyde | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 100 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 50 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 100 |
| Borders | 50 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 150 |
| Dumfries and Galloway * | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 75 | 118 |
| Fife | 49 | 59 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 76 | 76 |
| Forth Valley | 45 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 54 | 100 |
| Grampian | 50 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 60 | 200 |
| Greater Glasgow | 45 | 67 | 45 | 70 | 45 | 70 | 55 | 75 |
| Highland** | 50 | 63 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | - | - |
| Lanarkshire | 50 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 60 | 80 | - | - |
| Lothian | 50 | 70 | 60 | 75 | 60 | 80 | 65 | 85 |
| Orkney + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tayside | 50 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 60 | 80 |
| Western Isles # | 60 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
*Independent GP Costs.
**All rates are daytime rates; Highland also pays out £40 per contact in addition to the basic rate for night service, weekday and weekend cover.
#Lewis only; remaining islands, salaried GPs.
^^Low rate before17.00 High rate after 17.00.
Footnote: + With the exception of one practice, all practices continue to provide their OoHs cover. Salaried GPs provide OoH cover for this practice at a salaried rate of £90,000 per annum.
The following table shows arrangements for Shetland. Due to the geographical location NHS Shetland pay for out of hours cover by the session and therefore do not have a dedicated hourly rate.
| NHS Board | Before Midnight | After Midnight | Saturday (Low)^^ | Saturday (High)^^ | Sunday (Low)^^ | Sunday (High)^^ | Public Holidays (Low)^^ | Public Holidays (High)^^ |
| Shetland^ | 300 | 300 | 575 | 600 | 575 | 600 | 750 | 800 |
Notes:
^Full Session rates : Monday to Friday 5.30pm to 8.30am. Weekend 24Hrs.
^^Low rate before17.00, High rate after 17.00.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 28 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake rate of the influenza vaccination has been in people over 65 in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area and expressed as a percentage of the over-65 population in each board area.
Answer
The information requested is given in the table Flu Vaccination Uptake for the period 2000-05. A copy of the table has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37783).
In order to increase the uptake of the annual flu vaccination in those aged 65 and over, their carers and those in “at risk” group under 65, the Scottish Executive undertakes a number of measures including a national publicity campaign which includes a dedicated website at www.infoscotland.com/flu and patient leaflets, organising the central information letter sent to all those aged 65 and over and specific guidance for health professionals.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid to doctors working in the GP out-of-hours service since 1 April 2004, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the department.
Under the nGMS contract, NHSboards have the responsibility to provide out-of-hours care in the community andthis information is therefore held at NHS board level.
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have been treated by the GP out-of-hours service since 1 April 2004, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the department.
Under the nGMS contract, NHSboards have the responsibility to provide out-of-hours care in the community andthis information is therefore held at NHS board level.
