- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what steps will be taken to prevent a future backlog in clinical coding at NHS Lanarkshire.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-08646 on 23 July 2012. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what changes have been made to the timetable for delivery of (a) East Kilbride Hunter Health Centre, (b) Wishaw Health Centre and (c) Kilsyth Health Centre since 2006.
Answer
The new health centres at East Kilbride, Wishaw and Kilsyth were part of the second phase of capital projects agreed by the board of NHS Lanarkshire in March 2007. The first phase was due for completion by 2013 with the second phase to commence after that date.
I can confirm that the board has had its Initial Agreement submission approved by the Scottish Government to pursue these projects via the Hub procurement process. The board has now been invited to develop an Outline Business Case (OBC) for the proposal. This will involve significant clinical planning and technical work to ensure the new facilities reflect local needs and are robust, sustainable and flexible; to support services in the future. The board aims to submit its OBC for approval in February 2013 and a full business case in the summer of 2013. The board has assured me that they will be engaging with local communities on the development proposals.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the recent backlog in the coding of clinical episodes by NHS Lanarkshire will have on the statistics that are published by the Information Services Division.
Answer
Clinical coding is carried out for the following national returns: SMR00 (Outpatients), SMR01 (Acute Inpatient and Day Cases), SMR01_1E (Geriatric Long Stay), SMR02 (Maternity Inpatients and Day Cases) and SMR04 (Mental Health Inpatients and Day Cases).
The Information Services Division (ISD) routinely monitors the submission of SMR data from all boards; this includes regular meetings to discuss data submission problems and providing support to help resolve them. For NHS Lanarkshire, SMR data is complete for all the above data sets to March 2012 except for SMR02 data. SMR02 data is complete to January 2011, with incomplete data for February and March 2011. There is currently no data on file from April 2011 onwards. The delay in submission has been due to problems experienced by NHS Lanarkshire following the implementation of their new Patient Management System – TrakCare.
The incomplete SMR02 data will impact on one annual publication which is due to be published in August 2012: Births in Scottish Hospitals, year ending 31 March 2011. ISD is currently working with Lanarkshire to resolve the outstanding data submission issues to meet a rescheduled publication date of November 2012. NHS Lanarkshire is not the only board with incomplete SMR submissions delaying the Births in Scottish Hospitals publication. ISD is working with other boards that are experiencing problems following the implementation of TrakCare. Information on the completeness of SMR data nationally is available at the following ISD webpage.
http://www.isdscotland.org/Products-and-Services/Hospital-Records-Data-Monitoring/SMR-Completeness/.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 20 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the Minister for Housing and Transport has had with Network Rail regarding the Initial Industry Plan Scotland: Proposals for Control Period 5 and beyond.
Answer
The Scottish Government has regular meetings with Network Rail to discuss a range of issues in relation to forward planning, including the development of the industry’s Initial Investment Plan and our High Level Output Specification for Control Period 5.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on routine testing for group B streptococcus in pregnancy.
Answer
The Scottish Government is given independent advice on screening by the UK National Screening Committee. The UK National Screening Committee currently recommends that a national screening programme for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) should not be introduced. This policy is currently being reviewed.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has also considered the potential benefits and harm of screening for GBS during pregnancy and has agreed that there is no clear evidence to show that screening all pregnant women in the UK would be beneficial.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 9 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-07855 by Alex Neil on 25 June 2012, what progress has been made toward completion of (a) East Kilbride Hunter Health Centre, (b) Wishaw Health Centre and (c) Kilsyth Health Centre and what the estimated completion dates are.
Answer
The South West hubco is due to be formally established in October 2012. Once the hubco is formed, the projects referred to in the question will be developed in accordance with the NHS Board's requirements. In advance of this delivery phase, an Initial Agreement for the three projects was approved by the Scottish Government on 29 March 2012. NHS Lanarkshire are currently undertaking preparatory work on the projects to support the development of the projects by the hubco and allow an Outline Business Case to be considered by the Scottish Government in April 2013.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on NHS Lanarkshire’s aim of delivering two integrated mental health facilities, and what action it has taken to assist the board in doing this.
Answer
It is for NHS Lanarkshire to plan and provide mental health services which meet the needs of their local communities, in line with national policy, frameworks and guidance.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05256 by Alex Neil on 8 February 2012, what progress has been made toward completion of each of the projects named in the questionnaire.
Answer
The South West hub Territory’s current pipeline contains twenty five projects from 11 of the 19 participants with an estimated construction cost totalling over £250 million.
These projects are currently being developed by the relevant participant bodies ahead of the appointment of a preferred Private Sector Development Partner (PSDP) in August 2012 and the subsequent planned hubco creation in October 2012.
It is thereafter expected that these projects will be delivered by the hubco in accordance with the individual participant timescales.
The procurement of the PSDP is on schedule and final tenders were received on 19 June 2012.
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive in what sectors Skills Development Scotland will continue to support adult apprenticeships.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2012
- Asked by: Margaret McCulloch, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 22 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid to each bus operator through the concessionary travel scheme in each year since 2007.
Answer
In terms of total reimbursement made to bus operators under Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People since 2007, the following payments have been made in each of the financial years from 2007 until 2012.
2007-08 – £163 million
2008-09 – £179.3 million
2009-10 – £185.4 million
2010-11 – £174.2 million
2011-12 - £180 million
Transport Scotland actively publishes monthly details of all items of expenditure of a value of £25,000 or over. This information is available at:
www.transportscotland.gov.uk/about-us/expenditure/reports.
Releasing detailed payment information can, in some cases, disclose the financial and business viability of individual bus operators which could subsequently be used unfairly by a competitor to its advantage. Taking this into consideration, we are unable to provide the level of detail requested.
