Chamber and committees

Our Scottish Diabetes Foot Action Group (SDFAG) is working closely with Diabetes UK to raise public awareness of foot complications for people with diabetes through the “Put Feet First” campaign.

During the foot screening process, clinicians are expected to make the patient aware of the risk factors that contribute to ulceration and amputation and provide information tailored to the patient’s individual need. This advice is also emphasised through appropriate written information.

This information is available on the NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) Information Services Division (ISD) website. The most up to date figures available are for the financial year 2011-12. These are reproduced in the following table:

The Scottish Diabetes Survey collates data submitted by all 14 NHS Scotland Boards on the number of people with diabetes.

The 2011 report can be found at: http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/Publications/SDS%202011.pdf

Information in the report (Table 69) reported that in Scotland

Percentage of people with diabetes (type 1 and type 2 combined) who had a record of ever having had a foot ulcer was:

Information in the report (Table 71) reported that in Scotland

Percentage of people with diabetes (type 1 and type 2 combined) who had a record of ever having had a lower limb amputation,

Both Ministers and Scottish Government officials regularly discuss matters of local importance, including the forthcoming clinical services review, with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Information is not recorded for specific conditions and services.

The Scottish Health Service Costs (the Costs Book) is the only source of published cost information for NHSScotland. This provides a detailed analysis of how board operating costs reported in board annual accounts, have been spent on patient care within NHS Scotland.

The Costs Book is published on the ISD website: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Finance/Costs/

Data on neurorehabilitation services broken down by individual NHS board is not held centrally. Information for condition specific services is not recorded.

While policies, frameworks and resources are provided by the Scottish Government, individual boards are responsible for planning services in their area. This includes securing the range of staff to deliver services to make sure the services meet the needs of patients.

Standard 4.6 of the Neurological Standards states that NHS boards should provide designated rehabilitation services specifically for people with neurological symptoms.

While policies, frameworks and resources are provided by the Scottish Government, individual NHS boards are responsible for planning services in their area and for securing the staff (including specialisms) to deliver them. It is for NHS boards to determine their workforce requirements, including training, based on the clinical needs and services developments in their area.

Our priority for people living with neurological conditions is to ensure that the Neurological Standards published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland are implemented, they offer the best mechanism for achieving safe, effective and person centred care.

The standards will help ensure people get the earliest and most appropriate treatment locally, but with access to specialist services when needed. That’s why we previously provided boards with £1.2million, to develop improvement groups as the main vehicles to take them forward.

Standard 4.6 of the states that NHS boards should provide designated rehabilitation services specifically for people with neurological symptoms.

The total amount spent by NHSScotland on clinical negligence claims since 2007-08 is detailed in the following table:

Fluctuations in the sums paid from year to year are due to the number of high value settlements occurring in any one year. These tend to relate to birth cases where the sums paid can be substantial. In 2010-11 there were 25 claims paid that were in excess of £1 million compared to 16 in 2009-10.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

The Higher Education Statistics Authority produces statistics for students in higher education institutions. The latest information for Scotland is for the academic year 2011-12. Data for academic year 2012-13 will be available in 2014.

In 2011-12, 120 students (rounded to the nearest 5) obtained a higher education qualification in Radiography.

Information on the number of transvaginal meshes supplied by National Procurement is given in the following table by NHS board and product.

1. Information was provided by NHS National Services Scotland: National Procurement (NP) where devices were supplied by NP to NHS boards in response to catalogue requests.

2. The manufacturer of all three devices is Johnson and Johnson.