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Question reference: S4W-13414

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12690 by Michael Matheson on 26 February 2013, who invites healthcare officials and stakeholders to join the Scottish Chronic Pain Steering Group.

Question reference: S4W-13104

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what changes there have been to the eligibility criteria for wheelchair services since 2007-08.

Question reference: S4W-13103

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been for someone to be provided with a wheelchair in each year since 2007-08, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S4W-13101

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reviewed the implementation of the Wheelchair and seating services modernisation: Action Plan and whether all recommendations in the action plan have been met.

The Wheelchair and Seating Services Project Board developed, monitored and supported the implementation of the Wheelchair and Seating Services Modernisation project. The project board was wound up in December 2010, following which the Wheelchair and Seating Services Delivery Group was established to oversee the final stages of implementation.

The delivery group assessed the position in relation to all of the actions set out in the Wheelchair and Seating Services Modernisation Action Plan. As at January 2012, when the Delivery Group completed its remit, one action remained outstanding relating to Information Management and Technology. It was agreed this would be a matter for NHS board chief executives to consider whether local and/or national IT solutions would be required in due course.

The delivery group produced the Wheelchair & Seating Services Improvement Framework, which was issued to NHS boards in May 2012. The Framework is designed to support local NHS boards to assess continuing improvement and delivery of wheelchair and seating services through appropriate local governance processes.

Question reference: S4W-13106

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the names of the members of the project board that monitored the implementation of the Wheelchair and seating services modernisation: Action Plan; and when the project board last met.

The Wheelchair and Seating Services Project Board (WSSPB) oversaw the modernisation project and last met on 10 December 2010.

Wheelchair Seating Services Modernisation Project Board: Membership

Chair: Richard Carey	Chief Executive Officer, NHS Grampian
Geoff Bardsley	Senior Rehabilitation Engineer, NHS Tayside
Gordon Birnie	Medical Director, NHS Fife
John Colvin	Head of Service, WestMARC, NHS GG&C
Andrew Daly	Head of Financial Planning and Allocations, NHS GG&C
Hazel Dykes	Associate Director AHP, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Anne Harkness	Director, Rehabilitation Directorate, NHS GG&C
Roger Kincaid	Parent of Wheelchair User
Jill Pritchard	Fife Council
Liz Rowlett	Policy, Information and Parliamentary Officer
Ron Skinner	Wheelchair User
Roseanne Urquhart	Chair, ReTSAG
Janet Garcia	National Project Manager, Scottish Government
Graham Wood	Project Support Officer, Scottish Government

Question reference: S4W-13105

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what changes there have been to the eligibility criteria for powered wheelchairs since 2007-08.

The Standards and Eligibility Working Group (SEWG), a sub group of the Wheelchair and Seating Services Project Board, produced clarification of clinical criteria for the provision of attendant controlled and dual controlled powered wheelchairs.

Clarification was added to eligibility criteria for Indoor/Outdoor Occupant Controlled wheelchairs (EPIOC) and Attendant Controlled Outdoor Powered wheelchairs (EPAC).

New criteria were added in 2009 for Indoor/Outdoor Dual Controlled Powered wheelchairs (EPOIC Dual).

These eligibility criteria are available from:

http://www.retis.scot.nhs.uk/groups/scotretwc.php.

Question reference: S4W-13102

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has allocated annually to each NHS board for wheelchair and seating services since 2007-08.

A total of over £16 million was allocated to NHS boards from 2007 to 2012 to support improvements in wheelchair services. The Wheelchair and Seating Services (WSS) modernisation project allocations from 2007 to 2012 are provided in the following table

WSS Modernisation Project – Allocations to NHS Boards 2007-12

	2007-08¹	2008-09²	2009-10²	2010-11²	2011-12^2,3
NHS Grampian	£91,008	£190,347	£553,720	£431,765	£407,256
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	£446,086	£1,007,351	£2,378,683	£2,098,361	£1,966,745
NHS Highland	£66,148	£114,699	£493,887	£313,117	£269,743
NHS Lothian		£418,500	£1,758,000	£970,412	£919,152
NHS Tayside	£84,534	£171,339	£514,879	£329,345	£304,699
NHS Education			£50,000
Central Costs		£72,000	£89,000	£147,000	£30,000
Total	£707,776	£1,974,236	£5,838,169	£4,290,000	£3,897,595

Notes:

1.Funding provided to NHS boards prior to start-up of the modernisation project

2.Funding provided to NHS boards for the modernisation project totalling £16 million

3.The modernisation project covered the three years from 2008-09 to 2010-11. As the full £16 million committed had not been spent at the end of this period, the remaining funding was allocated in
2011-12.

In addition, since the end of the project and following on from the Strategic Spending Review, NHS boards have now been allocated additional recurring baseline funding to support continuous improvement as set out in the Wheelchair and Seating Quality Improvement Framework, which was issued to NHS boards in May 2012. Allocations to each NHS board for 2012-13 are set out in the following table:

NHS Board annual allocation for wheelchair and seating services 2012-13

NHS Board Area	Allocation
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	£125,980
NHS Borders	£35,762
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	£51,358
NHS Fife	£117,517
NHS Forth Valley	£93,668
NHS Grampian	£164,363
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	£411,644
NHS Highland	£108,161
NHS Lanarkshire	£186,847
NHS Lothian	£251,953
NHS Orkney	£7,227
NHS Shetland	£7,636
NHS Tayside	£134,138
NHS Western Isles	£10,348
Total	£1,706,602

Question reference: S4W-13202

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether spinal surgery is subject to a waiting times guarantee and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Spinal treatment is one of a small number of exceptions to the Treatment Time Guarantee, which came into effect on 1 October 2012. This was because at the time of taking the legislation through Parliament it was clear that there was significant capacity issues around spinal services and that Boards would need more time to improve these services to fully comply with the legal guarantee. Boards are now actively working to put the necessary capacity in place to deliver the 12 weeks legal treatment time guarantee. The aim is to remove this exception within the next year.

Question reference: S4W-13205

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Golden Jubilee National Hospital has used non-NHS surgeons to carry out spinal surgery since 2007 and, if so, what the cost was.

Question reference: S4W-13204

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government where NHS Ayrshire and Arran patients attend spinal surgery.