Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the question S3W-33760 answered on 21 May 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.

I refer the member to the question S3W-33760 answered on 21 May 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.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34752 on 5 July 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

As I said on 3 June, the detailed remit and operation of the scrutiny group will be finalised in consultation with the stakeholders involved. Members of the group have been asked to submit their views on membership, remit and operation of the group. The first meeting of the group will take place on 4 August 2010.

The medical certificate of the cause of death, which is the information source for General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) statistics, describes the diseases or conditions leading or contributing to death. It does not detail whether the disease or condition was hospital acquired. On that basis, GROS has confirmed it cannot distinguish between deaths from hospital acquired E. coli and deaths from E. coli that was acquired elsewhere, in order to collect and publish such statistics.

Health Protection Scotland (HPS) has confirmed that until a better understanding can be established of what proportion of E. coli bacteraemias are healthcare associated, their epidemiology and what measures are available to prevent them, it would be difficult to separate out any healthcare associated subset from total case numbers.

HPS is currently reviewing possible options for surveillance but advise that in the interim E. coli bacteraemias will continue to be reported as part of annual antimicrobial resistance surveillance reporting arrangements. The first report, published in January 2010, is available through the HPS website using the following url:

http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/haiic/amr/publicationsdetail.aspx?id=43744.

The Health Protection Scotland (HPS) NHSScotland National HAI Prevalence Survey, dated July 2007, confirmed that E. coli accounted for 6.7% of infections and was predominantly associated with urinary tract infections. This same report also confirmed that both Clostridium difficile and MRSA accounted for more than 17% of infections.

As I said on 3 June, the detailed remit and operation of the scrutiny group will be finalised in consultation with the stakeholders involved. Members of the group have been asked to submit their views on membership, remit and operation of the group. The first meeting of the group will take place on 4 August 2010.

As I said on 3 June, the detailed remit and operation of the scrutiny group will be finalised in consultation with the stakeholders involved. Members of the group have been asked to submit their views on membership, remit and operation of the group. The first meeting of the group will take place on 4 August 2010.

According to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, their bed model projects (on a like-for-like basis) that there will be 201 beds available at the new Children''s Hospital.

In addition to these, 12 neonatal beds will transfer to the new Maternity Hospital. Greater Glasgow and Clyde''s bed model reflects the continuing commitment to increased day care provision, reducing the need for a hospital stay which benefits all patients and, in particular, children.