- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a shortage of consultants in maxillofacial and oral surgery and, if so, what the shortage is, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The latest available information from ISD Scotland indicates that there were three consultant vacancies in the specialty of oral surgery, one each in Dumfries and Galloway, Forth Valley and Grampian. This information is as at 30 September 2000 and includes maxillofacial surgeons.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients are currently on the waiting list for maxillofacial and oral surgery in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board area.
Answer
The number of patients waiting for hospital admission for in-patient and day case treatment in the specialty of oral surgery, by NHS board of residence, on 31 December 2001, is given in the following table.NHSScotland: Number Of Patients Waiting For Hospital Admission For In-patient/Day Case Treatment In The Specialty Of Oral Surgery
1 On 31 December 2001. By NHS Board Of Residence.
| NHS Board | Number of Patients |
| Argyll and Clyde | 92 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 322 |
| Borders | 69 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 78 |
| Fife | 391 |
| Forth Valley | 65 |
| Grampian | 403 |
| Greater Glasgow | 213 |
| Highland | 106 |
| Lanarkshire | 211 |
| Lothian | 165 |
| Orkney | 29 |
| Shetland | 8 |
| Tayside | 115 |
| Western Isles | 3 |
| Others/Not Known | 12 |
| Scotland | 2,282 |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR3.Note:1. Includes Maxillofacial Surgery.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of a recent fire at HM Prison Cornton Vale, the current fire evacuation system in the prison is satisfactory.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Establishment plans for evacuation were followed and worked effectively.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) target waiting time and (b) average waiting time is for patients on the waiting list for maxillofacial and oral surgery to receive a first appointment with a consultant in (i) Scotland and (ii) each NHS board area.
Answer
The median waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in oral surgery, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner or General Dental Practitioner, by NHS board of residence, in the year ended 30 September 2001, is given in the following table. The target waiting time for a first out-patient appointment with a Consultant, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner or General Dental Practitioner is 9 weeks.NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times For A First Out-patient Appointment With A Consultant In Oral Surgery
1, Following Referral By A General Medical Practitioner/General Dental Practitioner, By NHS Board Of Residence. Year Ending 30 September 2001
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| NHS Board | Median Wait |
| Argyll and Clyde2 | - |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 55 days |
| Borders | 21 days |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 82 days |
| Fife | 52 days |
| Forth Valley | 48 days |
| Grampian | 81 days |
| Greater Glasgow2 | - |
| Highland | 31 days |
| Lanarkshire2 | - |
| Lothian | 26 days |
| Orkney | 52 days |
| Shetland | 28 days |
| Tayside | 74 days |
| Western Isles | 10 days |
| Scotland2 | 58 days |
Source ISD Scotland, SMR00.
pProvisional.Notes:1. Includes most Maxillofacial Surgery.2. Information for residents of Argyll and Clyde, Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire NHS Boards is not available due to recording difficulties at Glasgow Dental Hospital.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place at HM Prison Cornton Vale to separate drug users from other inmates.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:SPS estimate that up to 97% of prisoners at Cornton Vale are drug users on admission. Cornton Vale at present maintains 27 drug-free spaces in Peebles House.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what inquiry or other investigations are currently taking place in respect of the recent fire in a cell at HM Prison Cornton Vale.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:An investigation was carried out by the prison's Fire Safety Officer and the SPS Fire Safety Adviser.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will comment on the report by the Auditor General for Scotland in Appendix 13 of the Scottish Prison Service's Annual Report and Accounts 2000-01.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The Annual Report and Accounts for 2000-01 fully disclose the accounting policies which SPS has complied with in accordance with Government and Accounting Standards requirements. The Auditor General for Scotland has confirmed that SPS complied fully with the current accounting guidance.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 26 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the answer to question S1W-22619 by Peter Peacock on 21 February 2002 and the answer to the fourth supplementary question to question S10-4764 by Peter Peacock on 28 February 2002, what the difference in circumstances is between the position of Western Isles Council and the current situation at the Scottish Borders Council with regard to a council obtaining special borrowing consent following mismanagement of its finances.
Answer
The position of Western Isles Council in 1991, is significantly different from that in the Scottish Borders, in that Western Isles Council had acted ultra vires, in investing in BCCI and faced loses equal to around one third of its total annual budget for services. The scale of the losses suffered by Western Isles Council meant that without action being taken immediately, the delivery of basic services was under threat. The Controller of Audit's report into the Scottish Borders budget deficit in 2001-02, identified an overspend, accumulated over two years 1999-2000 and 2000-01, of £3.9 million - or less than 1.5% of its total budget for all services for each year - arising from financial mismanagement.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 26 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the fourth supplementary question to question S10-4674 by Peter Peacock on 28 February 2002, whether it would respond favourably to an application for special borrowing consent by the Scottish Borders Council if the council applied part or all of its proposed reserves of #1.8 million to reducing cuts to front line services.
Answer
No such request has been received. The level and use of reserves is a matter for the council.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 26 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the fourth supplementary question to question S10-4764 by Peter Peacock on 28 February 2002, which councils have received special borrowing consent in order to allow them to eliminate budgetary deficits.
Answer
Western Isles Council was granted additional borrowing consent in 1991, in respect of significant losses incurred by investment in BCCI. I am not aware of any other council having been granted special borrowing consent in relation to a budget deficit.
