- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were treated at the Dumbarton Joint Hospital in each of the last three years, broken down by specialty.
Answer
This information is not held centrally in the format requested.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were treated at the Helensburgh Victoria Infirmary in each of the last three years, broken down by specialty.
Answer
The information is not held centrally in the format requested.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent action has been taken to encourage NHS Argyll and Clyde to work more effectively across boundaries with NHS Greater Glasgow and NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Answer
NHS boards must be committed to meaningful co-operation with each other and their planning partners in order to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable health and health care services, irrespective of administrative boundaries.
The Executive has recently been in discussion with NHS Argyll and Clyde and neighbouring boards about the importance of the fullest possible joint planning and working between them to ensure that services for Argyll and Clyde residents are as good as they can be. The Executive will continue to pursue this issue with the relevant NHS boards.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will monitor and report on the implementation of partnership in practice agreements submitted by local authorities.
Answer
Implementation is primarily a matter for local authorities, health boards and their planning partners, working in partnership with people with learning disabilities and their families.
It will be monitored through NHS Quality Improvement Scotland learning disability review visits, the NHS Performance Assessment Framework, and Community Care and learning disability statistical information collected and published by the Scottish Executive Analytical Services Division.
The Scottish Executive will respond to local authorities and their partners on new Partnership in Practice agreements being completed now for the years 2004-07. All agreements will be publicly available on the Scottish Executive website, with this feedback.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its timetable is for reform of the law of bankruptcy and diligence.
Answer
Consultation on the draft Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill ended on 30 September and the responses are currently being analysed. I can confirm that Scottish ministers fully intend to bring forward legislation in the life time of this Parliament to modernise the laws of personal bankruptcy and diligence in Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS Argyll and Clyde patients were treated by NHS Greater Glasgow in each of the last three years, broken down by local health care co-operative and including (a) all day cases and inpatients, (b) elective inpatients, (c) emergency inpatients, (d) day cases and (e) GP outpatient referrals.
Answer
The information requested is provided in the table:
Year Ending | Local Health Care Co-operative (LHCC) | Total In-patient/Day Case Discharges | “Elective” In-patient Discharges | Emergency In-patient Discharges | Day Case Discharges | First Out-patient Appointments |
31-Mar-02 | Total | 22,355 | 7,670 | 4,152 | 8,224 | 9,672 |
Argyll and Bute Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 3,896 | 1,913 | 771 | 769 | 1,713 |
Inverclyde Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 2,360 | 1,046 | 275 | 715 | 631 |
Levern Valley Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 1,145 | 333 | 243 | 434 | 596 |
Lomond Primary Care Co-Operative | 4,383 | 1,459 | 849 | 1,678 | 2,508 |
Paisley Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 4,028 | 1,172 | 591 | 1,930 | 1,441 |
Renfrew Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 2,402 | 504 | 695 | 913 | 931 |
West Renfrew Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 4,141 | 1,243 | 728 | 1,785 | 1,852 |
31-Mar-03 | Total | 22,131 | 7,398 | 3,949 | 8,796 | 11,106 |
Argyll and Bute Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 3,725 | 1,746 | 699 | 881 | 1,786 |
Inverclyde Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 2,404 | 1,035 | 270 | 806 | 750 |
Levern Valley Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 1,130 | 316 | 187 | 544 | 662 |
Lomond Primary Care Co-Operative | 4,050 | 1,351 | 812 | 1,548 | 2,612 |
Paisley Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 4,238 | 1,218 | 570 | 2,123 | 1,846 |
Renfrew Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 2,400 | 468 | 709 | 958 | 1,244 |
West Renfrew Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 4,184 | 1,264 | 702 | 1,936 | 2,206 |
31-Mar-04 (provisional) | Total | 20,258 | 6,318 | 3,176 | 8,573 | 10,154 |
Argyll and Bute Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 3,484 | 1,533 | 567 | 948 | 1,632 |
Inverclyde Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 2,505 | 954 | 317 | 920 | 631 |
Levern Valley Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 1,074 | 254 | 168 | 546 | 533 |
Lomond Primary Care Co-Operative | 4,085 | 1,206 | 706 | 1,729 | 2,256 |
Paisley Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 3,539 | 991 | 438 | 1,763 | 1,561 |
Renfrew Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 1,584 | 340 | 453 | 586 | 1,396 |
West Renfrew Local Healthcare Co-Operative | 3,987 | 1,040 | 527 | 2,081 | 2,145 |
Source:SMR00, SMR01.
Notes:
1. Any GP practices, at any particular time, may not be a member of an LHCC.
2. Some Argyll and Clyde residents treated in Greater Glasgow may not belong to an LHCC or, if so, not to an Argyll and Clyde LHCC. Such cases are excluded are from the table.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what performance indicators are in place to monitor the uptake of direct payments, broken down by eligible community care group.
Answer
There are no performance indicators in place to monitor the uptake of direct payments. Consideration is being given to introducing these for direct payments in 2005-06.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been treated by the Vale of Leven Hospital Minor Injury Unit since its inception.
Answer
There were 4,607 out-patient attendances at the Vale of Leven Hospital Minor Injury Unit in the quarter ending 31 March 2004.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage NHS Argyll and Clyde to work with NHS Greater Glasgow in the interests of patients.
Answer
NHS boards must be committed to meaningful co-operation with each other and their planning partners in order to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable health and health care services, irrespective of administrative boundaries.
The Executive has recently been in discussion with NHS Argyll and Clyde and neighbouring boards about the importance of the fullest possible joint planning and working between them to ensure that services for Argyll and Clyde residents are as good as they can be. The Executive will continue to pursue this issue with the relevant NHS boards.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the year-on-year increase in the recruitment of (a) consultants, (b) doctors and (c) nurses in the NHS will be over the next five years.
Answer
There are a number of Partnership Agreement commitments relating to increasing staffing numbers. These include increasing the number of NHS consultants by 600 by 2006 and attracting 12,000 nurses and midwives into NHSScotland by September 2007.