- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure on hospital drugs has been in NHS Orkney in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer
The hospital services drug expenditure for the last four years at NHS Orkney:
| Year | Amount (£ million) |
| 2009-10 | 0.3 |
| 2008-09 | 0.3 |
| 2007-08 | 0.3 |
| 2006-07 | 0.3 |
Source: ISD Scotland costs book.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been for drugs prescribed for diabetes treatment in NHS Western Isles in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer
The following table shows the gross ingredient cost for drugs defined by the British National Formulary as involved in the treatment of diabetes dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors for the financial years ended 31 March 2007 to 2010 for NHS Western Isles. The data exclude the direct supply of medicines to patients from hospitals and hospital-based clinics.
| Financial Year | Gross Ingredient Cost (£) |
| 2006-07 | 253,548 |
| 2007-08 | 267,163 |
| 2008-09 | 269,452 |
| 2009-10 | 296,976 |
Notes:
The data are based on British National Formulary subsections 6.1.1 and 6.1.2.
Gross ingredient cost is the cost of an item before any discounts are applied. It excludes adjustments and broken bulk fees.
The information in the table has been provided by NHS National Services Scotland. Further information on prescribing can be found at www.isdscotland.org/prescribing.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure on hospital drugs has been in NHS Grampian in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer
The hospital services drug expenditure for the last four years at NHS Grampian:
| Year | Amount (£ million) |
| 2009-10 | 30.1 |
| 2008-09 | 26.6 |
| 2007-08 | 23.3 |
| 2006-07 | 21.5 |
Source: ISD Scotland costs book.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure on hospital drugs has been in NHS Highland in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer
The hospital services drug expenditure for the last four years at NHS Highland:
| Year | Amount (£ million) |
| 2009-10 | 11.9 |
| 2008-09 | 10.4 |
| 2007-08 | 9.0 |
| 2006-07 | 9.5 |
Source: ISD Scotland costs book.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost has been for drugs prescribed for diabetes treatment in NHS Grampian in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer
The following table shows the gross ingredient cost for drugs defined by the British National Formulary as involved in the treatment of diabetes dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors for the financial years ended 31 March 2007 to 2010 for NHS Grampian. The data exclude the direct supply of medicines to patients from hospitals and hospital-based clinics.
| Financial Year | Gross Ingredient Cost (£) |
| 2006-07 | 3,779,874 |
| 2007-08 | 4,001,780 |
| 2008-09 | 3,961,375 |
| 2009-10 | 4,224,740 |
Notes:
The data are based on British National Formulary subsections 6.1.1 and 6.1.2.
Gross ingredient cost is the cost of an item before any discounts are applied. It excludes adjustments and broken bulk fees.
The information in the table has been provided by NHS National Services Scotland. Further information on prescribing can be found at www.isdscotland.org/prescribing.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure on hospital drugs has been in NHS Shetland in each of the last four years for which information is available.
Answer
The hospital services drug expenditure for the last four years at NHS Shetland:
| Year | Amount £(m) |
| 2009-10 | 0.6 |
| 2008-09 | 0.4 |
| 2007-08 | 0.4 |
| 2006-07 | 0.5 |
Source: ISD Scotland costs book.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is improving access to NHS dentistry in rural and remote areas.
Answer
The Scottish Government has taken significant steps through a series of measures to increase access to NHS dentistry in rural and remote areas.
In the period 31 March 2007 to 31 December 2010 dental registrations have increased by 1.15 million.
The following table shows the increase in dental registrations by NHS board.
Difference in Number of Registrations by Age Category
| NHS Board | Child | Adult | All Ages |
| Scotland | 163,714 | 989,579 | 1,153,293 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 8,621 | 67,752 | 76,373 |
| Borders | 4,550 | 18,438 | 22,988 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3,714 | 29,792 | 33,506 |
| Fife | 10,817 | 60,196 | 71,013 |
| Forth Valley | 9,632 | 57,627 | 67,259 |
| Grampian | 13,683 | 73,619 | 87,302 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 22,660 | 198,052 | 220,712 |
| Highland | 11,810 | 59,827 | 71,637 |
| Lanarkshire | 18,322 | 108,805 | 127,127 |
| Lothian | 12,798 | 127,023 | 139,821 |
| Orkney | 1,597 | 3,696 | 5,293 |
| Shetland | 1,889 | 4,562 | 6,451 |
| Tayside | 4,878 | 56,978 | 61,856 |
| Western Isles | 1,115 | 4,032 | 5,147 |
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) independent and (b) salaried dentists in the Highlands and Islands area received the £9,000 remote areas allowance in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer
The number of (a) independent and (b) salaried dentists in the Highland and Islands area who received the £9,000 remote areas allowance in each of the last three years for which information is available is shown in the following table:
| Dentists | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 (to date) |
| (a) independent | 19 | 24 | 27 |
| (b) salaried | 30 | 34 | 41 |
The figures in the table do not include (a) independent and (b) salaried dentists who have received, in the last three years, the remote areas allowance payable at amounts of less than the full £9,000.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly qualified nurses were recruited in NHS Western Isles in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010 and how many have been recruited in 2011 to date.
Answer
The number of newly-qualified nurses employed in NHS Western Isles since 2007 is as follows
2007 “ 1
2008 “ 3
2009 “ 1
2010 “ 6
2011 “ 0.
Recruitment of newly-qualified nurses and midwives in 2011 is on-going.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly qualified doctors were recruited in NHS Grampian in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009, (d) 2010 and how many have been recruited in 2011 to date.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39914 on 10 March 2011. 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.
