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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-11195

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS patients have received treatment with nuclear medicine in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Nuclear medicine is used primarily for diagnostic procedures. A much smaller number of patients receive treatment using nuclear medicine. Information on the number of attendances at nuclear medicine departments is shown in the table. This covers attendances only where patients were seen by a nuclear medicine technologist.

NHSScotland – Attendances at Nuclear Medicine Departments; by Location of Department (NHS Board Area): Years Ended 31 March 2000–04

NHS Board	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004^P
Ayrshire and Arran	3,470	3,765	3,812	3,893	3,928
Fife	1,661	1,638	1,609	1,664	1,627
Forth Valley	1,790	1,249	1,040	1,143	824
Grampian	7,174	9,647	11,803	12,298	12,403
Greater Glasgow	18,452	19,693	19,646	19,969	20,793
Lanarkshire	1,671	1,614	1,063*	1,707	1,635
Lothian	2,185	2,367	1,821	1,853	1,746
Tayside	8,463	8,336	8,018	7,884	7,898
Scotland	44,866	48,309	48,812	50,391	50,854

Source: ISD Scotland.

^PProvisional.

Note: *Information may be under-recorded.

Question reference: S2W-11197

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public meetings have been held regarding the reorganisation of hospital services in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-11192

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) MRI and (b) CT scanners there are, broken down by NHS board area and expressed also per head of population.

The information available is shown in the table:

Table 1. Number of (a) MRI and b) CT Scanners and Rate Per 100,000 Population by NHS Board for Year Ending December 2003

NHS Board	Scanners		Rate Per 100,000 Population
NHS Board	MRI	CT	MRI	CT
Argyll and Clyde	1	4	0.24	0.96
Ayrshire and Arran	2	2	0.54	0.54
Borders	1	1	0.92	0.92
Dumfries and Galloway	0	1	0.00	0.68
Fife	2	2	0.57	0.57
Forth Valley	1	2	0.36	0.72
Grampian	3	3	0.57	0.57
Greater Glasgow	5	10	0.58	1.15
Highland	1	2	0.48	0.96
Lanarkshire	3	3	0.54	0.54
Lothian	6	6	0.77	0.77
Orkney	0	0	0.00	0.00
Shetland	0	1	0.00	4.57
Tayside	4	4	1.03	1.03
Western Isles	0	1	0.00	3.83
Jubilee Hospital	1	1	-	-
Nuffield Hospital	1	0	-	-
Murrayfield Hospital	1	0	-	-
Ross Hall	1	0	-	-
Scotland	33	43	0.65	0.85

Source: NHS Supplies.

Question reference: S2W-11196

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the minimum age requirement is for each geriatric ward within an acute hospital where such an age requirement exists, broken down by acute hospital.

Question reference: S2W-11205

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for patients whose priority is classed as urgent rather than routine, broken down by speciality.

Question reference: S2W-11208

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive why there was a delay in appointing a chairperson to the Scottish Health Council from October 2003, as referred to in A New Public Involvement Structure for NHSScotland.

The consultation paper A New Public Involvement Structure for NHSScotland did propose that the Chair of the Scottish Health Council would be appointed by October. However, Mr Chisholm decided that the arrangements for the establishment of the Scottish Health Council should await the passage of the then NHS Reform Bill and announced this at the Scottish Association of Health Council’s annual conference in September 2003. The bill received Royal Assent in July 2004, by which time the process to appoint a Chair for the Scottish Health Council had begun.

Question reference: S2W-11031

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 27 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive in which year the average female life expectancy in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland first exceeded the current average life expectancy for females in (i) Glasgow, (ii) Dundee, (iii) West Dunbartonshire, (iv) Inverclyde, (v) North Lanarkshire, (vi) East Ayrshire, (vii) North Ayrshire, (viii) Clackmannanshire, (ix) Renfrewshire and (x) Eilean Siar.

The required information is shown in the following table:

Females		(a)	(b)
Expectation of Life at Birth 2001-03	Year in which expectation of life at birth for UK first exceeded the level shown	Year in which expectation of life at birth for Scotland first exceeded the level shown
UK	80.5
Scotland	78.9	1993
(i) Glasgow	76.4	1980	1988
(ii) Dundee City	77.8	1987	1997
(iii) West Dunbartonshire	77.4	1985	1995
(iv) Inverclyde	77.8	1987	1997
(v) North Lanarkshire	77.4	1985	1995
(vi) East Ayrshire	78.0	1988	1998
(vii) North Ayrshire	78.5	1991	2000
(viii) Clackmannan	78.6	1991	2002
(ix) Renfrewshire	78.1	1989	1999
(x) Eilean Siar	79.6	1998

Question reference: S2W-11030

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 27 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive in which year the average male life expectancy in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland first exceeded the current average life expectancy for males in (i) Glasgow, (ii) Dundee, (iii) West Dunbartonshire, (iv) Inverclyde, (v) North Lanarkshire, (vi) East Ayrshire, (vii) North Ayrshire, (viii) Clackmannanshire, (ix) Renfrewshire and (x) Eilean Siar.

The required information is shown in the following table:

		(a)	(b)
Males	Expectation of Life at Birth 2001-03	Year in which expectation of life at birth for UK first exceeded the level shown	Year in which expectation of life at birth for Scotland first exceeded the level shown
UK	75.9
Scotland	73.5	1993
(i) Glasgow	69.1	1974	1981
(ii) Dundee City	72.0	1587	1996
(iii) West Dunbartonshire	70.8	1981	1991
(iv) Inverclyde	70.2	1979	1987
(v) North Lanarkshire	71.9	1986	1996
(vi) East Ayrshire	72.5	1989	1999
(vii) North Ayrshire	72.7	1990	2000
(viii) Clackmannan	73.5	1993	2002
(ix) Renfrewshire	71.9	1987	1996
(x) Eilean Siar	71.6	1985	1994

Question reference: S2W-11034

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive which agencies are used by NHS boards to supply agency nursing staff.

Question reference: S2W-11035

Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the professional development entitlement is for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) allied health professionals and (d) scientific and professional staff.