- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) doctors, (b) consultant doctors, (c) nurses, (d) allied health professionals, (e) scientific and professional staff, (f) technical staff, (g) administrative and clerical staff and (h) ancillary staff entered employment in the NHS in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The question requires a considerable level of detail in the answer. I will write to the member separately and a copy of the correspondence (Bib. number 34203) will be placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre in due course.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-6991 by Malcolm Chisholm on 30 March 2004, how much has been spent on NHS locum staff in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) NHS board area and (b) speciality.
Answer
The total cost of locum hospital and community medical and dental staff employed by NHSScotland in each NHS board is presented in the attached tables overleaf for the full years ending 31 March 1999 to 2004. Information by specialty is not available.
The term “NHS Locum” is used in relation to medical and dental staff only.
Paybill for Locum medical and dental staff by NHS Board and Grade
Total Cost at end ofFinancial Year
| Health Board | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-2000 |
| Scotland | 19,112,946.1 | 17,431,709.5 | 17,990,706.8 | 15,677,271.7 | 13,164,089.6 |
| Consultant | 11,166,989.2 | 9,980,518.4 | 10,215,684.7 | 8,870,888.2 | 7,065,637.0 |
| Other | 7,945,956.9 | 7,451,191.1 | 7,775,022.1 | 6,806,383.5 | 6,098,452.6 |
| NHS Argyll and Clyde | 1,222,928.5 | 1,039,937.7 | 1,236,557.5 | 732,582.6 | 853,331.6 |
| Consultant | 932,438.4 | 696,750.9 | 856,430.4 | 479,220.7 | 566,694.1 |
| Other | 290,490.1 | 343,186.8 | 380,127.1 | 253,361.9 | 286,637.5 |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 1,083,595.4 | 975,894.9 | 852,377.2 | 726,120.4 | 900,374.9 |
| Consultant | 552,052.8 | 443,787.9 | 300,626.1 | 275,049.1 | 436,249.0 |
| Other | 531,542.6 | 532,107.0 | 551,751.1 | 451,071.2 | 464,125.9 |
| NHS Borders | 123,301.1 | 178,419.4 | 239,213.6 | 263,812.5 | 183,091.6 |
| Consultant | 38,295.3 | 96,179.5 | 64,741.3 | 168,981.1 | 109,120.2 |
| Other | 85,005.8 | 82,239.9 | 174,472.3 | 94,831.4 | 73,971.4 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 396,568.2 | 427,553.2 | 453,995.9 | 360,976.0 | 542,178.4 |
| Consultant | 178,701.9 | 264,908.9 | 250,647.0 | 218,181.3 | 411,511.4 |
| Other | 217,866.3 | 162,644.3 | 203,348.9 | 142,794.7 | 130,667.0 |
| NHS Fife | 1,374,344.4 | 1,394,264.8 | 994,731.7 | 1,001,988.9 | 695,087.4 |
| Consultant | 1,048,054.1 | 1,047,571.1 | 694,887.8 | 518,671.5 | 229,199.7 |
| Other | 326,290.2 | 346,693.7 | 299,843.8 | 483,317.4 | 465,887.6 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 856,991.1 | 737,495.4 | 870,110.6 | 840,457.5 | 662,439.8 |
| Consultant | 546,639.4 | 526,339.5 | 719,689.2 | 689,081.8 | 488,701.3 |
| Other | 310,351.7 | 211,155.9 | 150,421.4 | 151,375.6 | 173,738.5 |
| NHS Grampian | 2,288,733.2 | 2,157,316.8 | 1,359,152.5 | 1,574,418.4 | 990,934.4 |
| Consultant | 801,735.8 | 827,394.8 | 569,763.9 | 864,418.0 | 367,324.7 |
| Other | 1,486,997.4 | 1,329,922.0 | 789,388.6 | 710,000.3 | 623,609.7 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow | 3,170,829.0 | 2,617,390.7 | 3,374,232.8 | 2,540,806.0 | 1,790,420.2 |
| Consultant | 1,818,638.1 | 1,484,985.1 | 2,067,998.9 | 1,555,037.4 | 1,033,927.9 |
| Other | 1,352,191.0 | 1,132,405.6 | 1,306,233.9 | 985,768.5 | 756,492.3 |
| NHS Highland | 910,614.6 | 749,757.2 | 1,205,362.0 | 1,036,725.2 | 546,649.9 |
| Consultant | 544,684.9 | 450,673.2 | 729,104.9 | 578,913.4 | 373,976.4 |
| Other | 365,929.8 | 299,083.9 | 476,257.0 | 457,811.8 | 172,673.5 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 2,755,869.1 | 2,337,189.6 | 2,226,408.5 | 1,897,763.2 | 2,232,720.3 |
| Consultant | 1,938,969.9 | 1,532,814.8 | 1,444,237.8 | 1,341,366.3 | 1,354,288.2 |
| Other | 816,899.1 | 804,374.8 | 782,170.7 | 556,396.9 | 878,432.1 |
| NHS Lothian | 3,759,871.7 | 3,622,559.6 | 3,481,248.7 | 3,237,848.1 | 2,344,508.6 |
| Consultant | 1,998,883.8 | 1,812,643.1 | 1,578,976.7 | 1,389,889.9 | 921,770.0 |
| Other | 1,760,987.9 | 1,809,916.4 | 1,902,271.9 | 1,847,958.2 | 1,422,738.7 |
| NHS Orkney | 31,831.9 | 47,447.2 | 32,461.3 | 12,112.0 | 28,543.0 |
| Consultant | 29,303.6 | 47,447.2 | 32,137.4 | 12,112.0 | 28,543.0 |
| Other | 2,528.2 | - | 323.9 | - | - |
| NHS Shetland | 48,967.1 | | 92,731.0 | 74,485.6 | 57,029.4 |
| Consultant | 48,967.1 | | 92,731.0 | 74,485.6 | 54,955.8 |
| Other | | | | | 2,073.6 |
| State Hospital | 92,991.9 | 65,150.7 | 24,882.6 | | |
| Consultant | 92,991.9 | 51,523.1 | 24,882.6 | - | |
| Other | | 13,627.5 | | - | |
| NHS Tayside | 846,369.7 | 765,722.9 | 1,121,054.0 | 975,929.5 | 972,510.2 |
| Consultant | 477,149.7 | 439,971.8 | 460,988.6 | 488,256.1 | 520,487.5 |
| Other | 369,220.0 | 325,751.1 | 660,065.4 | 487,673.4 | 452,022.7 |
| NHS Western Isles | 149,139.3 | 315,609.6 | 395,312.3 | 282,060.3 | 237,532.5 |
| Consultant | 119,482.4 | 257,527.6 | 327,841.1 | 212,021.3 | 159,123.6 |
| Other | 29,656.9 | 58,082.0 | 67,471.2 | 70,039.0 | 78,408.9 |
| Special Health Boards | | | 30,874.8 | 119185.79 | 126737.60 |
| Consultant | - | - | - | 5202.55 | 9764.44 |
| Other | - | - | 30874.78 | 113983.24 | 116973.16 |
Note: 1. Other consists of all other directly employed hospital and community medical and dental locum staff
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be provided to (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) allied health professionals and (d) scientific and professional staff to help subsidise continuing professional development.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S2W-11035, on 21 October 2004. 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/webapp/wa.search.
Funding for continuing professional development will be included as part of the annual overall funding given to the NHS in the financial year and therefore there will be no requirement for additional monies made available for continuing professional development in the health service.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made towards meeting the target of recruiting an extra 600 consultants to the NHS by 2006.
Answer
There is a commitment to increase consultant numbers by 600 and we are working hard to achieve this challenging target.
Additional interventions to improve consultant recruitment and retention are required against a backdrop of UK and, indeed global, shortages in some specialties.
An action plan has been developed to address these issues and includes a range of short, medium and longer term interventions, to help supplement and support ongoing initiatives on retention and recruitment of consultants. The Scottish Executive is working with NHS boards to achieve this.
The commitment to increase consultants by 600 may be influenced by the work being undertaken by the Advisory Group on Service Change (chaired by professor David Kerr) on the development of a national Framework for Service Change.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many places there were in care homes for (a) older people, (b) physically disabled people, (c) adults with mental health problems, (d) adults with learning disabilities and (e) adults in other client groups in (i) 1998-99 and (ii) 1999-2000, broken down by care home sector.
Answer
This information was published in
Scottish Community Care Statistics 2002 and will be available from the Parliament’s Reference Centre. This information can also be found on the following web address:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00309-00.asp.
The information you require can be found in the following tables: (a) Tables 1.12 and 1.21; (b) Tables 4.7 and 4.15; (c) Tables 3.5 and 3.13; (d) Tables 2.5 and 2.13; and, (e) Tables 5.5 and 5.10. The first table for each client group gives data on Residential Care Homes and the second gives data on Private Nursing Homes.
Please note that, up until March 2003, information was not available on which Private Nursing Homes were registered for residents belonging to the various client groups. However, information was collected on the number of residents belonging to the various client groups who were in Private Nursing Homes during the census period.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many residents there were in care homes for (a) older people, (b) physically disabled people, (c) adults with mental health problems, (d) adults with learning disabilities and (e) adults in other client groups in (i) 1998-99 and (ii) 1999-2000, broken down by care home sector.
Answer
This information was published in
Scottish Community Care Statistics 2002 and will be available from the Parliament’s Reference Centre. This information can also be found on the following web address:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00309-00.asp.
The information you require can be found in the following tables: (a) Tables 1.12 and 1.21; (b) Tables 4.7 and 4.15; (c) Tables 3.5 and 3.13; (d) Tables 2.5 and 2.13; and, (e) Tables 5.5 and 5.10. The first table for each client group gives data on Residential Care Homes and the second gives data on Private Nursing Homes.
Please note that, up until March 2003, information was not available on which Private Nursing Homes were registered for residents belonging to the various client groups. However, information was collected on the number of residents belonging to the various client groups who were in Private Nursing Homes during the census period.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many care homes there were for (a) older people, (b) physically disabled people, (c) adults with mental health problems, (d) adults with learning disabilities and (e) adults in other client groups in (i) 1998-99 and (ii) 1999-2000, broken down by care home sector.
Answer
This information was published in
Scottish Community Care Statistics 2002 and will be available from the Parliament’s Reference Centre. This information can also be found on the following web address:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00309-00.asp.
The information you require can be found in the following tables: (a) Tables 1.12 and 1.21; (b) Tables 4.7 and 4.15; (c) Tables 3.5 and 3.13; (d) Tables 2.5 and 2.13, and, (e) Tables 5.5 and 5.10. The first table for each client group gives data on Residential Care Homes and the second gives data on Private Nursing Homes.
Please note that, up until March 2003, information was not available on which Private Nursing Homes were registered for residents belonging to the various client groups. However, information was collected on the number of residents belonging to the various client groups who were in Private Nursing Homes during the census period.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) whole-time-equivalent radiologists and (b) radiologists are trained to administer nuclear medicine, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Information on the number of radiologists within “Clinical Radiology’”and “Nuclear Medicine” is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website, under the Workforce Statistics section, at
www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
Information on the numbers of consultants is published in Table B8.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS sites have facilities to provide nuclear medicine, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Information on the number of NHS sites that have facilities to provide nuclear medicine is shown in the table.
| NHS Board | |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 2 |
| Borders | 1 |
| Fife | 1 |
| Forth Valley | 2 |
| Grampian | 1 |
| Greater Glasgow | 5 |
| Highland | 1 |
| Lanarkshire | 1 |
| Lothian | 4 |
| Tayside | 1 |
| Scotland | 18 |
Source: NHS Boards, October 2004.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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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.
Answer
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 |
| 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.
