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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 ��˿�� to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-08569

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow will have on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation services for neonates.

Question reference: S2W-08607

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns that specialist staff may leave Scotland as a result of the loss of the combined model of care at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08608

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals are in place for women in the west end of Glasgow to access maternity care should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08627

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans for a new multi-arts performance centre in Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08616

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place for the Yorkhill NHS Trust pharmacy department following the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08620

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional training will be required for staff transporting sick babies as a result of the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.

The report of the Expert Groupon Acute Maternity Services (2002) makes it clear that professionalsat all levels of maternity care must have appropriate skills and competences forthe service they provide. They should have access to regular continuing professionaldevelopment opportunities to equip and maintain the competencies and skills theyneed to provide high quality, safe maternity care.

It will be for NHSGreater Glasgow to ensure that staff have appropriate skills and receive appropriatetraining to maintain a high quality of maternity and neonatal care in any reconfigurationof maternity services.

There is a pan-Scotlandspecialist neonatal intensive care transport service based on three regional locationsin the north of Scotland, west of Scotlandand south east Scotland. Also with increased antenatal care and diagnosis of fetalabnormality, planned neonatal transfers between units can be carried out so thatemergency neonatal transports are minimised.

Question reference: S2W-08613

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of stay has been for mothers delivered of babies at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-08606

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it values the model of care currently provided by the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Queen Mother's Hospital.

Question reference: S2W-08610

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that clinical research at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children will not be affected by the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-08618

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be made for births and post-natal care for mothers whose babies require to be transferred to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children as a result of the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.