- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what accommodation arrangements are in place for staff of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, currently accommodated in the Queen Mother's Hospital, should the Queen Mother's Hospital close as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in greater Glasgow.
Answer
I would expect these issues tobe fully explored in the detailed planning and implementation phase of any reconfigurationof maternity services.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether women in the west end of Glasgow will have a choice of maternity care should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I consider that choice shouldbe central to any reorganisation of maternity services and I expect choices to beprovided regarding care options and place of delivery.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the decision not to have neonatologists on site at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children should the Queen Mother's Hospital be closed as part of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
As part of my wider considerationof the proposals, I will examine how the proposals address the issue of neonatologistsupport at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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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 Queen Mother's Hospital in each year since 1999.
Answer
NHSiS - Mean Stay PerEpisode1; Obstetric Specialty: Years Ending 31 March 2000-04
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004P |
| Queen Mother's | 3.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Southern General | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Glasgow Maternity | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Source: ISD Scotland[Form ISD(S)1].
Reference:ISD/ACIG/IR2004-01653.
Date: 04/06/04.
PProvisional.
Note:
1. Derived as total occupiedbed days/in-patient episodes.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns that mothers across Scotland may be separated from sick new-born 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.
Answer
I am considering this issue aspart of my wider consideration of the board's proposals.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are issued concerning the length of stay for mothers delivered of babies at maternity hospitals.
Answer
A Framework for MaternityService in Scotland, published in 2001, sets out a vision and philosophyfor maternity services which provides women with high quality, accessible and responsivematernity care.
The framework makes it clearthat health professionals should adopt a flexible and evidence based approach topost-natal care, working in partnership with women. The duration of a post-natalhospital stay should be individualised, using clinical judgement, to meet the specificneeds of the mother and baby. It should be reinforced by a comprehensive supportservice in the community after discharge. There are no specific guidelines issuedfor post-natal hospital stay.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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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 Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow in each year since it opened.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-8612 on 10 June 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at .
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3831 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 November 2003, whether there is now a case for a central review of maternity services to determine the cross-flow of patients between NHS boards as a result of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
As I indicated in my previousanswer, the overview report of the Expert Group on Acute Maternity Services (2002)states clearly the need for boards to take a regional approach to planning maternityservices and consideration of cross‑flow of patients from other board areasshould be part of this. To help facilitate regional planning in maternity services,the Executive has given each Regional Planning Group 拢50,000 (non‑recurrent)to fund a Regional Maternity Service Co‑ordinator.
The reconfiguration of maternityservices in Glasgow does not make a case for a central review of maternityservices to determine cross‑flow of patients across NHS boards in Scotland.
I have received an update fromNHS Argyll and Clyde and NHS Greater Glasgow on progress to address issueson the pattern of patient choice between Paisley and Glasgow. The two NHS boards will continue to monitor the choiceswomen are making over the coming months.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3831 by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 November 2003, whether it is satisfied that a regional approach to planning maternity provision has been made in respect of plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
The report of the Expert Groupon Acute Maternity Services makes it clear that local planning and commissioningof maternity services should take place within a regional context. The Scottish Executive has provided 拢50,000 non‑recurrent funding to each of the regionsto fund a Regional Maternity Services Co‑ordinator. Greater Glasgow are inthe process of recruiting into this post.
In considering Greater Glasgow'sproposal for their re‑configuration of maternity services I will be lookingat the degree to which Greater Glasgow have taken a regional approach to maternityprovision.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to proposals for the closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital as part of the plans for reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I am considering the report of the outcome of consultation from NHS Greater Glasgow and all other information availableto me. I will continue to listen to representations made by all interested stakeholders.
