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Clinical Outcome Indicators
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) collecting the data for and (b) publishing the clinical outcome indicators for the national health service in Scotland released in February 1996. [16710]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: There are no specific data collection costs attributable to the outcome indicators work. Routine returns are simply being examined in new ways. The cost of printing the report which is distributed free was approximately £3,000.
Wheelchairs
Mr. Tom Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the most recent figure available for the cost of providing an individual with an electrically powered indoor wheelchair. [17189]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The average cost of providing an electrically powered indoor wheelchair is £1,000.
The actual cost of supplying a wheelchair to an individual patient will vary according to the model provided and any modification necessary to meet a patient's needs.
Mr. Clarke:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have been provided with electrically powered indoor wheelchairs by health boards in each of the last three years. [17197]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 26 February 1996]: Information on the number of indoor powered chairs issued in the last three years is not held centrally. Details of the overall number purchased since 1992 are set out in the table.
| Year | Indoor |
|---|---|
| 1992-94 | (29)497 |
| 1994-95 | 409 |
| 1995-96 | (30)87 |
(29) For the 24 month period 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1994.
(30) For six months 1 April 1995 to 30 September 1995.
Mr. Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have been provided with electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs by health boards in each of the last three years. [17195]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 26 February 1996]: Information on the number of indoor/outdoor powered chairs issued in the last three years is not held centrally. Details of the overall number purchased since the provision of special funding in 1992 are set out in the table.
| Year | Indoor/ Outdoor |
|---|---|
| 1992-93 | 313 |
| 1993-94 | 267 |
| 1994-95 | 286 |
| 1995-96 | (31)93 |
(31) For six months 1 April 1995 to 30 September 1995.
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Mr. Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what expenditure has been incurred by health boards for the purchase of electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs in each of the last three years. [171892]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 26 February 1996]: In February 1992, special funding was made available in Scotland for the provision of patient-controlled electric powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs. The allocation available to artificial limb and appliance centres for the provision of these chairs over the last three years is as detailed:
1993-94: £900,000
1994-95: £929,000
1995-96: £946,000
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 26 February 1996]: The average cost of providing an electrically powered indoor/outdoor wheelchair is £1,750.
The actual cost of supplying a wheelchair to an individual patient will vary according to the model provided and any modification necessary to meet a patient's needs.
Mr. Clarke:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what expenditure has been incurred by health boards in Scotland for the purchase of electrically powered indoor wheelchairs in each of the last three years. [17073]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 26 February 1996]: The services provided by the artificial limb and appliance centres--ALACs--which includes the wheelchair service, are at present funded centrally by the national services division, NSD, of the common services agency. A review of the service currently under way recommended that funding of this service should be devolved to health boards from 1 April 1996. This recommendation was accepted and notification of the notional allocation for each board was included in the financial allocations for 1996-97.
Mr. Steinberg:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many restraint and confiscation orders have been obtained in each of the last three years; and for what amounts.[17145]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:
The number of restraint and confiscation orders obtained in the past three years are as undernoted at 1 .
| Undernote (2) Calendar Year | Number of Restraint Orders | Numbers of Confiscation Orders |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 3 |
| 1994 | 11 | 3 |
| 1995 | 28 | 9 |
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| Undernote (2) Calender Year | Individual values of confiscation orders £ |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 98,966 |
| 90,000 | |
| 70,000 | |
| 258,966 | |
| 1994 | 1,715.65 |
| 5,615 | |
| 9,024 | |
| 16,345.65 | |
| 1995 | 41,865 |
| 32,396 | |
| 16,665 | |
| 20,000 | |
| 7,000 | |
| 17,000 | |
| 55,000 | |
| 38,975 | |
| 35,000 | |
| 263,901 |
Breast Screening
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what forecasts he has made of the number of women who will present themselves annually at the national health service breast screening programmes; and if they have been adjusted to take into account the effects of private sector advertising; [17824]
- (2) what assessment he has made of the effect of private sector advertising on the number of women presenting themselves at NHS mass screening programmes; and if he will make a statement; [17825]
(3) what discussions have taken place between his Department and Health Care International regarding the recent advertisements of breast screening; [17826]
4) what comparative assessment he has made of the service offered by the NHS breast screening programme and the service being offered by Health Care International; [17827]
(5) what steps he has taken to assess whether the breast screening service provided by Health Care International will follow agreed NHS standards of practice for breast screening. [17828]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: There has been no adjustment to the target set for attendance for screening in the Scottish breast screening programme as a result of private sector advertising. The current target for attendance in the UK NHS breast screening programme is 70 per cent. In Scotland, this means that about 130,000 women are invited for screening each year and more than 91,000 are screened. No discussions have taken place between the Scottish Office and Health Care International regarding the recent advertisements for breast screening and no assessment has been made of the service being offered by it.
The Scottish breast screening programme offers free screening every three years to all eligible women aged 50 to 64. Women aged over 64 can attend on request at the
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same frequency. Every effort is made to ensure that women and their general practitioners are aware of this high-quality free service.
Mr. Maclennan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that the implementation of EC directive 95/29 on the transport of live animals does not exclude producers in the highlands and islands from markets; and if he will make a statement. [17531]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson:
EC directive 95/29 sets out a range of requirements for ensuring the welfare of animals being transported throughout the single market. Implementation in Great Britain will have to be sufficiently flexible to allow the traditional pattern of livestock and marketing to continue from all parts of the country, including the highlands and islands. We shall consult further on our legislative proposals.
Mr. McLeish:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library the study of general practitioner fundholding commissioned by his Department and carried out by John Howie of the department of general practice at Edinburgh university during 1995. [17669]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:
Arrangements are being made for the report of the study to be placed in the Library.
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