Former Independent MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reviews of NHS services, such as chronic pain and wheelchairs, have been carried out since 1990, showing the cost of each review.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultants were allowed to work in the NHS beyond retirement age in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) speciality and (b) NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are reserved for hospital-to-hospital transfers, broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances reserved for dealing with 999 calls have been involved in the transfer of patients from hospitals to specialist centres in other hospitals for emergency treatment in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for ambulance transfers from hospitals to specialist centres in other hospitals for elective treatment.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were transferred to specialist centres in other hospitals for emergency treatment following emergencies arising during elective procedures in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were transferred to hospital as a matter of urgency after a first-response ambulance attended in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many second-response ambulances attended patients to whom first-response ambulances had already attended as an emergency, in each of the last five years.
