Dr Jean Turner: 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.
Dr Jean Turner: 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.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are reserved for hospital-to-hospital transfers, broken down by NHS board.
Dr Jean Turner: 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.
Dr Jean Turner: 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.
Dr Jean Turner: 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.
Dr Jean Turner: 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.
Dr Jean Turner: 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.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive, in instances where first-response ambulances are called to an emergency and request second-response ambulances to attend to transfer patients to hospital, what the target response times are for the second ambulances in (a) urban and (b) remote and rural areas.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive whether second-response ambulances are always staffed with two ambulance personnel, one of whom is a paramedic.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are available at any one time in (a) urban and (b) remote and rural areas, broken down by NHS board.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive how many ambulances are off the road at any one time as a result of (a) mechanical fault in the vehicle or (b) lack of equipment in (i) urban and (ii) remote and rural areas, broken down by NHS board.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive who is responsible for checking that the emergency equipment carried by ambulances is fit for purpose.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive whether ambulances are automatically removed from service if any piece of their emergency equipment is found to be faulty before a shift.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) target replacement time and (b) replacement procedure is for any piece of faulty emergency equipment in ambulances and who is responsible for ensuring that the replacement is made.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on reviews of NHS services since 1990.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the recommendations made in reviews of NHS services since 1990 have been implemented, broken down by subject and giving the timescales for implementation.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been carried out into the cost of undertaking further reviews of NHS services compared with the cost-effectiveness of implementing in full the recommendations of earlier reviews of the same service.
Dr Jean Turner: To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultants were granted merit awards in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) speciality and (b) NHS board.
Dr Jean Turner: I thank Karen Gillon for managing to fit in the debate before the end of the session because the subject is important, as is keeping the connection and the partnership with Malawi. When I was nine, I visited the Livingstone memorial at Blantyre for the first time. At that time, I never thought that I would visit Malawi. To do so was a mind-boggling experience and a privilege. I have vivid...