§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board in Scotland, for the nearest year for which figures are available, the number of complaints made, the categories into which they were allocated and the numbers in each category which were withdrawn, rejected and upheld.
§ Mr. John MacKayComplaints against primary care practitioners are investigated in accordance with the provisions of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1974. Details of all such complaints notified to my right hon. Friend and concluded in the year to 31 December 1983 are set out in the table. Information about numbers of complaints withdrawn is not available centrally.
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NHS Service Committee complaints against Primary Care Practitioners concluded in 1983 Health Board Total complaints Medical Dental Pharmaceutical Ophthalmic Upheld Dismissed Upheld Dismissed Upheld Dismissed Upheld Dismissed Argyll and Clyde 8 1 4 3 — — — — — Ayrshire and Arran 4 1 1 — — 1 1 — — Borders 3 — 2 — 1 — — — — Dumfries and Galloway 3 — 3 — — — — — — Fife 5 — 5 — — — — — — Forth Valley 8 — 8 — — — — — — Grampian 6 1 1 2 2 — — — — Greater Glasgow 39 — 22 1 10 — — 1 5 Highland 1 1 — — — — — — — Lanarkshire 7 — 5 — — 1 1 — — Lothian 9 — 1 5 2 1 — — — Orkney nil — — — — — — — — Shetland nil — — — — — — — — Tayside 7 1 5 — — 1 — — — Western Isles 1 — 1 — — — — — — Scotland 101 5 58 11 15 4 2 1 5 Information about hospital complaints is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board in Scotland, for the most recent year for which figures are available, the number of internal investigations that have taken place following the death of a patient (a) where a complaint was received and (b) where no complaint was received.
§ Mr. John MacKayThis information is not available centrally.