HC Deb 12 February 1992 vol 203 cc544-5W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the action taken by health boards in response to the report produced by the working group of the national medical consultants committee on the management of diabetes in Scotland.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Comprehensive information is not available about action taken by health boards as a direct response to the recommendations made in 1987 by the National Medical Consultative Committee working group on diabetes. Clinical audit which is supported by specific Government funding is now the principal mechanism employed to review and improve patient care in the whole range of settings and six health boards have reported 12 separate audit projects for diabetes in general practice and in hospitals and in shared care. Applications for two national projects to be led by the recently formed Scottish study group for the care of the young diabetic will shortly be considered for funding. A third project involving health boards in the central belt of Scotland is under discussion.

Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met representatives from the British Diabetic Association; what matters were discussed; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

There are no records of my right hon. Friend meeting representatives from the British Diabetic Association in recent years.

Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each health board, the number of consultant diabetic physicians per head of the population.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is given in the table.

Consultants in Endocrinology and Diabetes at 30 September 1991
Health board Number (whole-time equivalents) Rate per 100,000 population
Greater Glasgow 3 0.32
Lothian 1 0.13
Tayside 1 0.25

Notes:

  1. 1. Data are provisional.
  2. 2. All the consultants are whole time.
  3. 3. All other boards have no diabetes consultants.
  4. 4. Information collected centrally records only the main specialty of a doctor. The above figures therefore do not include general physicians who have a special interest in endocrinology or diabetes.

Major products supplied
Year ending 31 March Whole blood (donations) Red cell concentrate (donations) Factor VIII (vials) Factor IX (vials) Albumin (bottles)
1978 138,988 106,169 7,733 3,681 26,943
1979 138,740 115,623 8,346 2,761 24,904
1980 135,239 129,350 10,053 3,273 37,979
1981 121,365 143,796 18,154 2,875 39,406
1982 98,405 173,550 19,518 2,998 43,335
1983 81,581 185,543 24,890 3,381 56,065
1984 61,655 204,325 30,345 4,293 62,486
1985 57,953 210,069 35,732 4,761 64,555
1986 41,021 220,602 29,176 3,275 65,044
1987 26,407 222,570 37,243 1,013 77,752
1988 19,210 221,025 52,204 9,614 100,272
1989 22,454 237,144 41,335 9,160 95,057
1990 11,704 256,361 42,798 7,812 89,060
1991 9,210 278,300 52,023 8,689 89,306