HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 cc362-3W
Ms Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many independent review panels have investigated matters relating to the NHS in Scotland in the last five years; and what was the average length of time each took to produce its report. [46788]

Mr. Galbraith

[holding answer 23 June 1998]: Information on the numbers of reports from independent review panels convened under the current NHS complaints procedure (introduced on 1 April 1996) to date and the length of time of production of reports is given in the table.

Board/Trust Number of reviews Time
Forth Valley Health Board 5 31–62 weeks (2 yet to report)
Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust 1 14 weeks
Grampian Health Board 2 15 months/ 6 months
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 3 1 month/ 11 months/ 8 months
Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 4 3 months/ 5 months/ 1 month/ unfinished
Greater Glasgow Health Board 4 48 weeks/ 25 weeks/ 22 weeks/ 38 weeks
Glasgow Community and Mental Health 1 4 months
Service NHS Trust
Stobhill NHS Trust 1 15 months
Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 2 153 days/ began March 97 not completed
West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust 3 average for the 3 is 118 days
Yorkhill NHS Trust 1 12 weeks
Highland Health Board 2 7 week/3 months
Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 2 69 days/ 86 days
Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 3 9 months/ unfinished/ unfinished
Lanarkshire Health Board
Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust 1 62 days
Law Hospital NHS Trust 1 108 days
Lothian Health Board 11 8–16 weeks (4 yet to report)
East and Midlothian NHS Trust 1 30 weeks
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 3 12–36 weeks
West Lothian NHS Trust 1 ongoing
Orkney Health Board
Shetland Health Board 1 9 weeks
Tayside Health Board 14 21–56 weeks (4 ongoing)
Angus NHS Trust 1 ongoing
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 8 15 weeks (2 ongoing)
Perth and Kinross NHS Trust 1 29 weeks
Western Isles Health Board

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