§ Ms SquireTo 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.
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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 — —