Mentions:
1: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) through the process, but it is quite something to go through.The current process is a farce—a piece of theatre - Speech Link
Asked by: White, Tess (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting (a) NHS Grampian and (b) other NHS boards to increase theatre capacity, in light of reports that this has been cited as a significant factor in not achieving the target of providing first treatment within 62 days of an urgent suspected cancer referral.
Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care
Cancer remains a national priority, within the Scottish Government and across NHS Scotland, with urgent suspicion of cancer referrals continuing to be prioritised. NHS Grampian provided a 62 day performance improvement plan with an associated £973,764 funding from Scottish Government in 2023-24. Officials continue to work with NHS Grampian to ensure there is sustained focus locally to deliver these plans.
We are committed to reducing inpatient and day-case waiting lists by an estimated 100,000 patients over the next three years, backed by planned investment of an extra £100 million annually, subject to the annual Scottish Budget process, we will work closely with NHS boards and stakeholders on a number of key actions which will see patients treated as quickly as possible.
An initial investment of £30 million will now be funded as part of our on-going management of this and will target reductions to the national backlogs that built up throughout the pandemic, including orthopaedics treatments, diagnostics for cancer referrals and patients with the longest waits. This will enable NHS Scotland to maximise capacity, including theatre capacity, build greater resilience and deliver year-on-year reductions in the number of patients who have waited too long for treatment.
Oral Evidence Apr. 22 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: programme, but it is everybody; it is the ward clerk, the woman who does the bookings in the operating theatre
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: FE Commissioner intervention: Strode College 2024Found: Somerset, and it shares the campus with the Crispin School (Part of the Wessex Academy Trust) , Strode Theatre
Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) seeking in some way to delay it—considering it to be not their responsibility—or they just want the theatre - Speech Link
Found: March 2003, almost 45,000 British military personnel and extensive air, land and naval assets were in theatre
Special Report Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: roundtable, industry representative body Creative UK has led discussions with sectors including music, theatre
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 17/04/2024 from Lucy Frazer MP to Chris Bryant MP regarding the Labour Party and Creative Tax Reliefs. 2p.Found: continued tax reliefs in the latest Spring Budget: Slashing taxes for theatres and orchestras by making the Theatre
Mentions:
1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) environment within which we operate, we need only consider the use of drone warfare in both the Ukrainian theatre - Speech Link
Found: Amongst other benefits, the NHS estimates the FDP could enable a 10% improvement in theatre utilisation