Whether it will detail the types and number of operations which have taken place at Stracathro Hospital, Angus, since the removal of emerge…

Answered Asked by Andrew Welsh SNP Lodged 23 Mar 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the types and number of operations which have taken place at Stracathro Hospital, Angus, since the removal of emergency surgery in 1998.

The answer

Answered by Susan Deacon on 31 Aug 2000 · 161 days after it was lodged, 147 days after it was due

The types and numbers of operations undertaken at Stracathro Hospital both before and after the removal of emergency surgery in August 1998, are indicated in the table below. Only general and major surgery have been transferred to Ninewells. Orthopaedic surgery and medical emergency admissions are still carried out at Stracathro.Discharges from Stracathro hospital, September 1998 to March 1999, by quarter; showing type and principal operation/procedure performed.
| 199830 Sept | 199831 Dec | 199931 Mar
Total Discharges | 2,578 | 2,554 | 2,790
of which | | |
Emergency | 929 | 905 | 959
Elective | 1,283 | 1,184 | 1,367
Transfers | 366 | 465 | 464
| | |
All principal operations & procedures | 1,253 | 1,103 | 1,280
showing type | | |
A Nervous System | 16 | 26 | 40
B Endocrine System & |

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