The additional drug treatmentand rehabilitation money was allocated to drug action teams (DAT) on the basis of the quantified impact of DAT proposals on the three identified national prioritiesnamely: increasing the number of clients entering treatment; reducing waiting timesand increasing the range of interventions, and on evidence of deliverability withinagreed timescales.

In terms of “evidence of deliverabilitywithin agreed timescales” we considered DAT performance to date and looked for clearlyplanned, well thought out proposals which included some indication of how the aimof the proposal would be achieved with timescales and a brief breakdown of cost.In particular we looked for proposals which complemented existing provision (i.e.filled a clearly identified and evidenced gap in existing services or provided additionalityto existing provision), proposals which demonstrated a strategic approach to developmentand proposals which had secured part-funding from elsewhere. The underlying principlesof Best Value and Integrated Care were also considered.

The information is set outin the table. Due to the small number of children involved, the data have notbeen split by age.

NHS Board Area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Argyll and Clyde	81	79	96	106	112	124
Ayrshire and Arran	61	63	77	87	95	97
Borders	14	15	16	21	19	22
Dumfries and Galloway	40	38	44	44	48	43
Fife	68	75	78	78	86	94
Forth Valley	46	59	63	70	77	78
Greater Glasgow	268	276	273	286	293	288
Grampian	96	106	128	150	135	150
Highland	28	32	46	53	69	72
Lanarkshire	115	128	142	161	168	162
Lothian	168	159	156	168	182	206
Tayside	105	99	94	107	116	121
No NHS Board reported *	7	9	11	11	14	48

Source:Scottish Renal Registry.

Notes:

On groundsof patient confidentiality, the Island NHS Boards have not been includedbecause of the very small patient numbers.

* NHS boardof residence is derived from the patient’s postcode. Some postcodes weremissing. It is not possible to determine if these patients are receivingdialysis in their own NHS Board area.

The information requested isnot collected centrally by the Scottish Renal Registry (SRR), which is thesource for national data on renal dialysis. The figures provided in the answerto S2W-9961 were collected specifically for that question. Iunderstand that the SRR Steering Group is now considering whether these datashould be collected routinely on a routine basis in future.

The SRR data suggest thatthe majority of patients who dialyse outwith their own NHS board area do sofrom choice.

The number of renaltransplants carried out in Scotland in each year since 1999 is set out in the table. Thefigures include patients who received a kidney only transplant, as well askidney/liver, kidney/pancreas and kidney/heart transplants.

Year	Cadaveric Donor	Living Donor	Total
1999	138	27	165
2000	138	41	179
2001	121	35	156
2002	114	31	145
2003	105	40	145
2004	94	30	124

Source; UKTransplant.

The number of patients in Scotland usinghome dialysis as treatment for established renal failure on 31 December foreach year since 1999 is set out in the table. Due to the small numbersinvolved, the figures have not been presented by age or NHS board area.

Year	No. of Patients
1999	54
2000	51
2001	46
2002	41
2003	43
2004	43*

Source:Scottish Renal Registry.

Note: * the Scottish Renal Registry continually refines the data it holds, and the figureof 44 given in the Answer to the previous Question reflected the data as theystood at the time it was answered.

The criteria for eligibilityfor travelling expenses are contained within The National Health Service (TravellingExpenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 asamended by The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission ofCharges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004, The National Health Service(Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2)Regulations 2004, The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remissionof Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 and The National HealthService (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment(No. 2) Regulations 2005. In addition NHS Boards have discretion to reimbursetravelling expenses for patients who are not eligible under the statutoryschemes where it is deemed to be an extension of treatment costs. There are currentlyno plans to review the criteria.

All NHS boards havediscretion to reimburse patient travelling expenses where it is viewed to be anextension of treatment costs and is deemed to be clinically necessary.

The number of patients in Scotland onthe active waiting list for a kidney transplant in each year since 1999 is setout in the table.

Year	No. of Patients
1999	491
2000	466
2001	455
2002	481
2003	433
2004	471

Source: UKTransplant.

The Scottish Children’sReporter Administration collates data in line with the grounds for referral setout in section 52(2) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. Section 52(2)(j) sets out the ground forreferral where a child has misused alcohol or any drug. The data collected bythe Administration does not differentiate between the two areas of concern. Inthat light the number of referrals under Section 52(2)(j) since 1999 is set outin the following table :

Year	Number of Referrals to the Children’s Reporter under s52(2)(j)
1999-2000	1,260
2000-01	1,272
2001-02	1,697
2002-03	1,854
2003-04	1,969

 

Information on allalcohol-related discharges from general acute hospitals for people aged under24 by NHS board area during 1999-2000 to 2004-05 is shown in the following table.

ScottishGeneral Acute Hospital ^1,2 Discharge Records for Patients aged under24 with an Explicit Diagnosis of an Alcohol Related Condition ³;1999-2000 to 2004-05

Area of Residence	Discharge Period
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05 p
Total	3,739	3,538	3,915	3,880	3,493	3,269
Scotland Residents	3,651	3,476	3,828	3,803	3,423	3,215
Argyll & Clyde	343	337	283	294	288	293
Ayrshire & Arran	419	339	468	503	474	418
Borders	76	75	80	113	85	77
Dumfries & Galloway	118	122	96	105	92	69
Fife	244	208	236	239	167	198
Forth Valley	103	116	146	152	164	105
Grampian	472	358	401	389	415	385
Greater Glasgow	625	599	626	587	456	580
Highland	193	225	268	268	269	194
Lanarkshire	280	286	388	321	250	238
Lothian	416	430	471	454	432	397
Tayside	279	300	290	282	221	167
Western Isles	31	38	37	60	69	49
Islands 4	83	81	75	96	110	94
Other 5	88	62	87	77	70	54

Source:SMR01 (valid records only).

Date: 25 July 2005.

Ref:20052230.

^pprovisional.

Notes:

1. Includesacute hospitals (excludes maternity hospitals, mental illness hospitals and psychiatricunits).

2. Informationon hospital discharges relates to episodes of inpatient or day case care ratherthan individual patients. The same patient may account for several hospitaladmissions during the course of a year (or across years) and will be countedeach time in the table. Transfer cases have been included.

3. Diagnosticinformation is defined by using the World Health Organisation’s InternationalClassification of Diseases 10th revision (ICD10). Alcohol related conditions: F10,R780, Y90, Y91, Z637, Z811, Z864, Z714, Z502, T506, Y573, T510, T519, X45, X65,Y15, O354, Q860, P043, Z721, Z133, G621, G721, K860, I426, K70, K292, G312,E52.

4. Orkney,Shetland and Western Isles.

5. Patientsresident outwith Scotland and patients where the area ofresidence is not known.