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Estimated healthy life expectancy (HLE) is not available for Scotland at local authority level. However (HLE) estimates split by age and sex for each community health partnership (CHP) within Scotland are available on the Scottish Public Health Observatory website as table 3 at:

http://www.scotpho.org.uk/home/Populationdynamics/hle/hle_data/hle_chps.asp.

and for NHS board areas at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/HSQ40-winter-2008.pdf.

Twenty-nine of the 32 local authorities within Scotland have boundaries that are coterminous with CHPs; the remaining three (Glasgow, Highland and Fife) are similar to NHS boards.

None of the figures (for Scotland or other countries) quoted in the news release of 22 February 2009 were adjusted to reflect the alcohol abstention rate.

The following table shows the number of midwives who graduated from the University of Dundee in each of the last three years:

2006-07	17
2007-08	24
2008-09	26

 

The information on the number of midwifery* staff employed by NHS Tayside aged 55 and over expressed as a whole-time equivalent (WTE) is available from National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland from the website link:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4352.htm#staff_in_post.

Taken from nationally published data, the following table provides the number of midwifery staff employed by NHS Tayside over 55 as (a) whole-time equivalent and (b) as a percentage of the total midwifery staff.

Midwifery* Staff NHS Tayside
Age 55“59	28.2
% of Total Staff (WTE)	11.64
Age 60-64	5.9
% of Total Staff (WTE)	2.43
Age 65+	0.5
% of Total Staff (WTE)	0.2
Total Over 55	34.6
% of Total Staff	14.29
Total All Age Groups	242.1

Source: Information Services Division ISD Scotland, data as at 30 September 2009.

Note: The data on midwifery staff are for Agenda to Change bands 1“9, which include midwifery support.

The following table shows the latest information available about midwifery student attrition rates for the University of Dundee and for Scotland.

Cohort	University of Dundee	Scotland
2002-03	38.5%	23.8%
2003-04	17.4%	22.5%
2004-05	22.7%	22.7%

 

Once they have graduated, newly qualified midwives are free to apply for and take up posts wherever they wish. The Scottish Government does not track where newly qualified midwives obtain posts.

The following table contains a breakdown by Health Board of smoking cessation allocations/spend.

Health Board	2006-07	2007-08		2008-09		2009-10
	Actual	Actual	Real Terms	Actual	Real Terms	Actual	Real Terms
Ayrshire and Arran	£387,000	£542,000	£530,161	£542,000	£510,759	£542,000	£502,032
Borders	£118,000	£170,000	£166,287	£170,000	£160,201	£170,000	£157,464
Dumfries and Galloway	£160,000	£231,000	£225,954	£231,000	£217,685	£231,00	£213,966
Fife	£326,000	£462,000	£451,909	£462,000	£435,371	£462,000	£427,932
Forth Valley	£264,000	£373,000	£364,853	£373,000	£351,500	£373,000	£345,495
Grampian	£418,000	£597,000	£583,960	£597,000	£562,589	£597,000	£552,977
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	£2,096,000	£2,569,000	£2,512,887	£2,569,000	£2,420,924	£2,569,000	£2,379,559
Highland	£323,000	£455,000	£445,062	£455,000	£428,774	£455,000	£421,448
Lanarkshire	£936,000	£1,147,000	£1,121,947	£1,147,000	£1,080,887	£1,147,000	£1,062,419
Lothian	£1,048,000	£1,311,000	£1,282,365	£1,311,000	£1,235,435	£1,311,000	£1,214,326
Orkney	£35,000	£53,000	£51,842	£53,000	£49,945	£53,000	£49,092
Shetland	£41,000	£59,000	£57,711	£59,000	£55,599	£59,000	£54,649
Tayside	£790,000	£949,000	£928,272	£949,000	£894,300	£949,000	£879,020
Western Isles	£58,000	£82,000	£80,209	£82,000	£77,274	£82,000	£75,953
Total	£7,000,000	£9,000,000	£8,803,419	£9,000,000	£8,481,244	£9,000,000	£8,336,331

Notes:

1. The figures above include £2 million per annum in support of the Keep Well projects in Greater Glasgow (£800,000 p.a.), Lanarkshire (£400,000 p.a.), Lothian (£400,000 p.a.) and Tayside health boards (£400,000 p.a.).

2. Additional to the funding outlined above £2 million per annum is contained in NHS board baselines from the Smoking Kills and Health Improvement Fund.

3. The values have been adjusted to real terms using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). Ratios were calculated for each year relative to 2006-07. Figures were not available for the full year 2009-10 so the CPI from April to November 2009 has been used instead.

In addition a smoking cessation service was introduced as part of the community pharmacy contract at end August 2008. The following figures represent payments to community pharmacies providing a smoking cessation service.

2008-09 until September 2008 to March 2009.

(part year service began end August 2008) = £3,461,230*.

2009-10 until April to October 2009 (latest available figures) = £2,079,356.

*The 2008-09 figure includes one-off readiness and administration payments to each pharmacy providing a smoking cessation service to cover set up and training costs.

An additional £9 million (£4.5 million to NHS boards and £4.5 million to local authorities) has also been allocated for 2008-09 to 2010-11 to support Scotland''s future is smoke-free: A Smoking Prevention Action Plan. This represents a significant increase in Scottish Government investment to tackle tobacco problems.

The following information is available on smoking prevalence in Scotland and in Sweden.

For Scotland, the most recent information available is from 2008, when 25.2% all of those aged 16+ smoked. By sex the figure was 24.9% and 25.4% for males and females respectively.

The data source is the Scottish Household Survey.

For Sweden, the most recent information available is from 2005, when 15.9% of those aged 15+ smoked. Data is not available by sex.

The data source is the Health for All Database, which is hosted by the Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO).

Data on consumption of pure alcohol are not available. Data on alcohol sales are often used as a proxy for consumption but it should be noted that this does not necessarily measure the same thing.

The following table provides data on annual sales of pure alcohol, calculated as litres per head of population aged 16+ where the population has been adjusted to exclude those who abstain from alcohol.

Gender breakdowns are not available. Scottish data are only currently available from 2005 onwards.

Sales of pure alcohol, litres per head of population aged 16+ (adjusted to exclude abstainers), Scotland:

Litres of Pure Alcohol Per Head of Population Aged 16+ (Adjusted to Exclude Abstainers)¹

2005	2006	2007	2008	2008X3	2009X2,4
13.5	13.4	13.4	13.2	13.2	13.4

Source: NHS Health Scotland (data supplied from the Nielsen Company).

Notes:

1. Data relate to calendar years.

2. Data for 2009 are currently only available up to end September 2009 for on sales and week ending 3 October 2009 for off sales. The figures for 2009X therefore represent the 12 month period to end September 2009 for on sales and week ending 3 October 2009 for off sales.

3. A comparable period has been provided for 2008 (column titled 2008X) which covers the 12 month period to end September 2008 for on sales and week ending 4 October 2008 for off sales.

4. The 2009 population is based on a projection as the mid-year estimate is not yet published.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) inspects the housing and homeless services of local authorities. The SHR always assess landlords'' approaches to diversity and equality on inspections and through a range of other regulatory engagements. The SHR undertook a thematic study in 2002 and 2006 to assess how well social landlords promote equal opportunities and take into account the requirements of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. The SHR also undertook a thematic study into services for Gypsies/Travellers in 2002 and 2006.

The SHR considers the need for thematic inspections on an annual basis from emerging policies and priorities and will consider the need for a future thematic inspection of services for Gypsies/Travellers on this basis.