Chamber and committees

The following table lists the one-stop clinics that are currently in place across NHS Greater Glasgow. It is for local NHS systems to plan, implement and manage services that best meet the needs of their local populations. I therefore suggest that North Glasgow University Hospital NHS Trust would be best placed to advise the member of any plans it has to introduce further one-stop clinics in the member's constituency.

Service	Location
Anaphylaxis Service	Glasgow Western Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Stobhill Hospital
Breast Clinic	Western Infirmary
Cardiovascular Risk	Gartnavel Hospital
Chest Pain	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Chest Pain	Stobhill Hospital
Chest Pain	Glasgow Western Infirmary
Colorectal Cancer	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Colposcopy	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Counselling Advice	Gartnavel Hospital
Dermatology	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Diabetes	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Diabetes	Stobhill Hospital
Diabetes	Gartnavel General Hospital
Endoscopy	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
ENT - Head & Neck	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
ENT - tonsils	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Genito Urinary Medicine	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Gynaecology	Western Infirmary
Gynaecology, Herald Foundation	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Ophthalmology - cataract pre-assess	Stobhill Hospital
Ophthalmology - cataract pre-assess	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Prostate Assessment	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Rectal Bleeding	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Stroke	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
TB	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Testicular Pain	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Urology	Gartnavel Hospital
Urology	Stobhill Hospital
Urology (Haematuria)	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
Breast Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Cardiac Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Chest Pain	Southern General Hospital
Chest Pain	Victoria Infirmary
Dystonia Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Early Pregnancy Assessment	Southern General Hospital
First Seizure Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Haematuria Clinic	Southern General Hospital
Hand Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
New Diabetes Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
Orthopaedic injections	Southern General Hospital
Osteoporosis	Southern General Hospital
Post MI Clinic	Victoria Infirmary
Rectal Bleeding	Southern General Hospital
Rectal Bleeding	Southern General Hospital
Social Gynaecology Service	Southern General Hospital
Vascular	Southern General Hospital
Cardiology	Yorkhill Hospital
Dermatology	Yorkhill Hospital
Immunisation Clinic	Yorkhill Hospital
Orthopaedic Clinic	Yorkhill Hospital
UTI Clinic	Yorkhill Hospital

The Secure Tenants Right to Repair (Scotland) Regulations 1994 require local authorities to carry out urgent repairs within a specified time, however, the administration of the housing service is a matter for individual councils. In June 2000 the Accounts Commission and Scottish Homes (now Communities Scotland) published a report Managing Rent Arrears which contained recommendations on how councils could improve their management of rent arrears.

The A739 Clyde Tunnel is a local road and is therefore the responsibility of Glasgow City Council. It is entirely a matter for the council to decide what priority should be given to the maintenance and upgrade works on the Clyde Tunnel.

The level of funding provided to police forces is now at record levels as are police numbers.It is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police to determine how to use the funding at his disposal to meet local needs and priorities within the Strathclyde area. I understand that initiatives are planned in both East and West Dunbartonshire during the summer months to provide an enhanced visible police presence in order to deter youth disorder and other aspects of criminal behaviour.In addition, under the previous challenge funding arrangements for CCTV and community safety we have partially funded CCTV projects in Clydebank Town Centre, Dumbarton Town Centre, New Bonhill, Bishopbriggs and a system covering Bearsden, Kirkintilloch, Lenzie and Milngavie, as well as youth shelters in West Dunbartonshire.On 31 October 2001 we announced details of a new Community Safety Partnership Award programme to supersede both the CCTV and Community Safety Challenge Competitions. The Programme will allow Community Safety Partnerships to secure, for the first time, sustained mainstream funding to be used solely for the purposes of taking forward their community safety agendas and to identify and address local priorities. For 2002-03 West Dunbartonshire Community Safety Partnership has been allocated a total community safety award of £118,491.54 and East Dunbartonshire Community Safety Partnership have been allocated £94,530.47.Substantial additional resources have also been allocated to the Dunbartonshire area to tackle drug misuse.

Proposals to repair or rebuild schools are the responsibility of the education authorities and do not, as a matter of course, have to be referred to the Scottish Executive. The authorities have substantial resources available to them through capital allocations and the School Buildings Improvement Fund for building work in schools according to the priorities they identify.Additionally, education authorities were invited in September 2001 to consider whether they wished to submit bids to the Scottish Executive for financial support for Public Private Partnership projects involving work on school buildings. There was an opportunity to submit bids in December 2001 and there is a further opportunity to do so by the end of September 2002. To date, no bid has been received relating to schools in the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency.

The Scottish Executive is working directly with Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to improve the quality and consistency of support for business start-ups and small businesses throughout Scotland. A number of measures have been introduced including the Small Business Gateway (SBG) which covers the Dunbartonshire area. The SBG provides consistent support and advice on all aspects of running a business, including on taking on more staff.Although employment is a reserved matter, the Executive also works with Jobcentre Plus at a national level to encourage employers throughout Scotland to participate in the range of New Deal programmes available locally.

West Dunbartonshire Council installed 72 central heating systems in their stock in 2001-02. Information on the number of installations in the private sector is not collected by local authority area. No housing associations in West Dunbartonshire are eligible for the programme because all stock in the area has central heating.

The primary statutory responsibility for dealing with homelessness rests with local authorities. The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, which increased local authority duties and homeless people's rights, also requires all authorities to develop, by March 2003, strategies for the prevention and alleviation of homelessness. The table details funding which the Scottish Executive has allocated to East and West Dunbartonshire Councils to the assist them in discharging their responsibilities.

Funding Allocated in the Years from 1997 to 2004	East Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire
RSI funding challenge fund 1997-2002	45,500*	190,357#
RSI funding in 2002-04, (included in authorities' RSG)	59,300	203,282
Reducing the use of inappropriate temporary accommodation	220,000	-
Implementing the duties imposed by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001	476,300	732,600
Total funding	801,100	1,126,239

Notes:*The two authorities made a joint bid on the first round of the RSI.# This includes a joint project with Argyll and Bute.

Responsibility for the A739 Clyde Tunnel rests with Glasgow City Council, while Scottish ministers are responsible for motorways and trunk roads. There are no plans to extend the trunk road network to include the tunnel.

One hundred and forty-eight young people took up a Modern Apprenticeship (MA) in West Dunbartonshire in 1999-2000; 241 in 2000-01, and 261 in 2001-02.The Scottish Executive has been working with the enterprise network on a national publicity campaign to raise awareness of MAs generally. Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire is working with West Dunbartonshire Council, Careers Scotland and employers to increase apprenticeship opportunities in a wide range of sectors.