Chamber and committees

Evaluation is an essentialelement of all Executive advertising campaigns. While this is a long‑termstrategy designed to raise awareness and encourage positive attitudes to organdonation, we shall undertake research based on tracking attitudes and awarenessbefore and after the campaign. Other measures will include assessing the numberof names added to the NHS organ donor register.

The information is set out in the table.

Year	Scotland (millions)
1994*	0.02
1995	0.16
1996	0.29
1997	0.35
1998	0.46
1999**	0.61
2000	0.76
2001	0.88
2002	1.03
2003	1.18

Notes:

*The Organ Donor Register was launched in October 1994.

**estimated, as there was a shift to a new database in 1999 and an associated “clean-up”.

Source: UK Transplant.

It is extremely difficult tomake such an estimate, because of the variety of factors affecting both thesupply and demand for each type of organ.

Organs for transplantationare shared across the UK on the basis of arrangements supervised by UKTransplant (UKT). We contribute to the funding of UKT, whose business plan for2004-05 sets out specific aims in terms of increasing the number of patientswho might benefit from a transplant in the coming financial year.

The information is provided in the table.

Year	Scotland
1994	16.8
1995	16.0
1996	13.2
1997	12.6
1998	12.8
1999	14.8
2000	12.3
2001	12.8
2002	11.5
2003	9.1

Source: UK Transplant.

The reference amount isbased on the average number of determined livestock and hectares held duringthe three year reference period, multiplied by the amounts in Annex VII of theCouncil Regulation 1782/2003. We therefore understand the reference amount isnot based on the actual amount of subsidy received in the reference periodwhich would impose the penalty already levied and suffered by the farmer forthe purposes of all future subsidy payments. We do not however have the final communityimplementing legislation which may affect the position. In addition, thereference amount will of course depend on the livestock or hectares determinedby inspection to be on the farm or croft at that time.

The Executive has no plansto do so. Representative groups, such as the Ramblers Association, provideinformation and advice to their members on the precautions they should take toavoid the risk of infection in the countryside. It is for the National Parks Authority,as employers, to consider what measures are appropriate to ensure adequateprotection for their staff.

The numbers of cases of Lyme disease notified between 1994 and 2003, by NHS board, were

 

	Years Ended 31 December:
NHS Board (Residence)	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003P
Scotland	9	5	3	12	11	11	27	17	40	43
Argyll and Clyde	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Ayrshire and Arran	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Borders	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Dumfries & Galloway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Fife	1	-	-	4	6	2	-	-	3	1
Forth Valley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grampian	-	1	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-
Greater Glasgow	1	1	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	1
Highland	2	2	1	4	1	4	24	16	27	34
Lanarkshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Lothian	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1
Orkney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tayside	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	7	1
Western Isles	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sources : ISD Scotland ISD(D)3 (1994-02), ISD(D)2 (2003).

Note: ^PProvisional.

The Scottish Executive isnot planning to take any specific action to raise awareness of lyme disease amongdoctors. There is already guidance available from the Scottish Centre forInfection and Environmental Health (SCIEH) on lyme disease which covers issuessuch as health risks and the principles of good practice (guidance note 18). Thisis available on the SCIEH website, to which all practitioners have access andis widely distributed to environmental health officers and public health consultants.

The Scottish Executive is not aware of any research relating to the population of animal tickscapable of spreading Lyme disease.

It is a condition ofreceiving a “golden hello” payment on joining a dental list within 3 months ofcompletion of training that the dentist undertakes to provide NHS generaldental services during each of the 3 years following receipt of the firstpayment.