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It can be seenthat against the rising number of live births there has not been a significantrise in the number of babies requiring neonatal care.

Table 1: BabiesCared for within Intensive and Special Care Units^1,2.

Source: SMR11 andSBR for 2002/2003. SBR for 2004-06.

Notes:

1. Includesspecial care baby units, high dependency units and intensive care units. Thereis known to be variation in admission criteria and recording practice.

2. It is notpossible to distinguish between intensive and special care units.

3. The NHS boardin this table refers to where the babies first “high level” of care wasrecorded.

4. There may besome inaccuracy in the results as two data sets were used.

5. These numbersmay differ slightly from previous answer to question S2W-22927 due to duplicaterecords being deleted from the analysis file.

6. *Values lessthan five have not been included for data protection issues.

Table 1: Average Occupancy in NeonatalUnits: By Health Board Area #: Years Ending 31 March 2003 to 2007^P

^PProvisional.

Source:ISD(S)1, Scottish Health Service Costs.

Note:#Eleven NHS boards are shown, the remaining three, Orkney, Shetland and WesternIsles do not have neonatal units.

NHS GeneralDental Service Patients whose Registration Status Shows “Withdrawn”^1,2;by Age Group for Financial Years Ending 31 March 2003 to 2007

Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation & Dental Accounting System).

Notes:

1.

Based on patientswhose registration status indicated “withdrawn” between the dates considered. Thisoccurs when there is a request for the registration record to be withdrawn (madeusually by the dentist, and subsequently approved by the NHS board). The numbersalso include withdrawals carried out where more than one active registration existsfor the same patient as part of data cleansing. Some patients whose registrationhas been withdrawn may register with another NHS dentist elsewhere. There may alsobe retrospective additions to these data.

2. If a patient hasbeen withdrawn from more than one dental practice, they will be counted each timethis happens. It is also possible for a patient to be counted in more than one agegroup if they have moved to a dentist after their birthday and have been withdrawnfrom another practice in the same year.

NHS GeneralDental Service Patients whose Registration Status Shows “Withdrawn”1,2; by NHSBoard for Financial Years Ending 31 March 2003-07

Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation and Dental Accounting System).

Notes:

- no data.

x not applicable.

1. Based on patientswhose registration status indicated “withdrawn” between the dates considered. Thisoccurs when there is a request for the registration record to be withdrawn (madeusually by the dentist, and subsequently approved by the NHS board). The numbersalso include withdrawals carried out where more than one active registration existsfor the same patient as part of data cleansing. Some patients whose registrationhas been withdrawn may register with another NHS dentist elsewhere. There may alsobe retrospective additions to these data.

2. If a patient hasbeen withdrawn from more than one dental practice, they will be counted each timethis happens. It is also possible for a patient to be counted in more than one NHSboard if they have moved to a dentist in a different NHS board area and have beenwithdrawn from practices in each NHS board where they have received NHS generaldental services.

3. The dissolutionof Argyll and Clyde took effect from 1 April 2006. From this date, NHS Argyll and Clyde patients are included in figures for NHS Greater Glasgowand Clyde and NHS Highland.

In addition a newHouseblock at HM Young OffendersInstitution Polmont will openin early 2009. This will provide 137 places.

Information on nursingvacancies in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce. SectionE gives details of nursing and midwifery vacancies, in particular tables E7 – E10.

Information on staffemployed in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce. SectionE gives details of Nursing and Midwifery staff, in particular tables E1 – E6.