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This information is publicly available on the National Records of Scotland website. The codes for deaths where asthma was the underlying cause are J45-J46.

2007: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/07t6-4.xls

2008: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/vital-events-ref-tables-2008/ve-2008-t6-4.xls

2009: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/ve-reftables-09/ve09-t6-4.xls

2010: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/ve-reftables-2010/ve10-t6-4.xls

2011 (provisional): http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/births-marriages-deaths-preliminary/bdve-2011-preliminary-tablep5.xls.

Final figures for 2011 are due to be published on 9 August, in the next version of NRS Vital Events Reference Table 6.3.

The following table shows the total number of individuals on General Practice asthma registers for each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11. These data are based on annual registers of practice patients with a diagnosis of asthma, which exclude those who have had no prescription for asthma-related drugs in the last 12 months.

These data are collected as part of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). Participation in the QOF is voluntary, although around 99% of practices do take part. However, this does mean that data from a small number of practices are not included in these figures. Detailed information on QOF, including register sizes, for Scottish general practices is published annually at www.isdscotland.org/qof.

Number of individuals on QOF Asthma Registers 2006-07 to 2010-11¹

NHS Board	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	21,164	21,749	22,157	23,066	23,527
NHS Borders	6,942	6,964	7,228	7,336	7,390
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	8,092	8,771	8,956	9,365	9,508
NHS Fife	21,376	21,365	22,401	23,449	23,476
NHS Forth Valley	16,559	16,532	16,799	17,511	17,634
NHS Grampian	31,287	31,538	32,426	33,131	33,639
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	67,757	68,524	70,977	74,489	75,225
NHS Highland	17,822	18,273	18,571	19,079	19,469
NHS Lanarkshire	32,139	33,033	34,432	35,685	36,347
NHS Lothian	45,290	45,743	47,776	48,766	49,643
NHS Orkney	658	1,144	1,229	1,230	1,236
NHS Shetland	1,407	1,423	1,419	1,499	1,509
NHS Tayside	22,241	22,355	23,094	23,699	23,857
NHS Western Isles	1,605	1,591	1,648	1,706	1,796
NHS Scotland	294,339	299,005	309,113	320,011	324,256

Source: ISD Scotland.

It is the responsibility of NHS boards to plan, fund and deliver services to meet the needs of their local populations and the totality of a person’s healthcare needs rather than on an individual condition basis. Accurate estimates for the overall cost of treating people with asthma are therefore difficult to establish.

We recognise however, that the cost of asthma to NHSScotland is significant. In April 2012 a report on Programme Budgeting – Testing The Approach in Scotland was published which estimates that NHSScotland spent just over 6% (£500 million) of identified spend on respiratory disease overall in 2007-08. This report is available on the Scottish Government website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/04/8235/5.

The number of hospital bed days where the main diagnosis was recorded as asthma, in the last 5 years that information is available, by NHS Board of residence, is shown in the following table.

	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11 1
All Scottish Residents	20,268	18,104	19,946	17,684	16,690
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1,716	1,498	1,784	1,460	1,404
NHS Borders	441	393	505	328	325
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	539	463	460	384	437
NHS Fife	937	740	1,322	948	696
NHS Forth Valley	892	960	988	826	845
NHS Grampian	2,044	1,837	1,564	1,467	1,340
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	5,246	4,543	4,901	4,681	4,287
NHS Highland	1,526	1,794	1,948	1,760	1,517
NHS Lanarkshire	2,510	2,046	2,006	1,920	2,012
NHS Lothian	3,020	2,551	3,132	2,646	2,774
NHS Orkney	73	49	17	29	20
NHS Shetland	43	43	23	24	30
NHS Tayside	1,071	964	1,089	1,050	864
NHS Western Isles	210	223	207	161	139

SOURCE: ISD Scotland (SMR01 data)

Note: 1. 2010-11 figures are provisional.

The information we collect from local authorities on pupil attendance and absence does not include information on who removed the pupil from school. Many of the reasons for a pupil absence relate to matters outside the parent’s or pupil’s control, such as sickness. However, we do collect information on pupil absence for holidays or exceptional domestic circumstances, which in many cases will be the result of a parent or guardian’s decision. Information on pupils with an absence of more than two weeks for these reasons has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 54120).

The Scottish Government recognises that Geothermal energy may represent a substantial and almost entirely untapped resource in Scotland. This emerging technology is highlighted in our 2020 Routemap for Renewable Energy in Scotland, where the wider reaching benefits are noted, particularly the potential to improve fuel security and combat fuel poverty in deprived areas, as well as the significant contribution geothermal could make to our heat and electricity targets given the natural alignment with district heating.

In order to encourage commercial interest, the Scottish Government has commissioned a research programme to identify the next steps to take forward the commercial exploitation of deep geothermal energy, including high level mapping of potential and the scope for licensing. The study will also include a costs and financial risk assessment which should identify the likely capital and operating costs for exploring and developing the geothermal energy resources identified. The results are expected to be available by Spring 2013.

Up and About or Falling Short?, a report of the findings of a mapping of services in Community Health and Care Partnerships (CHCPs) for falls prevention and management and fracture prevention in older people in Scotland, was published on the Scottish Government website in May 2012. The report was produced by the National Falls Programme in association with WorksOut as part of the Delivery Framework for Adult Rehabilitation in Scotland.

The report recognised that there is a need to capitalise consistently on opportunities to prevent recurrent falls and fractures, and it identified that 25 out of 38 CHCPs (this figure includes the three sectors within Glasgow CHP) have fracture liaison services in place. To help address this gap in provision, one of the recommendations in the report is that health and social care services should establish Fracture Liaison Services (or equivalent), with referral protocols and pathways to multidisciplinary services providing secondary falls prevention.

The implementation of the actions and recommendations in the report will be monitored by the Scottish Government’s Chief Health Professions Officer.

112, the European Union-wide number used to contact the emergency services which operates as well as 999 in the UK, is already advertised in various ways. The Scottish Government is in regular contact with blue light organisations, telecommunication companies and the UK Government on the public emergency call system. As part of these ongoing discussions the Scottish Government intends to consider how best to ensure the most effective and proper use of the 999 and 112 emergency contact numbers. The Scottish Government would urge all members of the public to be aware of how to summon assistance in an emergency whether at home or abroad.

The information requested is given in the following tables:

Table 1 - Number of Hip Fracture Hospital stays by Gender: 2006-07 to 2010-11

	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11P
Male	1,900	1,979	2,107	2,139	2,132
Female	5,348	5,414	5,255	5,425	5,387
Scotland	7,248	7,393	7,362	7,564	7,519

Source: ISD Scotland SMR01.

Table 2 - Number of Hip Fracture Hospital stays by NHS Board of residence: 2006-07 to 2010-11

	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11P
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	531	602	586	596	620
NHS Borders	136	165	154	155	176
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	214	199	245	259	275
NHS Fife	455	489	479	482	494
NHS Forth Valley	338	344	372	396	359
NHS Grampian	733	710	700	776	781
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,788	1,808	1,758	1,669	1,678
NHS Highland	445	500	457	541	522
NHS Lanarkshire	721	722	765	775	727
NHS Lothian	1,068	1,023	1,027	1,092	1,081
NHS Orkney Islands	28	27	27	27	18
NHS Shetland Islands	26	23	26	32	19
NHS Tayside	646	646	633	644	626
NHS Western Isles	24	31	22	37	38
Non-Scottish Residents	95	104	111	83	105
Scotland	7,248	7,393	7,362	7,564	7,519

Source: ISD Scotland SMR01.

^PProvisional - Due to the implementation of new Patient Management Systems by some NHS boards there is known data incompleteness for NHS Grampian, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Figures may increase in future revisions).

The total number of people in Scotland diagnosed with anaphylaxis is not available centrally.