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This information is not held centrally.

Responsibility for prison healthcare services, including dental services, transferred to NHS boards on 1 November 2011.

The Scottish Government has recently published guidance to NHS boards on Oral Health Improvement and Dental Services in Scottish Prisons. This can be found at:

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/07/2508

All NHS screening services are available to prisoners with a sentence greater than six months. Information on take-up of screening services within the prison population is not held centrally.

This information is not centrally held.

Figures for the number of prisoners who have been recorded on the diabetic retinopathy screening (DRS) system as having had a diabetic retinopathy check in the time period requested are set out in the following table.

It is important to recognise that the DRS programme normally screens patients at either a six or 12 monthly interval depending on previous results. Therefore, some of the people included in the figures below may have been screened on more than one occasion in the 12 month or two yearly periods requested.

*Some of these individuals may have been screened twice as part of the DRS six months surveillance cycle.

**Some of these individuals may have been screened several times as part of the DRS six or 12 month screening cycle. This also includes individuals who have been screened just prior to being incarcerated.

We want all people with diabetes to have access to the best possible care.

However, it is for NHS boards to improve and develop services to meet the needs of their local population. This includes long standing health care arrangements in NHS boards with Scottish Prison Service establishments in their areas or responsibility.

In terms of the national picture, our Diabetes Improvement Plan, which was published in November 2014, sets out a range of actions to help improve the care of all people with diabetes. Our Diabetes Improvement Plan can be viewed at:

http://diabetesinscotland.org.uk/Publications/Diabetes_Improvement_Plan_2014.PDF

Prisoners are entitled to receive the same frequency of dental heath checks as any NHS patient. It is recommended that dental checks should be provided at least once every two years.

A multi-disciplinary group comprising experts from a wide range of organisations continues to implement and monitor progress in delivering the recommendations from the VTEC/E.coli 0157 - Action Plan for Scotland 2013-2017. 18 out of the 86 recommendations have been completed.

For example, Food Standards Scotland (FSS), the new food body for Scotland, and its predecessor the Food Standards Agency in Scotland, have taken forward a wide range of initiatives to promote good hygiene practice and minimise the risks of VTEC throughout the food chain. This includes guidance for food producers, caterers and enforcement authorities on the control of cross contamination, promoting safe food preparation to consumers at events and through an educational DVD. FSS also provides funding for secondary schools to deliver the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland elementary food hygiene courses to pupils. Scottish Water, another key member of the group, has developed a catchment management policy which sets the frequency of inspections and processes for feeding information from inspections into water safety plans.

Police Scotland only records the number of roadside breath tests carried out during drink-drive campaigns. However, the police do record the number of offences relating to drink and drug driving in each year. The following table shows the number of offences recorded in each year since 2006-07:

The National Strategy for Public Space CCTV in Scotland was published by the Scottish Government in March 2011. It provides guidance and a common set of principles to operators of public space CCTV across Scotland. The government has no plans at present to publish a further code of practice governing the use of surveillance cameras.

Use of CCTV in the private sector is regulated by the UK Government under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. In addition, the Information Commissioner has published a code of practice for surveillance cameras and personal information which sets out guidance on data protection issues and the use of images for those involved in operating CCTV and other surveillance systems.

Recommended arrangements and procedures for the operation of CCTV control centres are set out in the National Strategy for Public Space CCTV in Scotland which was published by the Scottish Government in March 2011. Compliance with these recommendations is a matter for individual CCTV providers.