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Paper forms are no longer accepted from statutory drug treatment services, unless they are in the process of transitioning to electronic submissions. Following the roll out of a new IT system (completed March 2012) in parts of Glasgow, all services within Glasgow City now have the facility to submit data electronically and ISD expect that electronic submiss...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 September 2012
The initial assessment (SMR25a) and follow up assessments (SMR25b) ask whether the client presenting for specialist drug treatment or their partner is pregnant, and whether the client has dependent children under the age of 16. Information on the percentage of “new clients” who report at their initial assessment that they have dependent children is publishe...
One of our five World Heritage Sites, New Lanark, is industrial, and the Forth Bridge, which is on the revised UK tentative list, is being prepared for nomination in the coming years.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2011
Sometimes, the best thing to do is what he has just done—be gracious and accept that what we have announced today is good news for older people throughout Scotland.I remind Richard Simpson that council budgets have increased for this financial year by more than the rate of inflation.
A number of years ago, as a member of the Health Committee during the Parliament's second session, I had the privilege of visiting the impressive new hospitals in the Western Isles.
I know that the reasons are varied, but members may rest assured that I will give the matter my full attention, particularly when I meet local authority representatives.It is perhaps worth reminding members that local authorities have a duty to consider the best interests of the child or young person in considering discharge from the looked-after system.