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The new Stobhill hospital is on target to open to patients in 2009 and it is without doubt that this new development marks a significant step forward in the modernisation of the NHS in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 November 2007
For new drugs, the Scottish Medicines Consortiumassess all new drugs for cancer shortly after licensing and issue guidance to NHSboards to ensure they are prescribed by clinicians with the correct level of expertise.
Will the minister confirm that, as the draft electricity policy statement that was launched on 17 November said, thermal requirements will fall from an estimated 50 per cent to 20 per cent of Scotland’s requirements by 2020 and that fewer new power stations—even those with partial carbon capture and storage—will be required than was previously thought?
The stage 3 parliamentary debate on the Forth Crossing Bill will be held on 15 December and, alongside that, the Edinburgh to Glasgow improvements programme is progressing well, with new services having been introduced on the Shotts line.
As has been mentioned already, our ability to continue with the plans that have been announced will be coloured by what happens in any new emergency budget at Westminster.
Does the minister agree that, with colleges such as Adam Smith College and Carnegie College receiving less than half the money they said they would need to support new students, there will be increased pressure on discretionary funds?