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NHS Education for Scotland (NES), a new Special Health Board, was set up by the Scottish Executive on 1 April 2002 to promote multi-disciplinary training and education for all healthcare professions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 October 2001
His response is as follows:The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has made at Polmont significant investment to enhance the capabilities of the various workshops by the introduction of new machinery. Additionally, a paint finishing plant is being installed.
I do not know what position I am in today. If there is significant new evidence—not just new information, but significant new evidence—I want to hear both sides of the story.
Does it include the cost of the consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hay and Co, the new database, the new senior director post and the anticipated shortfall caused by the loss of tourism revenues?
I will be interested to hear the Executive's response on the insertion of the word "activities" and on how we will deal with new purposes that we have not thought of.
That is a good question. We are waiting for the latest data and it is possible that the Highlands and Islands might have qualified for objective 1 status had the EU stayed as an EU 15.