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These figures do not include the impact of the additional posts I announced on 28 June 2000, which includes four new WTE consultants in the oncology specialties.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 November 1999
The number of patient episodes is not the same as the number of patients, as the number of visits by an individual patient varies according to the type and stage of the disease.
I shall let my colleagues deal with the rangers issue and I shall deal with the green issue. Section 26 of the bill gives Scottish Natural Heritage powers to act where the exercise of access rights poses a threat to natural heritage.
The figures that I have for Norway indicate that a ban was introduced in 1975 and, although tobacco consumption rose and fell until 1989, the latest figures show that the present level of consumption is equal to the 1975 level, when the ban was introduced.
Those include powers of entry to investigate premises, to take along any other persons reasonably required for the visit, to conduct private interviews with the adult at risk, and to inspect records.