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The decision on the Airborne Initiative's latest application for funding was made on the grounds of effectiveness and value for money and on the basis of comparisons with other programmes.
In September 1998, the promise was:"We will give you an appointment within two weeks of receiving your doctor's letter."The latest one says that"there is sometimes a delay of a few weeks between seeing your General Practitioner and your appointment at the Breast Clinic."
Will the First Minister confirm that, according to the latest figures, more patients are waiting for treatment in the national health service today than when the Conservatives left power?
For our part, the SNP has produced a Gaelic bill twice in the past 25 years. I welcome the latest bill, which—Parliament willing—will reach the statute book.
—Official Report, Public Petitions Committee, 26 February 2002; c 1679.Professor Houston has written to say:"I would like to make it clear that this statement is completely untrue.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists have been deemed to be no longer NHS-committed as a consequence of at least 10% of patients not visiting the dentist in the last 15 months, where all other criteria are met, broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any minister will visit Mallaig to explain what the impact may be on Mallaig, on the surrounding area and businesses involved in fishing of being part of a coastal marine national park.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 April 2006