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Key factors which have changed thestatistics published by ISD since 1999 and in doing so affected comparabilitywith previous years include:Legislative changes in ophthalmic services in 1999.Changing service provision in hospitals whereby somesurgical operations/procedures are now carried out in out-patients, wherepreviously they would have involved day case treatment.Changes in the way waiting lists/times are classifiedand improved coverage in response to the Audit Scotland report on waiting(2002) and my decision to abolish the Deferred Waiting List from April 2003.Improvements made to the national statistical returnthat collects information on people attending services for drug problems.There will have been otherminor improvements to definitions since 1999 that might make some figures notstrictly comparable.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding will be awarded to NHS boards to fund their new responsibilities for an out of hours service once the new GP contract is introduced and from which budget any such funds will be allocated.
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Date answered:
12 November 2003
These resources are just part of the total resources available to localauthorities. Councils make service planning decisions based on all availableresources and in the light of local needs and priorities.Information on localauthorities’ expenditure on respite and other services to support carers is nowbeing collected...
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Date answered:
9 October 2003
The EC has not and does not intend to make any offerin the area of public sector education services. That position has been confirmedin a news release of 5 February 2003.
The Supplement to the Thirty-Second Report 2003 of the Review Body on Doctors and Dentists (DDRB) pay was published on 25 June.This supplementary report covers general dental practitioners (GDPs), those in the salaried primary dental care services, General Medical Practitioner (GMP) Registrars and salaried GMPs employed by a primary care organisation.
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Date answered:
18 March 2003
These include actions by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland to investigate serious service failures and make clear recommendations for remedial action, and action by the Executive to require NHS boards to make immediate changes to remedy serious concerns about patient safety and service quality.NHS Quality Improvement ...
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Date answered:
7 October 2002
There is evidence from the plans of a broad range of work with young people throughout Scotland covering prevention and diversion activities, treatment provision and services for young substance misusing offenders.
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Date answered:
1 October 2002
Following the changes introduced to the Capital Planning and Approval processes in April this year, it is anticipated that the majority of the £750 million will be allocated directly to NHS boards to undertake those improvements already under way or planned as part of the board's Capital Investment Programme.Those building projects currently under development include the provision of appropriate facilities for mental health; ambulatory care and diagnostic facilities; reconfiguration of services...
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Date answered:
6 September 2002
This recommended that the Medical Devices Agency, Health Services Advisory Committee, Health and Safety Executive, Chief Scientists Office and the UK Health Departments prepare a co-ordinated plan to test and evaluate safer devices and safer disposal methods.
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Date answered:
2 September 2002
Significant work has been progressed already in relation to those recommendations aimed both directly at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and those which are aimed at the COPFS and the police jointly.