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In particular, the figures do not reflect directly the availability of dermatology services, because in many instances doctors employed in one health board area also provide service in another.
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Date answered:
19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail all funding given to local authorities and public bodies in the Highlands and Islands Parliamentary region for the provision or improvement of ferry services to islands or on mainland to mainland routes in (i) 1999 and (ii) 2000, broken down by project and local authority.
To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements are being made in breast cancer care in Scotland. Cancer services are one of the three top clinical priorities for the NHS in Scotland.
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Date answered:
18 January 2000
Expenditure on "Other Transport Programmes" includes Freight Facilities, Grants to Shipping services, Rural Transport Measures, Bus Fuel Duty Rebate, Road Safety Measures, Lifeline Air Service Subsidy and grants for Piers and Harbours including CalMac piers.5.
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Date answered:
15 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP practices had not concluded negotiations for a Section 17C Primary Medical Services contract at 1 March 2007, broken down by NHS board.
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Date answered:
19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many clerks to the district court spend a sufficient percentage of their time on district court work to entitle them to transfer to employment with the Scottish Court Service under the Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) regulations.
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Date answered:
14 February 2007
All NHS dental examinations havebeen free since 1 April 2006.We have put in place anumber of initiatives to address problems of access to NHS dental services insome parts of Scotland. The number (headcount) of non-salaried principalsproviding NHS general dental services in Scotland has risen from 1,933 at 30September...
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Date answered:
22 January 2007
Since 2004 there has been aconcordat in place between the UK Departments of Health and the Ministry ofDefence (MOD Defence Medical Services) on Delivering our Armed Forces HealthcareNeeds.
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Date answered:
18 January 2007
Her response is as follows:The Scottish Executive understandsthat the Executive Committee of Glasgow City Council agreed to explore alternativearrangements for the delivery of community services by the Chirnsyde Initiativeat its meeting on 8 December 2006.As members of the board of thelocal community planning partnership, Communities Scotland will seek to be partof any dialogue aimed at ensuring that services valued by the community can continueto be delivered.
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Date answered:
19 December 2006
Information on the proportionof total hospital cleaning costs accounted for by staff pay in 2005-06 is includedis table 1 of Proportion of total hospital cleaning costs spent on cleaningstaff pay in NHS hospitals a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 41241). At some locations, cleaning services areprovided by private contractors, the pay costs of these contracted staff will appearin the total costs of cleaning services and not in the pay element.