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The convention offers an excellent opportunity to promote new ideas and gain consensus on practical measures that can encourage best practice in tackling health care associated infection.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2002
Tartan Week greatly increased Scotland's profile both in New York and Washington. Scotland, and its diverse images, enjoyed substantial and positive media coverage both here and in the United States.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2002
I have undertaken to publish a report by the Performance Audit Group on the first year of operation of the new trunk road contracts in line with the recommendation of the Auditor General.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2002
The Scottish Executive instructed the Performance Audit Group to investigate concerns expressed by the new operating companies and also review the records of actions taken by the previous trunk road operators in regard to the clearing of litter from motorways.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 April 2002
The Scottish Executive is committed in Cancer in Scotland Action for Change (ISBN:1 84268 915 0) to introducing a population based prostate cancer screening programme, if and when new research leads to screening and treatment techniques being sufficiently developed.
Capital resources are not specifically allocated to individual NHS boards for the provision or replacement of medical equipment.It is for individual NHS boards to determine annually the level of funding required for new and replacement medical equipment taking into account other local priorities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2002
The forthcoming Local Government Bill will include a new statutory backing for Best Value in Scotland and provide the Accounts Commission for Scotland with additional powers to set performance indicators.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurse consultants specialising in coronary heart disease there are in each NHS board area and what action is being taken in respect of this matter. New nurse/midwife consultant posts were introduced in Scotland in spring 2000 and 13 were recommended for establishment.
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Date answered:
18 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SE5424/2002 of 28 February 2002, what funding it will provide to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07.