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These are the measures on which we judge our success in tackling child poverty in Scotland.Table 1 details the proportion of children below our range of low income household thresholds and cover the latest five years for which data are available.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 February 2001
The whole time equivalent of doctors working in NHSScotland is shown in the following table. The table contains the latest available data and should be read in conjunction with the notes.Whole Time Equivalent5 of doctors working in NHSScotland by Health Board areaAs at September/October 19992Hospital / Community ServicesGeneral Practitioners4TotalCareer Gra...
The following table shows public expenditure on health as a proportion of GDP in Scotland and in countries within the European Community in 1997 - the latest year for which comparable data are available.Public Expenditure on Health as Percentage of GDPCountry%Germany8.3Sweden7.2France7.1Belgium6.7Denmark6.7Luxembourg6.4Netherlands6.2Austria6.0United Kingdom...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives are currently employed broken down by health board and NHS Trust. The latest information available centrally on numbers of midwives employed in the NHS in Scotland by Health Board and Trust is shown in the table.NumberWTEScotland3 6262 962.8Ayrshire & Arran 263 217.4Ayrshire & Arran Acute Hospitals NH...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 December 1999
As far as mortality is concerned, the most recent figure for Scotland is that in 1998 there were 13,419 deaths from CHD. The latest year for which the information is available for England is 1997.
Because of illness at the end of last week, there was a delay in getting material to Alasdair Morrison for him to approve, so the paper was issued to members only earlier today.
That issue is also important because the relevant European directive will soon be introduced and we ought to get ready for it by taking whatever evidence we need ahead of time.
It would give the different partners an opportunity, every once in a while, to evaluate their role within the partnership and what they were contributing to—and getting out of—the process, and to decide in which direction the partnership should move.I strongly encourage the ministers to consider the review plans carefully.