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To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to measure the public benefit of the new NHS consultant contracts. The Scottish Executive issued a Health Department Letter (HDL(2005)28) on delivering the benefits of Pay Modernisation in July 2005.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 September 2005
Prior to 1 January 2005, “Stats 19” returns did not record contributory factors so the data requested is not available centrally.With effect from 1 January 2005, a new set of questions was added to the “Stats 19” injury road accident reporting system.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 August 2005
Year Allocation (£000) 1999 14,775 2000 15,361 2001 16,721 2002 18,545 2003 19,090 2004 20,852 The allocation each year covers all award holders including new awards made in that year as well as any uplift recommended by the Doctors’ and ...
Awards have been given under the Integrated Transport Fund (ITF) to Cycling Scotland for its running costs, to the Bike Week Steering Group for its national programme, Sustrans for its research programme on cycling and safer routes, and the Strategic Rail Authority for fitting of cycle racks on new and existing rolling stock. Details of ITF awards are conta...
The targets which are used to measure theambulance service’s performance under the new system are based partly (in relationto response times to non-life threatening calls) on the population density of eachNHS board area.
This will consider the scope for strengthening existing measures or introducing new ones to ensure that Scotland continues to make its contribution to UK climate change objectives.
This will consider the scope for strengthening existing measures or introducing new ones to ensure that Scotland continues to make its contribution to UK climate change objectives.
This involves taking account of the following indicators for all projects:energy efficiency as measured by average performance SAP ratingsaverage energy (space and water heating) costs per annum (£)average CO2 emissions per annum (tonnes)number of new units built on “brownfield” sitesexistence of a verifiable sustainable development policy (for registered s...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 April 2005
The Executive believes that employment is the best route out of poverty for the vast majority of people, and that meaningful employment allows people to sustain themselves and their families in a lifestyle free from poverty. That is why the Executive’s new Closing the Opportunity Gap approach puts employability at the very heart of the Executive’s efforts t...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2005
Asof 18 April 2005, nine NHS boards have received approval for their schemesof establishment and the Scottish Executive Health Department has written to NHSboard chairs requesting the estimated financial cost of the establishment of CHPcommittees, taking into account the dissolution of Primary Care Divisions and LocalHealth Care Co-operatives.Guidance issued by the ScottishExecutive Health Department in April 2005 to NHS boards highlighted the requirementfor NHS board chairs to ensure that these new...