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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.
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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.
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Date answered:
14 March 2002
It is for airport operators in conjunction with local stakeholders and, where appropriate, the Executive's agencies to market the facilities at all airports to airlines, but the decision to develop new international routes is a matter for the commercial judgement of the airlines themselves.
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Date answered:
12 March 2002
I am keen to make progress in developing a new scheme to encourage the widest possible participation in lifelong learning, but in doing so I want to take the best from the first Individual Learning Account (ILA) scheme while addressing the concerns that have been raised.
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Date answered:
11 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are being developed to assure the reliability and integrity of official statistics. A new Code of Practice on official statistics has now been released for consultation across the UK.
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Date answered:
11 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether consideration has been given to the mandatory use by NHS boards of new drugs and devices in circumstances where patients are clinically suitable and for which guidelines have been approved by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and the Health Technology Board for Scotland.
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Date answered:
11 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the report on the study carried out by Steer Davies Gleave on the aspirations of South East Scotland Transport Partnership authorities for new or enhanced passenger services in the Edinburgh area and when it expects to publish the report.