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Staffing issues are common throughout the NHS—indeed, last weekend, in a Royal College of Nursing survey, 90 per cent of nurses said that their latest shift had been understaffed. Currently, across Scotland, 6,209 nursing and midwifery posts are vacant.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will report on the outcome of the recent British-Irish Council Summit. On 26 November 2012, the nineteenth meeting of the British-Irish Council was held in Cardiff, Wales.
Transport is currently the highest-emitting sector in Scotland. The latest figure of 26 per cent is from 2020, which encompasses the lockdown, while pre-Covid the figure was 36 per cent.
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There was consensus from the witnesses who gave evidence to the Committee on 26 June that the Place Programme needs to develop in a way that creates a long-term plan for embedding the benefits derived from the programme’s delivery.viSee the witnesses who gave evidence on behalf of local governance or membership organisations on 27 June 2019, excluding Creat...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive why Forestry Commission Scotland has changed its annual scavenging permit to quarterly and has increased the price in the Highlands by over 100%. Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) engages in firewood sales on a local basis.