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It was last updated on 3 Feb 2023 with the 2018-21 data, showing that disabled people spent 34% of their income on housing, fuel and food compared to 23% of income among non-disabled people.
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Date answered:
14 November 2022
While those referred as an urgent suspicion of cancer (USC) continue to be prioritised and more patients were treated on a 62-day pathway in the latest published quarter (Q2 2022) compared to pre-COVID, clearly recovery will take time.
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Date answered:
20 September 2022
The 2022-23 Local Government Settlement of almost £12.7 billion provides local authorities with a cash increase of over £1 billion or 9.2 per cent compared to ? 2021-22, and it is the responsibility of individual local authorities to manage their own budgets and to allocate the total financial resources available to them, including on support for adult adop...
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Date answered:
29 August 2022
The latest alcohol-specific deaths statistics published by National Records of Scotland in August 2022 show that in 2021 alcoholic liver disease caused 795 deaths which is an increase of 36 compared to the previous year. Living with obesity or being overweight is also linked with an increased risk of developing a non-alcohol-related fatty liver disease (...
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many times and (b) on what dates it has been represented at meetings of the specialised committees established under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, also broken down by which committees it was represented at, and what information it has regarding how this compares with the overall (i) number and (ii) dates ...
Evidence also shows that the cost of living is considerably higher for households in the lowest income deciles compared to those with higher incomes. These households will therefore be hit hardest by any increases in the cost of living.
The plan will support increased inpatient and outpatient activity, including an aim to increase outpatients capacity by 10% compared to pre-pandemic levels. In March we published a National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care which supports the remobilisation and recovery of health and social care services and sets out priorities for recruitment,...
The overall size of the closure compared to previous years has been reduced by 28%, while providing increased protection to spawning cod by prohibiting all fishing activity in the closed areas for 11 weeks from 14 th February in both 2022 and 2023.
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Date answered:
21 February 2022
In the week ending 11 January, health boards reported a 31% increase in coronavirus absence compared with the previous week. On average, 7,174 NHS staff were absent per day for reasons related to Coronavirus, or around 4.0% of the NHS workforce.