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Twelve boards routinely offer universal newborn hearing screening to newborn babies and the other three boards offer targeted screening for babies who are at a high risk of hearing impairments.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether dental screening takes place for all children in Primary 1 and Primary 7 and which NHS board areas provide dental screening for all children in Primary 1 and Primary 7.
The statistics provided in question S1W-3322 cannot be broken down into source of referral. However, a referral for breast screening in a woman over the age of 64 is normally initiated by the woman herself.
Members will be aware of that, as we often have to come and ask them to host those visits. A very large slug of the resources is spent not on the outward visits, which attract the profile, but on the hundreds of people who come to visit us.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what provisions are in place to ensure that elected councillors in Glasgow can continue to effectively represent their constituents on housing matters should there be a yes vote in the Glasgow housing stock transfer ballot of tenants. If tenants vote yes in the Glasgow housing stock tra...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking, unilaterally or in conjunction with the Home Office, to develop a roadside device to screen those suspected of driving while under the influence of drugs.