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I think that one of you said earlier that probably the worst thing to do would be to keep changing things at the moment because there are no benchmarking data for us to compare this with. The message that I heard was that we have to let things settle in for a while to enable us to review or analyse how well it has worked over the first five years or so.
Unlike in the TV soap operas, we did not wait two weeks; we waited six years. We had a weekly visit from a social worker, and I remember what the social worker asked us on those visits.
On top of that, if we look at total Scottish Government spend next year, we see that the figure is just over £34 billion. Let us compare that £34 billion with the £32 billion that the SNP Government had during its first full year in 2008-09.
In secondary care in Scotland, homoeopathy is only employed within a broader integrative care approach, with surveys showing both enhanced wellbeing and symptom reduction across a broad range of long term conditions, and a resultant reduction in NHS costs through reduced GP and hospital visits and repeat prescriptions. S3W-39277
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 February 2010
However, some clients may receive more or less than this, depending on when they engaged with the programme, and the number of visits for each phase is different and, in pregnancy at least, do not cover a full year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 January 2010
In addition to national activities all NHS boards undertake local awareness raising in the areas where the mobile units are planning to visit. GP practices also actively engage women when their patient list is to be screened.