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Reporting mechanisms for uptake of the H1N1 vaccine are not yet consistent across all health boards, therefore accurate and comparable figures will not be available until the end of the vaccination programme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 November 2009
Based on information returned to Health Protection Scotland by a proportion of GPs, uptake rate in the at-risk groups for the 2008-09 seasonal influenza vaccination programme is estimated at 48.5%. This compares to an estimate of 42.9% for the 2007-08 flu season.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many older people there were in private nursing homes at the most recent date for which information is available and how this compares with the number in May 2007. The Scottish Care Homes Census takes place in March each year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2009
There is therefore effectively no substantive change in the planned responsibilities under Marine Scotland compared with the current position. S3W-21896
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers it expects to be in post or to have completed training and be ready to take up a post by December 2009 and how this compares with the figure as at May 2007.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent police officers it expects to be in post in May 2011 and how this number compares with that in May 2007. I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-16471 on 1 October 2008.
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the average percentages change in salaries for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 compared with those for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many telephone eavesdroppings have been authorised by ministers since May 2007 and how this compares with the number for the equivalent period in the previous year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive why NHS Quality Improvement Scotland’s draft consultation document on sexual health services has a target for male screening for chlamydia of 10% compared with 30% for women. The targets for chlamydia screening set out in the draft NHS Quality Improvement Standards have been informed by sexual health Key Clinical Indicators an...