The information requestedis not available centrally.The Scottish Executive’starget is that anyone contacting their GP practice should have guaranteed accessto a GP, nurse or other healthcare professional within 48 hours.For the year 2005-06,NHS boards reported (nationally) that over 99% of practices demonstrated compliancewith Health Department requirements for this guarantee. This compares to 97% in2004-05. NHS Lothian reported 100% compliance for both 2004-05 and 2005-06.Information on thetarget and the guidance issued to NHS boards is available publicly from the 48 HourAccess website http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/48houraccess.