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What we should do—it is something that we would very much encourage and something that is happening in Scotland right now—is encourage people before they die to make a decision about transplantation.
Someone who lives in the most deprived areas of Scotland is almost three times as likely to die young of a heart attack than someone who lives in the least deprived areas.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 November 2005
Within these patienthistories, SMR01 episodes are grouped according to whether they form part of acontinuous spell of treatment (whether or not this involves transfer betweenhospitals or even health boards).3.
We have increased our target for transferring freight from road to rail and water from 18 million lorry miles a year, which we achieved this month, to 23 million lorry miles a year, which is our target for a year hence.
Alasdair Morgan mentioned the possibility of leaks and so on but, if a statement is leaked 10 minutes before it is given, then, big wows. Is it not the case that the press often get given copies of the text in an envelope?
There was a misunderstanding about the number of properties involved and figure 26 referred to the number of blocks on the plan whereas each block represents four properties.
We will post a full report on the website, but the factors that I have outlined are, I think, the significant ones as far as distinguishing what happens in Denmark and what happens in Scotland is concerned.