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The GP patient access survey asked about patient experience of both 48 hour access and advance access. The answers were coded into yes and no responses using a coding scheme agreed amongst survey stakeholders.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 September 2007
In addition, it should be noted that severalchanges were made to the STATS 19 specification with effect from the start of 1999,including the introduction of the code which is used to identify drivers or riderswho are non-UK residents.
A lot of the engagement is between our officials and civil servants, and there is a code that governs that. I come back to my earlier point about independence and impartiality.
We know that its investigations are on-going, and it is important that those are completed swiftly.One key part of an audit is that it is based on compliance with the code of audit practice that the Accounts Commission and I set for public auditors in Scotland.
One of the provisions in that bill, on the code of practice, is welcome. That could involve significant stakeholder engagement around promoting the principles of the legislation.
In that regard, we have robust policies and safeguards to ensure that no potential conflicts of interests arise from staff members’ previous employment. We have a robust code of conduct that means that, if an investigator is asked to undertake an investigation and they know the officer who is subject to the investigation, a victim or a witness, they should ...