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I met recently with the Commission to discuss the possible effects ofAltmark on the Executive’s plans for those services. Following that meeting it isnow clear that there continues to be a requirement on the Executive to tender theservices.The reasons for this are:· The Altmark case concerned the questionof whether a payment constituted state aid.
In the context of the International Classification of Diseases, both conditions come under the general heading of "Multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms".The number of persons diagnosed with multiple myeloma in Scotland forselected years were as follows: Year No. of New Cases 1975 175 1980 262 ...
Hospital management and administration expenditure for NHS Board areas from 1995 to 2003 was as follows: Board (£000s) 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Ayrshire and Arran 14,394 14,203 15,722 15,672 ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental graduates remained in Scotland to work in (a) a practice, (b) the community and (c) a hospital following completion of their vocational training and general professional training in each of the last three years, expressed as a percentage of all who completed their training in each case.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 February 2004
The figures requested are contained in the following tables: NHS Board 1999-2000 2000-01 Total Cost (£) Cost per Capita (£) Total Cost (£) Cost per Capita (£) Argyll and Clyde 960,266 2.28 1,042,668 2.48 Ayrshire and Arran 176,883 0.48 135,791...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4809 by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004, what the (a) range of values and (b) greatest value is for each NHS board area. The following table showsfor each NHS board the equivalent information to that given in the answer toS2W-4809.All answers to written questions are available on the ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 February 2004
Itis not possible to separate the information into care types i.e. intensive orspecial care. The following table shows the average cost per inpatient casetreated in neonatal units for years ended 31 March 1997to 2003 by NHS board area.Cost per In-patient SCBUDischarge (£): by NHS Board and Financial Year NHS Board 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 February 2004
I would like toannounce three decisions that we have made on water charges.Firstly, following thefailure of Scottish Water and the Water Industry Commissioner to come to anagreement on the scheme of charges for 2004-05, under the procedures laid downin the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 it has fallen to ministers to decidethe levels of individual charge...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it allocated specifically to support and promote breastfeeding in each year since May 1999, expressed also as a percentage of the total health budget in each year. The following table contains information regarding funding the Scottish Executive has allocated specifically to support and promote breastfeeding in ea...