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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 March 2006
S2W-23519
Thisallowance is not means tested, nor are there pre-set limits on the means or levelsof funding by which these needs may be met.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 January 2005
S2W-13095
SAK has the added benefit of taking heavy freight away from the busy Glasgow-Edinburgh and Forth Bridge lines, allowing improved and more reliablepassenger services within the central belt and into Fife and beyond.A number of additional projects awarded funding from the first four rounds of the Public Transport Fund are identified in the regional leaflets associated withthe Scottish Executive transport delivery report, Scotland's Transport:Delivering Improvements, published in March 2002, available at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/transport/stdi-00.asp.Those projects receiving awards under the fifth and final round of the PublicTransport Fund were announced on 14 November 2002:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2002/11/SEET181.aspx.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 May 2000
S1W-04236
These include:supporting the breast cancer screening programme with funds of over £5 million per year:establishing one stop clinics for investigation and diagnosis of breast lumps, to reduce the anxiety of waiting for results;setting a national maximum waiting time for cancer treatment, to be delivered by March 2001;encouraging the use of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) guidelines on Breast Cancer in Women which was published in 1998;renewing and updating the guidelines on the Referral of Women with Breast Problems and issuing them to all GPs in Scotland, including new evidence and guidance on determining the urgency of individual cases;setting up three multi-disciplinary managed clinical networks on breast cancer across Scotland, allowing for the sharing and dissemination of good practice;encouraging referral of patients to specialist breast surgeons;undertaking prospective audits of breast cancer, among others, nationwide using the relevant SIGN guidelines;having the Scottish Cancer Group work with the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland on ways of improving quality of cancer care generally and on developing standards for assessment and accreditation of cancer services;supporting six research projects on or related to breast cancer through funding of £754,000;funding the Cancer Therapy Network to encourage the entry of as many patients as possible to clinical trials at a cost of £1 million.As cancer is an overall clinical priority for the NHS in Scotland and is tackled through many different routes, we do not require health boards and NHS Trusts to identify separately how much of their expenditure they devote to providing cancer services, but we expect them to give the treatment and care of all forms of cancer due priority in allocating their resources.
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 May 2004
Justice 1 Committee, 26 May 2004
A situation can initially appear to be an emergency, but as it develops it can become less significant.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 November 2003
Plenary, 13 Nov 2003
Like the vulnerable, they deserve the right systems, funding and leadership. That will ensure that they do not take the blame for things that are not their fault.
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 June 2004
Standards Committee, 29 Jun 2004
After setting out his model for a rota, Mr Sedgwick says:"We await information from the European Union Commission in regard to a possible flexibility in the new legislation. This flexibility is reflected in the flexibility column".The matter is not decided.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2006
S2W-28261
Centrally held information doesnot explicitly identify podiatric surgeons employed in NHSScotland.Information on staff employedin NHSScotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under WorkforceStatistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce. S2W-28261
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 March 2006
S2W-23399
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Advisory Committee on the Dental Workforce last met. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23398 on 8 March 2006.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 October 2004
S2W-11034
NHS Employers are responsible for the planning and delivery of a range of services and for ensuring a competent workforce to deliver these services effectively.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 December 2003
S2W-04269
Colorectal cancer surgery isnot a recognised clinical specialty. Workforce information, including thenumbers of consultants by clinical specialty are available from ISD Scotland atwww.isdscotland.org/isd.
