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26 March 2004
S2W-06314
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Health Technology Assessment Advice 5, which NHS boards automatically offer a second trimester anomaly scan within the recommended 18 to 22 weeks gestation period and, if this is not universally offered, what steps will be taken to ensure that it will be offered automatically in all board areas and whether it will facilitate the development of action plans to help boards to achieve automatic access to first and second trimester scans.
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Date answered:
25 March 2004
S2O-01729
Such arrangements will need to meet mandatoryaccreditation standards to ensure a safe, quality service.NHS boardsare currently developing their plans for out-of-hours service re-provision andare being assisted by a national out-of-hours working group.
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Date answered:
16 March 2004
S2W-06296
Alison Bowes andHeather Wilkinson (Stirling University)received a grant from the Chief Scientist Office in 2002 to carry out afeasibility study to establish effective ways of ascertaining the views ofolder South Asian people with dementia, their families and carers, and toexplore central issues of service support.The studyconcluded that South Asian communities lack knowledge and experience ofdementia and access to appropriate services, especially at home and highlightedthe need to develop...
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9 March 2004
S2W-06415
ISD regularly reviews and updates itsplanned quality assurance programme to ensure that fit-for-purpose data areavailable to meet the developing needs of NHSScotland and, where data areintended for publication, to meet the standards required of National Statistics.
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Date answered:
3 March 2004
S2W-06066
Any costs incurred by theStudent Loans Company (SLC) are met on a proportional basis by Her Majesty’sGovernment and the devolved administrations, based on the numbers of borrowerswho were domiciled in each country when they received their loan and value of thoseloans. Any additional development costs incurred by SLC as a result of policychanges by one admin...
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12 February 2004
S2O-01295
Theupper age range for routine invitation is being extended to 70 years on aphased basis across Scotland from spring 2003.The BreastScreening Programme has developed effective arrangements to invite knowneligible women who are not registered with a general practitioner.
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Date answered:
10 February 2004
S2W-05859
The Scottish Executive, and its economic development agencies – Scottish Enterprise andHighlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) - have a range of support in place toassist the growth of indigenous businesses these include measures to helpbusinesses to innovate, invest in capital equipment, export, access equitycapital, improve energy efficiency and utilise br...
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9 February 2004
S2W-05780
The 31st Annual GeneralAssembly of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR),held in Saint-Malo, France on 11 and 12 September 2003, adopted a finaldeclaration calling for the organisation to help find positive solutions “ensuringthe success of a Union which is both continent-wide and deeper”, and “making asuccess of the global governance issue for a sustainable development of theplanet”.The General Assembly alsoadopted four resolutions dealing with reform of the Common Agricultural Policy,fisheries, local management of inshore fisheries and fisheries in the Mediterranean.The text of the finaldeclaration and the resolutions can be found on the CPMR’s website at www.cpmr.org.
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Date answered:
26 January 2004
S2W-05210
The work done so far to take forward the partnership agreement commitment to develop core standards for voluntary accreditation schemes has included the issue of tenancy deposits and their return.
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18 December 2003
S2W-03596
The paper on Methodologiesin support of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: The UK approach toimplementation for buildings other than dwellings describes the strategythat ODPM, the Department forEnvironment Food and Rural Affairs andthe Scottish Executive are pursuing in developing the methodologiesrequired by the directive.
