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A short-life working group has been established by NHS Scotland to review the structure and presentation of the HAIRT and to consider what changes are necessary in order to make the information, as presented, more consistent across NHS boards and easier to understand.
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Date answered:
6 January 2010
SEPA will authorise applications made under the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Act 2005 (CAR) for activities which clearly demonstrate improvements in flood risk management.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 January 2010
The Scottish Government Health Directorate (SGHD) and Health Protection Scotland (HPS) have worked closely with NHS boards on planning for the influenza A (H1N1) vaccination programme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2009
Current guidance available to NHS boards from Health Facilities Scotland on the provision of sanitary assemblies and infection control advises against the procurement of swan-neck taps.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 December 2009
Actions include: mapping current services; gathering and analysing local data on readmissions; staff training; involving service users and carers in service improvement; and improving data systems. The NHS in Scotland is currently exceeding the readmissions target according to the latest available figures, with an overall decrease of 26%.
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Date answered:
9 December 2009
Number of Patients Discharged from General Acute Hospitals with an Alcohol-related Diagnosis Aged 12 Years or Under, Resident in NHS Lothian 2003-04 to 2007-08 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 NHS Lothian 12 9 5 8 7 Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Note: Data for 2007-08 are provisional.
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Date answered:
7 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is to be no standardised means of communicating progress in literacy and numeracy to secondary schools at the transition stage under plans for implementing the Curriculum for Excellence, as stated by the President of School Leaders Scotland, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Date answered:
26 November 2009
This will include a toolkit to support practitioners in the New Year. Learning and Teaching Scotland''s Parents as Partners in Learning website has examples of good practice on how to tell parents what they need to know about the changes to their child''s education: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/parentsaspartnersinlearning/about/cfevideos.asp.
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Date answered:
23 November 2009
Financial Year Orlistat Sibutramine 2004-05 145,720 36,022 2005-06 227,011 47,109 2006-07 345,470 61,644 2007-08 352,683 60,741 2008-09 389,296 55,290 The information in the table has been provided by NHS National Services Scotland. S3W-28856