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To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-21171 by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 March 2009, in respect of hand hygiene, when it is correct for NHS staff to use (a) the agent provided and water only, (b) the agent provided and water or alcohol gel and (c) alcohol gel alone. The Health Protection Scotland (HPS) guidance on hand hygiene is...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2009
The Chief Health Professions Officer (CHPO) at the Scottish Government has discussed the issues with the NHS Chairs and Chief Executives who agreed to take action within their individual board areas. NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has also reinforced the scale of the current situation with NHS Chief Executives.
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Date answered:
19 March 2009
We are encouraging the learning of modern languages in primary and secondary schools through Curriculum for Excellence, which aims to raise the bar of modern languages learning and teaching in Scotland. Draft experiences and outcomes for modern languages were published for engagement and trialling in schools in October 2008 with the final version due to be ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the review of the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) by Peter Cook will include a survey of the cost to crofters and farmers of preparing applications for support from the scheme and will compare that cost with the cost of applying to the agricultural support schemes that the SRDP replaced.
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Date answered:
10 March 2009
The information available, which allows for comparison between September 2007 and February 2009, is given in the following table: Comparison of Insulin Pump Allocation September 2007 to February 2009 NHS Board September 2007 February 2009 Percentage Increase Ayrshire and Arran 2* 6 200% Borders 9 12 33% Dumfries and Galloway 6 9 50% Fife 33 47 42% Forth Valley 12 22 83% Grampian 22 46 109% Greater Glasgow and Clyde 30 47 56% Highland 8 15 87.5% Lanarkshire 7* 32 357% Lothian 79 105 33% Orkney 0 1 100% Shetland** - - - Tayside 42* 73 74% Western Isles 1 1 0% Scotland...
In 2006-07 the Scottish Government spent £40.5 million and agencies spent £34.7 million with companies identified as consultants in the recent Audit Scotland study, Central Government''s Use of Consultancy Services: http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/central/2009/nr_090115_central_gov_consultancy.pdf.
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Date answered:
5 February 2009
Head Count and Whole-Time Equivalent of physiotherapists* employed by NHSScotland as at 30 September 2000, 2007, and 2008 2000 2007 2008 Head count 2,488 3,188 3,306 WTE 1,974.0 2,527.4 2,631.7 Source: ISD Scotland “IR2009-0...
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Date answered:
4 February 2009
The Purpose of the Scottish Government is to increase sustainable economic growth across the whole of Scotland. To achieve this, we need to support local areas and businesses to regenerate and grow our town centres.