There are 210,028 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Date answered:
21 March 2001
S1W-13953
The CSO publication Research Strategy for the National Health Service in Scotland, published in July 1998, identifies the promotion of a multidisciplinary approach to health services research as one of the prime objectives in its overall aim of improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of health services and healthcare.
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Date answered:
15 March 2001
S1W-13774
A panel drawn from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and CoSLA considered each project on its merits and recommended to Ministers that funding be made available for three of these - for the Motherwell project and projects submitted by Lothian and Borders Police and Northern Constabulary.
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Date answered:
14 March 2001
S1W-13728
The Scottish Diet Action Plan, Eating for Health, made a number of recommendations, including the nutritional guidelines for catering specifications for the public sector, which are specifically aimed at schools and local authorities.In recent months, the Social Justice Annual Report 2000, Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change and Working Together for Scotland - A Programme for Government have each reiterated the role schools can play in improving children's diet through the commitment to supporting, through the Health Improvement Fund, the provision of breakfast clubs and fruit/salad bars in school settings.In addition, advice provided by the Scottish Executive gives health education, including nutritional education, a secure place within the curriculum and seeks to ensure that it is provided in all schools.
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Date answered:
12 March 2001
S1W-13545
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the labelling procedures and the traceability of beef imported into Scotland and, if so, what the grounds are for this position.
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Date answered:
5 March 2001
S1W-11746
Information about deaths resulting from hospital-acquired infections (HAI) is not available, as HAI is not a notifiable cause of death.A broad estimate of the incidence, impact and cost of HAI in Scotland, prepared by the Health Department in 1999, suggested that there might be approximately 69,000 cases annually in Scottish hospitals.This work also indicat...
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Date answered:
5 March 2001
S1W-10429
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to abolish compulsory competitive tendering for support services in the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Health Plan Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change, published on 14 December, states that the NHS should secure the provision of support services which offer best value and not just the l...
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Date answered:
22 February 2001
S1W-13210
To ask the Scottish Executive how many empty properties in (a) Highland Council area, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Orkney Islands, (d) the Shetland Islands and (e) Scotland are targeted to be brought back into use under the empty homes initiative; how many such homes had been brought back into use in each area by the end of 2000, and what target has been...
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Date answered:
21 February 2001
S1W-13164
The European Committee plans to take evidence by videoconference from representatives of Fishing Industries in other member states as part of its enquiry into the Common Fisheries Policy.Members of the former Rural Affairs (now Rural Development) Committee conducted a videoconference across 7 sites in Argyll and Bute in the course of gathering evidence for the recently published Enquiry into changing employment patterns in Rural Scotland...
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Date answered:
15 February 2001
S1W-12861
Current membership of the working group follows:Dr P Craig, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish ExecutiveMrs C De Placido, Fife Acute Hospitals NHS TrustMr S Eales, Scottish Executive Health DepartmentProfessor Stuart Gatehouse, Medical Research Council, Institute of Hearing Research Mr F Lauder, Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS TrustMr G McHardy, Grampian University Hospitals NHS TrustMrs M Milligan, Scottish Healthcare Supplies, Common Services Agency.The working group was established to look at adult hearing aid fittings and services in Scotland...
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Date answered:
1 February 2001
S1W-12595
To ask the Scottish Executive whether or not the creation of offences under paragraph 19 of the Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/418) was necessary given that Article 9 of EU Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals states "Member States shall adopt administrative and/or penal measures to p...
