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The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is expected to provide guidance on the use of Trastuzamab in the near future.Pending this guidance and Health Technology Board for Scotland Comment, Herceptin is currently supported by NHS Greater Glasgow and many other NHS Boards across Scotland within locally agreed cl...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what methods it uses to assess demand for information and communications technologies as set out in point 55 of its response to the report of the Digital Scotland Task Force, Digital Scotland: The Way Forward.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 January 2002
These will utilise the DTI £30 million fund for innovative projects to extend broadband networks, £4.4 million of which has been allocated to Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures the Scottish Executive is taking to support Verdant Works in Dundee and other heritage sites across Scotland. Funding of the Verdant Works is the responsibility of the Dundee Heritage Trust.
We are not yet in a position to say how the extra funding will be distributed, but decisions will be made, and announced, following consultations with all 22 Drug Action Teams in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is for tackling the issue of food poverty in Scotland. Our overall strategy for tackling poverty is set out in Social Justice: a Scotland where everyone matters.Through the Scottish Community Diet Project and Social Inclusion Partnerships the Executive funds a range of initiatives that address food poverty in ways responsive to local needs.We will shortly appoint a national dietary co-ordinator who will give priority to supporting primary producers and major retailers to maximise their potential contribution towards health with a focus on low income groups.
Promotion of the Union Canal is primarily an operational matter for British Waterways Scotland whose activities are largely funded by the Scottish Executive.
The National Grid for Learning in Scotland already uses a set of metadata standards closely based on existing international standards, and adoption of these is now normal for schools material commissioned by the Executive and by Learning and Teaching Scotland.