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We were able to introduce this payment earlier because it builds on the existing infrastructure for our Best Start Grant payments. I am pleased that applications will open next week with first payments beginning from end February 2021.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 October 2020
NHS Scotland Boards will therefore use the delivery model which is most suitable for their local circumstances including making the best use of GP practice capacity to support the 2020 flu vaccination programme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 September 2020
The Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS) hold regular themed video conferences with local authorities to discuss progress and share best practice on engagement and other matters as they roll out their Spaces for People schemes.
To ask the Scottish Government who is being tested for COVID-19. In order to make best use of available testing capacity we identified three priorities for testing: to direct our testing capacity effectively to save lives and protect the vulnerable; to ensure that critical staff can return to work as soon as possible and to monitor and report on the spread...
The First Minister has today announced that, in light of the best available evidence, the Government has concluded that the regulations and guidance which underpin the current lockdown must remain in place for now.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 March 2020
In addition, I expect Boards to share, through the structures established for such purposes, examples of best practice with the potential to benefit patients more widely across NHS Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2020
It is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and we know that screening remains the best way to detect cervical cancer early and help reduce health inequalities in cancer outcomes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 January 2020
A regulatory group is currently developing a practical framework for assessing sea lice loadings and management requirements. This will use the best available science which will include consideration of the natural migratory routes of wild fish.