There are 244,657 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 May 2001
S1W-14953
The Scottish Society for Autism runs two projects a) the Social Inclusion Partnership Project - a pro-active service to address difficulties causing school exclusion and family breakdown and b) Video Interaction Positively - use of video technology to promote positive interaction between parent and child (concluded March 2001).The National Autistic Society also operates two projects a) Developing Social Skills and Understanding - an interactive programme to enhance social skills and to produce a training pack for local authorities to develop good practice and b) Accreditation Scotland...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 May 2001
S1W-15362
Steps taken include:Scottish Dental Access Initiative grants to encourage practitioners to set up or expand NHS practices in areas of unmet patient demand or high oral health need, including rural areas and the most deprived areas where dental health is generally poor; approval of salaried dentist posts in areas where island health boards or Primary Care NHS Trusts have indicated that there are difficulties with NHS dental provision or oral health needs; a scheme whereby fees may be paid to dentists travelling to rural areas for loss of remunerative time spent on travel and to compensate the dentist where visits are cancelled at short notice; andthe early years enhanced capitation scheme to encourage dentists to register and provide preventive advice and treatment to 0-2- and 3- to 5-year-olds, with payment on a sliding scale depending on the level of deprivation.My officials are also developing a scheme in collaboration with the British Dental Association for dentists to register and fissure seal the molars of those 6- to 8-year-old patients most at risk of decay and problems of NHS dental access are being examined by the Implementation Support Group for the Action Plan for Dental Services in Scotland...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2001
S1W-12641
To ask the Scottish Executive when pilot studies into new contractual arrangements for GPs referred to in Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change are due to be wound up, what evaluation process has been established to study the success of the projects, who will be involved in that process and when a report on the pilot studies is expected to be published. The first seven pilots in Scotland...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 April 2001
S1W-13745
Further advice on good practice can be found in the Scottish Executive publications, 'Taking a Closer Look at Promoting Social Competence', 'Sharing Good Practice' and Circular 4/96: Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs-Assessment and Recording.Circular 4/96 provides advice to education authorities on the assessment and recording arrangements in Scotland for children and young people with learning needs across the full range of special educational needs.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2001
S1W-13237
Independent research carried out on The Edinburgh Homeless Practice recently, as part of its Personal Medical Services pilot, praised the service provided to homeless people, and the approach taken by staff.Our National Health, the Health Plan for Scotland, recognises the need for the NHS to respond effectively to the needs of homeless people and rough slee...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2001
S1W-14015
Careers service companies have been asked to co-ordinate multi-agency bids for imaginative projects to improve transition for Scotland's most vulnerable young people including those with Asperger's Syndrome.The Learning Disabilities Review recognised the need for more support for people with autistic spectrum disorder.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 March 2001
S1W-11225
It concluded that in a specialty such as neurology, sensible restructuring, with proper integration with primary and community care, was desirable in order to achieve improvements in access while retaining high standards of care.The report of the review itself highlighted a partnership model for neurology services, under which Scotland's four specialist neu...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2001
S1W-13349
To ask the Scottish Executive why it does not select as well as approve the sites of proposed GM crop trials; who the members are of the Scientific Steering Committee which selects the proposed sites and what representation Scotland has on this committee. The initial identification of individual sites to participate in these trials takes place independentl...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 February 2001
S1W-11313
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it has provided in each of the last three years for the promotion of the services offered by Scotland's oil and gas sector at trade fairs either in the UK or overseas.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 February 2001
S1W-12596
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/418) are more detailed and more strict than the counterpart regulations imposed in England and Wales and, if so, whether it will give details as to why this is and, in particular, why the Scottish Regulations contain provisions regarding the powe...
