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Thatguidance is of course a direct response to the provisions within the MentalHealth (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and will help agencies planservices and accommodation to allow mothers with a post-natal depression to beadmitted to hospital accompanied by their babies.The interimreport of Dr Sandra Grant’s National Assessment of Mental Health Se...
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Date answered:
10 February 2004
The table shows the fundingprovided by NHS boards in Scotland to the Sleep Centre in Edinburgh: NHS Boards 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Argyll and Clyde 3,348 3,515 3,620 3,761 Ayrshire and Arran 3,104 3,255 3,353 3,483 Borders 24,870 40,5...
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Date answered:
13 January 2004
There is no centrally heldinformation on levels of household debt in Scotland.The table shows estimatesfor median equivalised net household income, before and after housing costs, foreach of the years 1996-97 to 2001-02 inclusive, all in 2001-02 prices.Equivalisation takes accountof the size and composition of the household (see footnote to table), and it isthis measure of income that is used in the official low income statistics.The figures in the tablesare estimates only derived from a sample survey, the Family Resources Survey(FRS). The sample size of the FRS in Scotland...
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Date answered:
10 December 2003
Key factors which have changed thestatistics published by ISD since 1999 and in doing so affected comparabilitywith previous years include:Legislative changes in ophthalmic services in 1999.Changing service provision in hospitals whereby somesurgical operations/procedures are now carried out in out-patients, wherepreviously they would have involved day case treatment.Changes in the way waiting lists/times are classifiedand improved coverage in response to the Audit Scotland...
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Date answered:
4 December 2003
A national working group to look at the issuesaround out of hours across Scotland in both a rural and urban setting has been set up aspart of the implementation process.
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Date answered:
20 October 2003
These policy documents set out clear action points and recommendations intended to ensure that NHS Scotland provides modern, safe and sustainable maternity services that are appropriate to the needs of women and families in Scotland.In the case of NHS Argyll and Clyde’s maternity service proposals, I have taken the time to both carefully consider all the av...
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Date answered:
8 October 2003
The Executivehas included a commitment in the white paper Partnership for Care and thePartnership Agreement Partnership for a Better Scotland, that no patientwill wait longer than 26 weeks for a first out-patient appointment following GPreferral, by 2005.The National Waiting Times Unithas agreed plans with each NHS board which include local out-patient wait...
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Date answered:
19 September 2003
There was an increase of 24 training places from April 2001to April 2003, with a further six places planned by April 2004.The Scottish Executive is adopting an integrated approach to workforce planning anddevelopment at local, regional and national levels and is investing £1.200,000annually for three years, beginning in 2003-04, to help develop more effectiveworkforce development arrangements across NHS Scotland...