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The Scottish Government believes computer-based assessment is the best mode for this type of activity. Computer-based assessments are adaptive getting more or less challenging dependent on how a learner responds.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2018
For example: we have established two new funds providing £29 million for tackling poverty – the Social Economy Growth Fund & Aspiring Communities Fund; we are committed to the Living Wage and over the next three years will work to become a 'living wage nation'; since August, every new-born child in Scotland has received a baby box and from summer 2019 low income parents will benefit from the new enhanced Best...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 March 2018
The Board will receive a resource budget uplift of 1.9% in 2018-19, taking the Board’s annual resource budget to £734.8 million. We expect NHS Tayside to make best use of these resources to deliver better health, better care, and better value.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2018
It should be in line with good practice, reviewed regularly to achieve the best possible health outcomes and on-going support should be provided to patients who are prescribed medicines that are known to be addictive.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 November 2017
In addition an increased focus will be made on seeking commitment from the other 21 local authorities to introduce the Food for Life programme and further stimulate demand for local produce; and • Share best practice across the public sector, through the development and dissemination of new ‘exemplar menus’ to support the move towards more sustainable food...
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Date answered:
29 November 2017
The focus will be on resolution at the earliest possible time, continuous improvement, best practice, recording and reporting and learning from whistleblowing cases.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 November 2017
Scottish Government officials have engaged with a range of key stakeholders who are delivering cultural opportunities to primary school-aged children to identify and fully understand the range of ways schools engage with culture with a view to identifying how best to enhance existing provision. Engagement on the development of a cultural youth experience f...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2017
This is equivalent to over 28 per cent of the Scotland-wide SINA total. Orkney Islands Council would be best placed to advise on its allocation of the total financial resources available to it, including funding of its internal ferry services.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 October 2017
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and the National Institute for Health and Care are Excellence (NICE) make recommendations based on best available evidence and recommend use of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) to reduce the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in immobile stroke patients.