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The planning of the workforceto deliver first class health services, including specialist nurses who work withsufferers of chronic conditions to patients in Scotland, is primarily a matterfor individual NHS boards.
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Date answered:
20 April 2006
The numbers of households onwaiting lists for each local authority are published on an annual basis for 2000-01onwards in the quarterly Scottish Executive Statistical Bulletin (Housing Series)Housing trends in Scotland: quarters ending 31 March. This is available on-line in the publications sectionof the housing statistics branch reference site (http://www....
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Date answered:
19 April 2006
The Chief Scientist Office(CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department, has responsibility forencouraging and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. Itsupports research projects of a sufficiently high standard initiated by the research community in Scotland.This role is well known and advertised throughout the health ca...
This will be a significant improvement incommunications between different services both within Scotland andon a cross-border basis.The new system will requirea huge amount of work, including upgrades to some of the control room equipmentcurrently in use.
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Date answered:
23 March 2006
It is not thereforepossible to identify from the available data whether those patients who waited oversix months before treatment held an Availability Status Code.Census data, provided by NHSboards to ISD Scotland and published each quarter, shows number of patients waitingover specified periods as at the census date.
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Date answered:
20 March 2006
The Kelvin Valley Route was costed in outline for the Public Local Inquiry held in October 2005.A general allowance for these items was included in these costs, but the estimatesdid not separately identify these savings.Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more informationif required.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of early intervention strategies in schools in local authorities across Scotland. The quality of early education in schools and pre-school settings is monitored and evaluated through regular inspections by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education (HMIE).
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Date answered:
23 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase Scottish representation abroad, other than through Foreign and Commonwealth office establishments. Scotland is represented overseas through the Scottish Affairs Offices in Washington DC, Brussels and Beijing.
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Date answered:
21 February 2006
Work on the A85, A82 and the A83 at an estimated cost of £1,600,000 is scheduled to be undertaken from 2007-08 onwards.Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.
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Date answered:
7 February 2006