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Date answered:
14 September 2006
S2W-28216
This does not differentiate between diagnosis atadmission, discharge or during an admission.The followingtable presents the number of patients discharged from acute hospitals in Scotland during the past financial year whoreceived a diagnosis of malnutrition at some point in their stay, categorised bythe length of stay.
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Date answered:
28 August 2006
S2W-27471
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the Department of Trade and Industry’s statement in the UK Energy Review that, in respect of decisions on new nuclear power stations, “Since energy policy is a reserved matter, the responsibility for reaching a Justification decision would remain with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry”. Underthe Scotland Act 1998 nuclear safety, security and safeguards are reservedmatters.
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Date answered:
4 August 2006
S2W-27423
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time to see a child psychiatrist was in each year since 1999 and how many in-patient beds there were for young psychiatric patients in each year. NHS Scotland median waiting timesfor first out-patient appointments, following referral from a general medicalor dental practitioner, to consultants in child...
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Date answered:
27 July 2006
S2W-27168
The interpreter was instructedto assist three prosecution witnesses, who speak Polish, for a trial at the Sheriff Court in Wick on 26 June 2006.The Sheriff Clerkinstructed an interpreter to assist the accused – who speaks Polish.Both interpreters attendedfor their respective assignments in this trial.Havingregard to the possibility that a miscarriage of justice could have occurred dueto possible errors in interpreting the witnesses’ evidence, it was appropriatefor the Procurator Fiscal Depute to invite the Sheriff to desert the case forthe time being with the intention to bring the case again at a later date.The Sheriff decided todismiss the case outright, based on a number of factors.Thecircumstances of this case were very unusual and do not often occur.COPFShas asked for a report from the agency which provided the interpreter and is indiscussions with the agency to ensure that such difficulties do not ariseagain.Independently, COPFS iscurrently reviewing the arrangements by which interpreting services areprovided in relation to prosecution in Scotland...
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Date answered:
23 June 2006
S2W-26854
Services provided by NHSboards and NHS Health Scotland would be met from their general allocation.However,the Executive currently allocates £8.6 million per annum to NHS boards for actionto prevent the spread of blood borne viruses (BBV), and to support people who havecontracted BBV, including HIV/AIDS.Inaddition, the Executive also funds a number of volunt...
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Date answered:
30 May 2006
S2W-25957
In most cases these are short-termand no or little medical intervention is required.Another estimate on diagnosedmental health problems can be based on the number of patients first seen for thecondition in general practices participating in Practice Team Information (PTI).PTI date are obtained from a sample of Scottish general practices, covering thefull range of age, sex, deprivation and urban/rural classes in Scotland...
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Date answered:
12 May 2006
S2W-25660
Information on traffic flowson Scottish trunk roads is collected in terms of Annual Average Daily Flows fordifferent classes of vehicle.Traffic data extracted from the Scottish Roads Traffic Database (SRTDb) for the A9 between Perth and Stirling and theA90 between Perth and Dundee from the automatic traffic counter sites at A9 Blackfordand A90 Longforgan shows the following traffic flows:A9Blackford Year Annual Average Daily Flow (AADF) All Vehicles AADF Cars Only 2001 18,480 15,089 2002 *N/A *N/A 2003 25,596 19,547 2004 24,592 19,671 2005 25,742 20,729 Note: *Data not available becauseof equipment failure.A90 Longforgan Year Annual Average Daily Flow (AADF) All Vehicles AADF Cars Only 2001 31,584 24,293 2002 32,262 24,936 2003 32,828 26,352 2004 32,476 27,049 2005 34,808 28,596 Transport Scotland...
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Date answered:
8 May 2006
S2W-25136
A pilot multi-agency inspection of learningdisability services led by the SWIA and involving service users, carers, theCare Commission, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Her Majesty’s Inspectorateof Education and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, is currently underwayin Ayrshire.
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Date answered:
4 May 2006
S2W-24620
Table 1: Number of Self-EmployedPeople, Scotland, 1997 to 2005 Quarter Level Change year-on-year Spring 1997 239,000 Spring 1998 238,000 -1,000 Spring 1999 224,000 -14,000 Spring 2000 217,000 -7,000 Spring 2001 230,000 13,000 Spring 20...
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Date answered:
19 April 2006
S2W-24508
To ask the Scottish Executive what aspects of the Doing Well By People with Depression initiative ministers can recommend and roll out across Scotland as a means of reducing the number of people prescribed anti-depressants.
