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Date answered:
26 January 2005
S2W-13773
Scottish ministers will report to the Scottish Parliament on the agency’s activities in the usual way. GDS officials will visit Scotland soon to meet stakeholders to inform decisions on how to develop the service for Scotland.
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Date answered:
24 January 2005
S2W-13553
To ask the Scottish Executive which population groups are at greatest risk of acquiring hepatitis C infection and what plans it has to test or screen these groups. Health Protection Scotland estimates that approximately 90% of the estimated 50,000 persons in Scotland, who have been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), are either former or current injecting drug users, and this population group is thus at greatest risk.In consequence, since HCV testing became available in 1991, thousands of injecting drug users in Scotland have been tested for HCV in the context of guidelines, distributed by the Scottish Executive Health Department, which recommend that all injecting drug users should be offered an HCV test.
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Date answered:
24 December 2004
S2W-12313
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote swimming as an activity in its public health strategy. Scotland has national physical activity targets for adults andchildren and swimming can make a contribution to daily activity.As part of the National PhysicalActivity Strategy for Scotland, the Scottish Executive has committed £24 million fundingto sportscotland to develop Active Schools in Scotland.
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Date answered:
30 November 2004
S2W-12328
In terms of the General Medical Services (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004 the successful candidate was offered a GMS contract.
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Date answered:
30 November 2004
S2W-12325
In any case where a NHS board reconsiders applications for a medical practice vacancy under the provisions of the NHS (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, which are kept in force by the General Medical Services (Transitional and Other Ancillary Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2004, so that cases which...
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Date answered:
29 November 2004
S2W-12691
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to publish its plans for promoting efficiency in Scotland’s public sector. Today the Scottish Executive published Building a Better Scotland: Efficient Government – Securing Efficiency Effectiveness and Productivity.
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Date answered:
8 November 2004
S2W-11664
Previous research has highlighted the relatively low level of awareness of modern Scotland amongst overseas media. The VNR is part of a two pronged approachto address this issue by: providing at relatively low cost footage of many aspectsof modern Scotland which can be used by media, Scottish Executive and Embassiesand; organising a series of targeted press visits for members of key internationalmedia – tailored itineraries to showcase aspects of modern Scotland and secure greater profile – of the right sort – in the international media.
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Date answered:
23 September 2004
S2W-10430
Consideration is currently being given as to which detailed functions will be exercised by the transport agency.As set out in the Executive’s White Paper Scotland’s Transport Future, the proposed regional transport partnerships will carry out such transport functions as their constituent councils decide to delegate to them.
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Date answered:
26 August 2004
S2W-09837
A copy of the letter is availableon the Executive’s consultation website at www.scotland.gov.uk/smokingconsultation/.In addition, I wrote personallyto COSLA, leaders and chief executives of local authorities, chairs and Chief Executives of NHS boards, Scotland’s Health at Work, the British PharmaceuticalIndustry (Scottish Office) and the Scottish Voluntary ...
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Date answered:
16 August 2004
S2W-09792
Education authorities have a duty, under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, to secure adequate and efficient provision of school education for their area and this includes provision for special educational needs.
