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General Practitioners operate under terms of service set out in the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995. These terms of service require General Practitioners to refer patients as appropriate for services provided under the National Health Service.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2000
If the offer is accepted, all MLSOs in Scotland will benefit from the increases including (i) 47 trainee MLSOs; (ii) 1,106 MLSO 1's and (iii) 467 MLSO 2's.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proposed Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 2000 will include powers to restrict the number of such HMO's in a specific area and, in particular, in each (a) tenement stair and (b) street.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 March 2000
As I announced in Parliament on 16 December 1999, we are working with the NHS in Scotland to establish national maximum waiting times, to be delivered from March 2001, in the key clinical specialties of heart disease, cancer and mental health.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 March 2000
The Health Education Population Surveys, undertaken by the Health Education Board for Scotland, include information about the level of public awareness of health-related risk factors.
The introduction from 1 April 2000 of the new financial risk sharing arrangements for clinical negligence awards and certain categories of non-clinical risk will not change the way in which staff and patients pursue claims against the National Health Service in Scotland. S1W-04477
The water authorities have a duty to supply drinking water that complies with The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations. The water quality regulations prescribe standards for wholesome water supplies that include maximum levels for taste and odour.