There are 254,182 results relating to "Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill"
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Date answered:
13 January 2004
S2W-04834
There is no centrally heldinformation on levels of household debt in Scotland.The table shows estimatesfor median equivalised net household income, before and after housing costs, foreach of the years 1996-97 to 2001-02 inclusive, all in 2001-02 prices.Equivalisation takes accountof the size and composition of the household (see footnote to table), and it isthis measure of income that is used in the official low income statistics.The figures in the tablesare estimates only derived from a sample survey, the Family Resources Survey(FRS). The sample size of the FRS in Scotland...
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Date answered:
10 December 2003
S2W-04533
The latest availablefigures for midwifery posts are shown in the table.QualifiedMidwife Vacancies by NHS BoardWhole TimeEquivalent: at 31 March 2003 NHS Board Establishment Vacancies Under Review Vacancies as % of establish-ment Vacant Vacant 3 Months Vacant Un-known Argyll and Clyde 153.1 3.0 2.0% 2.0% Ayrshire and Arran 211.9 2.8 1.3% 1.3% Borders 47.6 Dumfries and Galloway 104.4 10.0 9.6% 4.8% 4.8% Fife 156.1 0.7 0.4% 0.4% Forth Valley 173.9 0.4 Grampian 291.1 12.5 4.3% 1.9% 2.4% Greater Glasgow 327.7 24.6 7.5% 7.5% Highland 148.6 11.6 4.8 7.8% 4.4% 3.4% Lanarkshire 248.6 Lothian 218.0 9.0 4.1% 3.2% 0.9% Orkney 7.2 Shetland 6.2 Tayside 226.9 Western Isles 14.7 Scotland...
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Date answered:
8 December 2003
S2W-04352
Key factors which have changed thestatistics published by ISD since 1999 and in doing so affected comparabilitywith previous years include:Legislative changes in ophthalmic services in 1999.Changing service provision in hospitals whereby somesurgical operations/procedures are now carried out in out-patients, wherepreviously they would have involved day case treatment.Changes in the way waiting lists/times are classifiedand improved coverage in response to the Audit Scotland...
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Date answered:
4 December 2003
S2W-04245
The information for the mostrecent years available is as follows: Health Board 1 October 1999 to 30 September 2000 1 October 2000 to 30 September 2001 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002 (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) Argyll and Clyde 13 17 15 20 16 15 Ayrshire and Arran 14 13 10 9 14 14 Borders 2 1 3 3 4 5 Dumfries and Galloway 2 5 2 4 13 10 Fife 6 9 12 11 11 13 Forth Valley 10 8 7 5 6 9 Grampian 22 25 10 23 20 22 Greater Glasgow 16 15 23 26 28 25 Highland 12 11 6 15 19 19 Lanarkshire 15 14 9 12 7 9 Lothian 26 27 20 36 26 31 Orkney 5 4 - 1 - - Shetland 1 3 1 3 2 1 Tayside 9 12 12 12 14 16 Western Isles 2 1 3 2 1 1 Scotland...
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Date answered:
19 November 2003
S2W-03462
A national working group to look at the issuesaround out of hours across Scotland in both a rural and urban setting has been set up aspart of the implementation process.
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Date answered:
20 October 2003
S2W-01912
These policy documents set out clear action points and recommendations intended to ensure that NHS Scotland provides modern, safe and sustainable maternity services that are appropriate to the needs of women and families in Scotland.In the case of NHS Argyll and Clyde’s maternity service proposals, I have taken the time to both carefully consider all the av...
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Date answered:
8 October 2003
S2W-02911
The Executivehas included a commitment in the white paper Partnership for Care and thePartnership Agreement Partnership for a Better Scotland, that no patientwill wait longer than 26 weeks for a first out-patient appointment following GPreferral, by 2005.The National Waiting Times Unithas agreed plans with each NHS board which include local out-patient wait...
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Date answered:
19 September 2003
S2W-02158
There was an increase of 24 training places from April 2001to April 2003, with a further six places planned by April 2004.The Scottish Executive is adopting an integrated approach to workforce planning anddevelopment at local, regional and national levels and is investing £1.200,000annually for three years, beginning in 2003-04, to help develop more effectiveworkforce development arrangements across NHS Scotland...
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Date answered:
18 September 2003
S2W-02380
There are 21 crawler laneson the trunk road network in Scotland and these are detailed as follows: Route Location Overtaking Lane Length in Metres A1 A1107 Burnmouth to Ayton Junction (south) 1,500 A1 C130 Cockburnspath to Cockburnspath Roundabout 2,490 A68 C83 Oxton to Soutra Hill ...
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Date answered:
2 September 2003
S2W-01935
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. TheCSO is largely a response mode funder of research and this role is well knownand advertised throughout the health care and academic community.
