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Date answered:
13 July 2026
S7W-01176
Written by a Short Life Working Group (SLWG) consisting of experts from NHS Scotland, the Care Inspectorate and experts by experience, the guidance updates the previous 2018 edition and aims to ensure appropriate prescribing of medicines to optimise treatment outcomes and achieve the best care, whilst applying the principles of value-based healthcare and re...
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Date answered:
3 July 2026
S7W-01092
The majority of legislative duties pertaining to the delivery of allotment services are for local authorities including provision of sites, management of waiting lists and annual reporting of site numbers.Section 112(4) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 states a local authority must have regard to the desirability of making available allotments that are “reasonably close” to the residence of a person on the waiting list for an allotment.While there is no statutory definition of “reasonably close”, the Scottish Government has issued guidance to local authorities on Part 9 of the Act which states that as a guide, allotments within a 3 mile radius, or within a 20 minute journey on public transport from where people on the waiting list reside should be considered “reasonably close”.Local authorities may however opt to apply different travel-time or distance criteria, where appropriate, based upon local geography, particularly in remote and rural areas (where there is, for example, limited public transport provision in that area).Ultimately, it is for locally elected representatives to make local decisions on how best...
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Date answered:
1 June 2026
S7W-00112
These are designed to provide staff with a range of flexible working options, to help them to balance their daily life, whilst maintaining and promoting the best possible service to our patients and service users.
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Date answered:
19 March 2021
S5W-35476
A person can therefore move in and out of these two groups with time rather than being static in one group. Patients’ own clinicians will be best placed to provide specific advice, many will also be contacted by their own GP directly who will be able to provide specific clinical advice for their circumstances.
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18 March 2021
S5W-35770
In March 2020 we shared examples of best practice in tackling dog fouling across all local authorities in Scotland to encourage constructive responses to this issue.
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Date answered:
12 March 2021
S5W-35617
We look at a wide range of data from countries across the world, as we develop the approach to dealing with the pandemic that best meets Scotland’s circumstances.
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Date answered:
4 March 2021
S5W-35284
There is good evidence; most recently the ‘ Rapid evidence review: Childcare quality and children's outcomes' (NHS Health Scotland, 2017); to indicate that the best experiences for children tend to be found where there is a range of staff with complementary skills and higher level qualifications, including teachers with a background in early years methodo...
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Date answered:
29 January 2021
S5W-32762
Clinicians continue to make decisions as they always have, using their clinical judgement, the best scientific evidence, abiding by their legal and ethical obligations and ensuring they facilitate shared decision making by patients.
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Date answered:
26 January 2021
S5W-34535
For all our learners, and particularly for the very youngest children, some of the best learning already takes place through play, within the home with parents and carers.
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Date answered:
22 December 2020
S5W-33759
For those who have been on the shielding list and furloughed the Jobs Retention Scheme (furlough) remains the best way of providing financial support.
