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The data aresourced from the annual medical and dental workforce census, and the annual censusof consultant vacancies provided by all NHS Organisations, as collated by ISD Scotland.2. A doctor mayhold more than one appointment.
The work is due tostart in autumn 2004 and will continue until March 2006.Similarly,People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland, a Health Needs AssessmentReport published by NHS Health Scotland in February, sets out at pages 36 and 37 informationabout sensory impairments in people with learning disabilities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 February 2004
From this, national estimates of the number of patients seen by GPs in Scotland can be calculated.The number of patients with depression seen by GPs in the last five years in Scotland is estimated as follows:Estimated Number of Patients with Depression Seen by GPs in Scotland,...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 October 2003
A number of options were discussed in an occasional paper entitled The Raised Incidence of Winter Deaths published last year by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and available at (http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/occ7).
However, it is estimated that each year more than 13,000 people in Scotland die from smoking-related diseases, including lung cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke.Specific morbidity data related to obesity in Scotland is not held centrally.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the median waiting time has been for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant dermatologist in (a) Scotland as a whole and (b) each NHS board in each year since 1997.
The roll-out of a single non-emergency telephone number across Scotland will allow people to send text messages to a force using a single number.Induction loops in public access areas of police stations for those with hearing aids.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to audit recorded crime figures supplied by police forces and ensure such figures are recorded correctly following the recommendation in HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland Annual Report 2001-02. Audit visits to police forces are made by members of the Scottish Executive crime statistics team to monitor police recording practice and confirm that the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) guidance set out in the Criminal Statistics Handbook is being followed.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 October 2002
The following table shows estimates of the annual current price exports and imports figures between Scotland, other parts of the United Kingdom and locations outwith the United Kingdom (Rest of the World) for the years 1992 to 1999.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 September 2002
The numbers and percentages of local authority, new town and Scottish Homes/Scottish Special Housing Association dwellings sold each year under the statutory right to buy and rent to mortgage schemes in Scotland are shown in the following tables.