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The number of ambulance crewemployed to operate accident and emergency (A&E) ambulances in the city of Edinburgh asat 31 March each year is broken down in the following table: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Paramedics 34 34 35 34 41 45 53 56 Technicians 55 53 57 59 62 56 48 49 Total 89 87 92 93 103 101 101 105 Note: *These numbers relate toheadcount and not whole-time equivalents - information supplied by the ScottishAmbulance Service.As part of the introduction of the priority based dispatch system in 2002 and in order to meet its target of havingone paramedic on every front-line ambulance by March 2005, the Scottish AmbulanceService has been increasing its overall number of staff as well as altering thestaffing mix to increase the number of paramedics working across Scotland.Inthe last four years, the number of front-line staff (paramedics and technicians) workingon A&E ambulance across the whole of Scotland...
This information is not heldcentrally.NHS boards are responsible forthe revenue consequences of their capital developments.Where these centres involveeducation and training further support is available from NHS Education for Scotland. S2W-26261
To ask the Scottish Executive what services are entirely devoted to providing health care to homeless people in the West of Scotland parliamentary region, broken down by NHS board area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2006
Our 2005 Housing Policy Statementset out the comprehensive range of actions that we are taking to improve housingsupply and affordability in the market and to increase provision of affordable housing.The policy statement built upon the findings of a wide ranging review of housingsupply and affordability in Scotland. Our review revealed a very mixed picture,...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to scrutinise the issuing of licences to dredge, fish for or take cockles under the Solway Firth Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order 2006. Section 4(5) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (the 1967 Act) requires that where the grantee of a Regulating Order does not propose to issue a licence to all appl...