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If people can make a comfortable living doing what they are doing without taking the risk of expanding their business, an awful lot of people in Scotland will be happy just to do that.
"Living and dying with advanced heart failure" tells us that people with heart failure and their carers feel uninformed about their condition, feel excluded from decision making and feel that control of their lives is taken away from them.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2016
The UK Government closed the Independent Living Fund to new claimants in 2010, and the fund remained closed at the point of transfer to Scotland on 1 July 2015.
Overall, health in Scotland is improving, and people are living longer, healthier lives. Reducing the health gap between people in Scotland’s most deprived and affluent communities is one of our greatest challenges.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 August 2014
The Diabetes Action Plan sets out our vision for a world class diabetes service and includes a comprehensive and ambitious programme of work to improve care for people living with diabetes. Work is currently in hand to refresh the plan to ensure that our priorities and actions to improve care are fully aligned to the 2020 Vision for Health and Social Care and continue to meet the needs of people living with diabetes.
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Date answered:
27 September 2012