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A fundamental part of our World Class Digital programme is to assess different models to address 4G coverage gaps, exemplified by our pilot project on Coll which went live in March 2015.
The boards involved in that consortium were NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire. A PMS Programme board to oversee the details of the procurement was established.
Using funds provided by the Scottish Government, Crohn’s and Colitis UK has established a Scottish IBD Steering Group, with a remit for designing a programme for improving the quality of clinical care and implementing new approaches to the management of IBD.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2015
This group brings together a range of stakeholders with the aim of designing a programme to improve the quality of clinical care and supporting the implementation of new approaches to the management of IBD.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 February 2015
The Barnett formula allocates to Scotland a population share of changes in funding for comparable spending programmes in England. Comparability is the extent to which services delivered by UK Government departments correspond to services delivered by the devolved administrations.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 January 2015
In addition to the £35 million made available to local authorities across Scotland to help mitigate the iniquitous bedroom tax, we have also taken steps to address concerns over historic debts from the defunct community charge which was abolished 21 years ago. We have delivered a programme of legislative reform in personal insolvency that will deliver the U...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 December 2014
Diversity is a key principle in all of Historic Scotland’s developmental programmes and is covered specifically in its induction package for new staff.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 November 2014
In addition the new Scottish Rural Development Programme will provide a number of benefits to new entrants and young farmers including start up support of up to £55,000 and separate capital support of up to £25,000.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 September 2014
We support the employability of disabled people by funding a number of programmes and initiatives which include dedicated support for disabled people, for example through employment recruitment initiatives and graduate internships.
The international development budget funded a project run by Tearfund in the Darfur region of Sudan during the first round of our Sub Saharan Development Programme in 2008. This was a four year project and it was awarded a grant of £1.25 million.