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Armchair commentators, however eminent, are just that.In my experience, the process of prosecution decision making rarely receives unqualified, unanimous acclaim. Prosecution to please may be a quick fix. It may gain superficial popularity.
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Date answered:
17 March 2011
The Sectoral Plan identifies sites that may be progressed in the short term, and prioritises the regions of Scottish Territorial Waters for further exploration as we seek to accommodate additional capacity from Scotland''s considerable offshore wind resource.
The proportion given is the number of hospital admissions which began with an emergency episode as a percentage of the total number of admissions. 2. The same patient may be counted more than once within each year if they have more than one stay within a main diagnosis of any of the specified cancer within that year.
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Date answered:
25 January 2011
For example, properties that are of solid brick or stone walled construction, or those with timber frame cavities, are normally regarded as hard to treat, but may require measures such as loft insulation.
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Date answered:
20 December 2010
Some allowances in addition to basic contracted pay may be included. Employees must make scheme pension contributions on all elements of pensionable pay they receive.
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Date answered:
28 October 2010
However, data accuracy relies on a number of factors such as the accuracy and completeness of coding of metastatic disease on hospital discharge and death records; the acknowledgement that figures do not include patients diagnosed and managed with secondary cancer entirely in an outpatient setting (centrally held outpatient records do not record diagnosis) and an awareness that among patients with multiple primary cancers, it may...
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Date answered:
4 October 2010
The Director General of Health and Chief Executive of NHS Scotland wrote to NHS board chief executives in May asking them to undertake an urgent review of their current local policies and indentify the actions required to ensure information on additional needs and the necessary support services are recorded and transmitted across the NHS, particularly betwe...
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Date answered:
16 September 2010
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