This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
For example: Attitudes to health and reducing risk of disease 1996 (%) 2003 (%) Change (%) Believe can do something to make their own life healthier 76 79 3 Consider the following factors very important in reducing risk from coronary heart disease Quitting/cutting down on smoking Taking regular exercise Eating a healthy balance of foods Controlling weight 78 66 58 54 80 77 65 61 2 11 7 7 Physical Activity...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2005
From April 2003 the national reporting of surgical activity in out-patients has been required and ISD has been working with NHS boards to develop full compliance nationally.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2001
Mr Ballard seeks to face two ways at once: when it suits him, he calls for independence for Scotland but, at other times, not unlike his colleagues from the Scottish National Party, he tries to get even more benefits from the United Kingdom.
Will the minister assure me that changes to the health service configuration in other parts of Lanarkshire will not be put ahead of the much-needed services in my constituency, and that a balance will be struck to ensure that all patients in Lanarkshire get the services that they deserve? In particular, can he assure me that a community casualty facility wi...
Glasgow City Council is committed to the development of a Gaelic-medium secondary school to serve the entire greater Glasgow area, but it will take some time to get that project up and running. One of the major challenges will be the future supply of teachers to teach, in the medium of Gaelic, a range of subjects so as to provide a full secondary school cur...
It might be worth seeking the views of a number of bodies to get the bigger picture. It has been suggested that we could seek the views of organisations such as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, COSLA and the Scottish Executive.