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13 October 2004
S2W-11122
Crisis being the limited time to liaise, refer and work with offenders whilst in prison.Prior to release there is also a range of prisoner programmes and approved activities designed to address substance misuse issues as well as one to one support and counselling by both Scottish Prison Service staff and community based voluntary sector organisations, thera...
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29 September 2004
S2W-10223
These ask NHS boards to demonstrate the accessibility of assessment and early diagnostic services, a full range of therapeutic interventions, and staff training programmes that include dementia awareness.We are also funding the Dementia Services Development Centre and the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability to develop a training pack for social care...
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14 September 2004
S2W-10058
We remain on track to achieve our partnership agreement target of attracting 12,000 nurses and midwives into NHSScotland by 2007.Under the banner of the Facing the Future programme a number of initiatives have been launched, with a focus on improving the recruitment and retention of nursing and midwifery staff.These have included a review of nursing and mid...
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6 September 2004
S2W-09939
In addition, NHS Highland was successful in a bid for funding under the Primary and Community Care Modernising Programme to develop a new five surgery dental facilities in Wick.
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10 August 2004
S2W-09620
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools have implemented recommendation 4 of the Hungry for Success - A Whole School Approach to School Meals in Scotland programme, which states that school meal facilities should not advertise nor promote food or drink with a high fat or high sugar content, by removing any such promotional material and how many sch...
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21 July 2004
S2W-09362
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advises all UK Health Departments on issues relating to vaccination and immunisation, based on currently available scientific evidence.At its June meeting, the committee agreed that the 2004-05 programme should again focus on protecting older people (65 years and over) and younger people, who have specifie...
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4 June 2004
S2W-08412
To ask the Scottish Executive with reference to the article “Screening Saves Lives” in the May edition of Health Quarterly, Holyrood Policy Journal, what plans are in place to implement (a) a national colorectal screening programme following the successful pilot schemes in Grampian, Tayside and Fife and (b) a concerted drive to raise awareness of...
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20 May 2004
S2O-02378
We have taken a number of initiatives including a national recruitment campaign, unprecedented investment in social work education, a fast-track scheme for graduates and an incentive scheme to attract qualified staff to hard to fill posts.There are more qualified social workers in Scotland now than atany time in the past and this year we have seen an increase in applications forundergraduate programmes of 26%. However, demand for social workers remainshigh, especially in the cities.
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11 May 2004
S2W-08125
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its volunteering strategy and the report of the working group established to develop proposals for a full-time volunteer programme for young people. The Scottish Executive VolunteeringStrategy, which aims to embed a robust culture of volunteering in Scotland, isbeing published today.
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Date answered:
11 May 2004
S2W-07826
The process by which authorities may preserve rights over housing estateswas simplified following consultation with authorities when the legislation wasbeing considered.The Executive wrote to the Chief Executives and principal legal officers of all Scottish local authorities on 7 May 2003, outliningthe main areas of reform and suggesting actions which councils might wish to consider.The Executive will be producing further general guidance on its programme...
