Chamber and committees

The nationallycollected NHS health statistics would not identify injuries as specifically dueto health and safety issues. However, the Health and Safety Executive websitebelow contains the following reports which may be of interest :http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/overpic.htm.

Health and safety statistics 2006-07presents the latest top level statistics on work-related ill health, workplacefatalities and injuries, and enforcement in Great Britain. (Published 11/07).

Statistics of FatalInjuries 2006/07 presents the latest provisional statistics on workplace fatal injuries in Great Britain.(Published 07/07).

The information requestedis shown in the following table.

Number of Dentists¹Providing NHS General Dental Services; in the Livingston Parliamentary Constituency; at 31 March

1999	45
2000	45
2001	39
2002	37
2003	37
2004	37
2005	41
2006	44
2007	46

Notes:

1. The number of NHSnon-salaried and salaried principals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners,based on the location of the dental practice.

2. Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation and Dental Accounting System).

The information requestedis shown in the table.

Number ofDentists¹ Providing Salaried NHS General Dental Services; in the Livingston Parliamentary Constituency; at 31 March

1999	14
2000	13
2001	9
2002	9
2003	9
2004	9
2005	6
2006	6
2007	8

Notes:

1. The number of NHSsalaried principals, based on the location of the dental practice.

2. Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation and Dental Accounting System).

The information requestedis shown in the following table.

Numberof Salaried Dentists¹ Providing NHS General Dental Services; in West Lothian Local Authority; at 31 March

1997	13
1998	14
1999	14
2000	13
2001	9
2002	9
2003	9
2004	9
2005	6
2006	6
2007	8

Notes:

1.The number of NHS salaried principals, based on the location of the dental practice.

2.Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental Accounting System).

The information requestedis shown in the following table.

Number ofDentists¹ Providing NHS General Dental Services; in West Lothian Local Authority; at 31March

1997	67
1998	63
1999	74
2000	76
2001	71
2002	71
2003	72
2004	73
2005	78
2006	81
2007	86

Notes:

1. The number of NHSnon-salaried and salaried principals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners,based on the location of the dental practice.

2. Source: MIDAS (ManagementInformation and Dental Accounting System).

Legislative provisionscontained in sections 10 – 23 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 provide local authorities with licensing powers allowing for regulationof both the taxi and private hire car trades.

Legislative provisionscontained in sections 10 – 23 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 provide local authorities with licensing powers allowing for regulationof both the taxi and private hire car trades.

CD cylinders canbe adjusted to provide oxygen at various different flow rates. When portableoxygen was made available on GP prescription it was agreed that GPs wouldprescribe cylinders only for patients who require standard flow rates of 2 or 4litres per minute. Patients requiring an adjustable flow rate would be referredby their GP to a hospital based specialist physician. Hospital basedprescribing is not restricted to items included in the Tariff and so there isno need for CD cylinders to be listed.

BOC’s adjustable flowrate CD cylinders are not listed on the Scottish Drug Tariff because GP prescribingis limited, by agreement, to standard oxygen flow rates of two or four litres perminute. Because CD cylinders are not on the tariff pharmacists cannot be reimbursedfor dispensing them. Exceptionally, a temporary arrangement to reimburse pharmacistsfor CD cylinders was put in place in December 2005 due to a shortage of thetariff-listed DD cylinders. This was a short term measure and has now been withdrawn.

Portable oxygen cylinderswhich are listed in the Scottish Drug Tariff are available on the NHS on GP prescription.Other oxygen products may be supplied to patients via the hospital service subjectto a specialist physician being satisfied as to clinical need.