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The following information isavailable:

Number of HIV+ve Individualsby Allocated Health Board* and Year of Report to HPS 2001-05, source HIV/AIDS toDecember 2005

Allocated Health Board*	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Total
Argyll and Clyde	5	11	8	10	16	50
Ayrshire and Arran	5	8	3	7	5	28
Borders	1	4	8	2	3	18
Dumfries and Galloway	4	1	4	9	10	28
Fife	5	14	7	18	12	56
Forth valley	6	4	4	6	14	34
Grampian	20	14	28	21	34	117
Greater Glasgow	40	80	93	121	110	444
Highland	3	6	5	5	7	26
Lanarkshire	8	11	11	22	21	73
Lothian	57	73	83	110	128	451
Tayside	20	12	18	23	19	92
Total	174	238	272	354	379	1,417

Note: *Health Board of Residenceor, if unavailable health board of where specimen or HIV testing was taken.

Number of HIV+ve Individualsin Scotland known to be in Clinical Care 2001-05

Allocated Health Board*	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Argyll and Clyde (GG)	35	41	46	53	60
Argyll and Clyde (Highland)	11	12	13	14	15
Ayrshire and Arran	36	40	39	46	48
Borders	13	12	20	23	25
Dumfries and Galloway	16	15	17	26	37
Fife	64	71	78	90	98
Forth Valley	26	29	30	35	48
Grampian	88	96	108	123	148
Greater Glasgow	280	330	402	495	567
Highland	12	5	4	3	6
Lanarkshire	52	61	66	80	95
Lothian	605	658	686	755	842
Shetland	4	2	4	5	4
Tayside	150	156	161	165	183
Western Isles	1	1	1	1	1
(blank)	1	1	1	1	0
All Scotland	1,394	1,530	1,676	1,915	2,177

Note: *Health board of residenceor, if unavailable health board of where specimen or HIV testing was taken.

Health Protection Scotland (HPS)is responsible for monitoring the diagnosis, clinical investigation and treatmentof all HIV infected persons in Scotland. HPS data indicate that all diagnosed persons have accessto HIV specialist care, including the most up to date laboratory tests and, if appropriate,the most comprehensive range of anti-retroviral therapies to prevent HIV diseaseprogression. No inequities in service provision, in the context of geographicalarea of residence, sexual orientation, injecting drug use status, ethnicity andcountry of origin, are evident.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26420 on 14 June 2006. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26419 on 14 June 2006. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26419 on 14 June 2006. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

This information is not heldcentrally.

The following table, which hasbeen compiled from information supplied by the Diabetes Managed Clinical Networks,sets out the number of people with diabetes using an insulin pump in June 2006 ineach NHS board area.

NHS Board	No. of People with Diabetes Using an Insulin Pump
Ayrshire and Arran	1
Borders	5
Dumfries and Galloway	5
Fife	15
Forth Valley	8
Grampian	13
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	22
Highland	6
Lanarkshire	5
Lothian	45
Orkney	0
Shetland	0
Tayside	34
Western Isles	1
Scotland	160

 

No. The new arrangements haveended the practice of specialist stoma nurses advising NHS patients being employedor sponsored by appliance contractors or manufacturers. Transitional funding fora period of two years, based on the historic level of sponsorship or employmentcost is, however, being made available by the industry to allow time for NHSboards to adjust to the new regime.

The ingredient cost of appliancescontinues, as previously, to be a call on NHS boards’ unified budget.

A sum of £2.5 million has beenadded to NHS boards’ unified budget in respect of dispensing fees which now fallto be met directly by NHS boards.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

The information requested isnot available. Most foodstuffs used in prisons are procured centrally to ensureboth the required level of quality and value for money.

The SPS have established a goodfood group to ensure that prisoners are provided with a healthy and balanced diet.

The Scottish Executiveagreed to provide a contribution to the running costs for one year (2005-06),along with NHS Education for Scotland and NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, to allow theCollege to continue functioning while an external evaluation of practice developmentmodels was carried out. The Scottish Executive contributed £40,000.