Chamber and committees

As part of the Public Health Institute of Scotland (PHIS) Needs Assessment Report on Audiology Services in Scotland research was conducted into services for people with tinnitus and balance disorders. The report recommended that: “NHS Boards should establish specialist centres or managed clinical networks to ensure the critical mass of expertise required for the development and delivery of specialist services such as aspects of paediatric audiology, the assessment and treatment of tinnitus and balance disorders, and bone-anchored hearing aids. Such arrangements may require consortia of NHS Boards to deliver effective services.”

The impact and importance to the modernisation of audiology services were identified for all recommendations. The Audiology Modernisation Project Board and the Audiology Services Advisory Group will consider all the recommendations made in this report and will include the recommendation made in relation to improving the service for people with tinnitus.

I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-15394 on 18 April 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

A review of levels of morbidityassociated with cancer treatment is underway by the Cancer Care Research Centre,University of Stirling in collaboration with the Information Services Division,National Services Scotland. This will not estimate how many cancer patients receivecare at home, the number of carers supporting cancer patients remaining at homerequiring support themselves, nor the financial costs faced by cancer patients asa result of their treatment and care.

It is anticipated that the reviewwill be completed by early 2006.

I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-15394 on 18 April 2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-15394
18 April 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Information in the form requested is not held centrally. Information available from the 2003 Teacher Census shows the number of teachers employed in specific years by local authority area. This can be accessed using the following hyperlink http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00352-00.asp

or in the Parliament’s Reference Centre, (Bib. number 33785).

Results of the 2004 Teacher Census will be published on 26 April 2005 and will be accessible at the following link http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00416.

The information requested is published for each year in table 6 of the relevant statistical bulletins Recorded Crime in Scotland, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 35185,24795, 35186, 7079, 13119, 20798, 27678 and 33018).

This information is not held centrally.

I refer to my answers toquestions S2W-15003 and S2W-15004 on 15 March 2005.All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament'swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The Scottish Executive Health Department has asked NHS Board Chief Executives to report on progressin addressing matters arising from the fatal accident inquiry. This is a followup to the Department’s letter of 10 March 2004 which asked Chief Executives to arrangefor clinical and other staff to review care and treatment practice in the lightof the findings and to implement key learning points where necessary.

The Scottish Executive Health Department has asked NHS Board Chief Executives to report on progress in addressing the matters arising from the fatal accident inquiry. We will examine the reports carefully with a view to identifying and disseminating good practice.