Chamber and committees

The NHS is working to achieve the Scottish Government''s target of a maximum waiting time of 18 weeks from referral to treatment by the end of 2011. This target relates to acute hospital care and excludes mental health services, homeopathy, assisted conception, obstetrics and organ and tissue transplants.

I recognise the importance of mental health services as a national priority and as a first step we are developing a referral to treatment waiting time target for specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for 2010-11. Access to psychological therapies will be receiving a similar focus over the coming months to inform consideration of establishing a waiting time target to access these services.

During the eight months that the Cooking Bus has been operational, it has visited the following sites:

The Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh;

Royal High Primary School, Edinburgh;

Glencryan School, Cumbernauld;

Baird Memorial Primary School, Cumbernauld;

St Machar Academy, Aberdeen;

Scottish Learning Festival, Glasgow;

Tanshall Primary School, Glenrothes;

Lhanbryde Primary School, Moray;

West Calder High School, West Lothian;

Carnbroe Primary School, Coatbridge;

Saint Anne''s Primary School, Glasgow;

Mary Russell School, Renfrewshire, and

Our Lady and St Patrick''s Primary School, Dumbarton.

St Thomas Primary School, Wishaw;

Auchinraith Primary School, Blantyre; Kyle Academy, Ayrshire;

St Raymonds Primary School, Castlemilk;

Civic Centre, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire;

Dean Park Primary School, Edinburgh;

Lochside Primary School, Dumfries, and

Townhead Primary School, North Lanarkshire.

During the eight months that the Cooking Bus has been operational, 2,192 pupils have taken part in cooking lessons on the Cooking Bus.

The Cooking Bus has also run training workshops for 288 teachers in the last eight months.

During the eight months that the Cooking Bus has been operational, it has visited the following primary schools:

Royal High Primary School, Edinburgh;

Glencryan School, Cumbernauld;

Baird Memorial Primary School, Cumbernauld;

Tanshall Primary School, Glenrothes;

Lhanbryde Primary School, Moray;

Carnbroe Primary School, Coatbridge;

Saint Anne''s Primary School, Glasgow;

Mary Russell School, Renfrewshire;

Our Lady and St Patrick''s Primary School, Dumbarton;

St Thomas Primary School, Wishaw;

Auchinraith Primary School, Blantyre;

St Raymonds Primary School, Castlemilk;

Dean Park Primary School, Edinburgh;

Lochside Primary School, Dumfries, and

Townhead Primary School, North Lanarkshire.

In addition, the following primary schools have taken part in lessons on the bus:

George Heriots School (nursery, primary and secondary school)

Drumpark School (nursery, primary and secondary special needs)

South Park Primary School, Fraserburgh

Abercromby Primary School, Clackmannanshire

St Bernadette''s Primary School, Clackmannanshire, and

St Serf''s Primary School, Clackmannanshire.

During the eight months that the Cooking Bus has been operational, it has visited the following secondary schools:

St Machar Academy in Aberdeen,

West Calder High School in West Lothian, and

Kyle Academy in Ayrshire.

In addition, the following secondary schools have had lessons on the Cooking Bus:

Gorgie Mills School;

Balfron High School;

George Heriots School;

St Philips School (boys secondary special school);

Hill Head High School, and

Drumpark School (secondary special needs).

Two more secondary schools are having Cooking Bus visits before the end of the summer term. One of these is Glenurquhart High School from Inverness-shire, the other has yet to be finalised.