Chamber and committees

The requisite number of frontagers for the adoption of a private road by a local authority is specified in section 1(7) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

Guidance is available regarding new street design and the adoption of streets within a policy statement for Scotland “Designing Streets” which is available via the following link:  https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/corporate-report/2010/03/designing-streets-policy-statement-scotland/documents/0096540-pdf/0096540-pdf/govscot%3Adocument/0096540.pdf .

In order to fulfil the ISO standard, each accredited laboratory within NHSGGC will have local policies detailing the steps the individual labs take to monitor the integrity of samples as they arrive in the lab e.g. local transport and acceptance and rejection policies, use of haemolytic indices, delayed sample comments and other safeguards against transport/ storage conditions impacting patient results.

If the specific conditions required for the examination requested are not met then the policies will detail what remedial steps are taken to ensure patients do not receive inappropriate results. For example if a blood sample is received in South Biochemistry and is more than 12 hours old, the potassium result will be removed.

The local specimen transport policies will also detail how the laboratory audits sample transport from source in order to fulfil standard 5.4.5 as above.

The NHSGGC sample transport policy and guidance along with the individual laboratories transport monitoring and acceptance and rejection policies exist so the laboratories, their regulators and the users can be assured that all blood samples taken in GP surgeries in NHS GGC are delivered, received and tested within a time frame and temperature appropriate to the examinations requested.

All blood sample deliveries from GP’s to laboratories in NHSGGC are bound by the regulations set out in the NHSGGC Transport and Disposal of Specimen Containers and Specimens Policy (Oct 2016) and the Transport of Specimens management manual and guidance. In addition to this all laboratories in NHS GGC are accredited under ISO15189:2012 and as such are required to comply with section 5.4.5.

The length of time that information about a criminal conviction is disclosed on the PVG scheme record is provided for in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 as amended by The Police Act 1997 and Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (“the 2015 Remedial Order”) (Scottish Statutory Instrument 2015 No 423).

Currently, a PVG scheme record will contain information about any unspent conviction recorded about an individual. The position regarding spent convictions (as determined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) is different; the reforms made by the 2015 Remedial Order ended the practice of disclosing all spent convictions the PVG scheme record indefinitely. This means that a conviction for many offences is no longer disclosed on the PVG scheme record once the conviction becomes spent. With regard to convictions for other offences, two lists were created. The effect is that a spent conviction for an offence set out in schedule 8A of the Police Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”) must be disclosed unless a sheriff orders otherwise, and that a spent conviction for an offence set out in schedule 8B of the 1997 Act is disclosed subject to rules.

The rules are that a spent conviction for an offence on schedule 8B will appear on a higher level disclosure for:

• 15 years, if 18 or over at the date of conviction;
• 7 years and 6 months, if under 18 at the date of conviction.

Where a spent conviction for an offence on schedule 8B is present in the PVG scheme record, an individual can apply to have it removed from the higher level disclosure if they think it is not relevant to the purpose for which the disclosure was requested. This application is made to the sheriff, Disclosure Scotland cannot make the decision on removing a conviction.

Where there is a spent conviction for an offence on schedule 8A (which includes serious offences such as rape and other sexual offences, assault to severe injury, and certain terrorism and firearms offences), the law about when an individual is able to make an application to a sheriff is different. Schedule 8A offences must be disclosed for 15 years (or 7 years and 6 months if under 18 on date of conviction) before the individual can apply to the sheriff.

Further details on the process of making an application to a sheriff can be found on Disclosure Scotland’s website at https://www.mygov.scot/convictions-higher-disclosures/ .

Disclosure Scotland does not have any discretion over the length of time a criminal conviction is disclosed on a PVG scheme record.

In processing an application for a PVG scheme record disclosure, the content is determined by the law as provided for in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 as amended by The Police Act 1997 and Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (Scottish Statutory Instrument 2015 No 423).

Obesity Action Scotland primarily has a national remit. It has not undertaken any direct work in Eastwood. Consistent with our Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan, Obesity Action Scotland is working with Scottish Government and key national partners to develop a whole systems approach to diet and healthy weight in the early adopter areas: North Ayrshire, Dundee and the East Region.

Obesity Action Scotland engages with Ministers in a variety of ways, including through face to face meetings and events. While Obesity Action Scotland advise that the amount of annual funding used for this engagement is not quantifiable, more detail can be found on the Lobbying Register through its parent organisation, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Obesity Action Scotland's primary focus is on improving the food environment. They have however worked in partnership with a number of organisations, including the Scottish Obesity Alliance and Transform Scotland, to progress obesity prevention through physical activity and/or active travel. It is not possible to quantify spend on this activity.