- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many (a) adults and (b) people under 18 have been bereaved by suicide in each year since 2007.
Answer
The number of people bereaved by suicide are not held centrally, nor is it clear how such would be determined as any death by suicide can have an impact on a wide range of people beyond immediate family.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to develop peer-working networks following publication of the paper, Reviewing Peer Working: A New Way of Working in Mental Health, by the Scottish Recovery Network in 2013.
Answer
Subsequent to publication of Reviewing Peer Working: A New Way of Working in Mental Health, the Scottish Government has provided funding to the Scottish Recovery Network to take forward work on developing peer-support networks in Scotland. Discussions with stakeholders to implement the findings of the report are on-going. A final update on progress will be given in early 2016 once the current mental health strategy has concluded.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to (a) publish or (b) update any guidance on the support offered by local services to people bereaved by suicide.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-28349 on 17 November 2015 which provides information on useful current guidance which is available for use in supporting people who have been bereaved by suicide. NHS Health Scotland undertakes regular updates of all guidance and publications it produces, to ensure the information is up to date and still relevant. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 16 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with East Renfrewshire Council regarding the local authority’s decision to close one of its daycare centres for disabled children; what its position is on the decision, and what support it will provide to the service users should the centre close.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not had any discussions with East Renfrewshire Council regarding this as it is a matter for the local authority. It is the local authorities’ responsibility to set their own priorities in the delivery of local services. The Scottish Government, however, expects local authorities to consult with service users and carers when determining the resources to be allocated to centres for people with learning disabilities and other additional support needs.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 16 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what explanation it can provide for the finding in Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: October 2014 Report that adults in the most deprived areas were five times more likely to have below average mental wellbeing than those in the least deprived areas.
Answer
The Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities was presented and accepted evidence that the fundamental causes of health inequalities are rooted in an unequal distribution of income, power and wealth, and that these causes influence the distribution of wider environmental influences on health such as the availability of good quality housing, work and education as well as access to services and social opportunities in an area. This wider environment shapes individual experiences resulting in unequal health outcomes.
Mental wellbeing is a complex phenomenon which can be influenced by a wide range of factors. It is difficult to attribute levels of wellbeing to particular circumstances or locations. However, it is already known that people living in the least deprived areas can be at risk of experiencing lower levels of mental wellbeing.
The Scottish Government is tackling mental wellbeing through the commitments set out in the mental health strategy and the suicide prevention strategy, as well as pursuing policies and practices to reduce the fundamental causes of health inequalities through wider action on improving housing, employability and infrastructure, for example our investment of £1.7 billion in affordable housing over the lifetime of this Parliament.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 13 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S4W-27774 by Jamie Hepburn on 22 October 2015, on what date it will publish the follow-up to the report, and for what reason it was not published in the summer.
Answer
We commissioned the Mental Health Foundation and Voices of Experience to undertake the 10 year follow up report. We have been working with the Mental Health Foundation to address the delays in publishing and can now assure you this will be published by Christmas 2015. The delays are related to staffing resources and the complexity of the work.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26331 by Shona Robison on 13 July 2015, whether it will provide a breakdown of the patients admitted outwith their NHS board area by referring NHS board.
Answer
The number of patients admitted to a hospital outwith their health board of residence broken down by health board of residence and year is shown in the following table. The figures below for out of area treatment includes patients treated at other hospitals such as the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, even if that hospital is within the local health board area:
Health Board of Residence
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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NHS Ayrshire and Arran
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8,675
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7,853
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8,652
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8,601
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8,715
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NHS Borders
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3,207
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3,239
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3,230
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3,251
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3,509
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NHS Dumfries and Galloway
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2,626
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2,767
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2,566
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2,530
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2,860
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NHS Fife
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11,415
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11,634
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11,743
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11,577
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11,340
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NHS Forth Valley
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7,054
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6,684
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6,595
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6,883
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7,733
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NHS Grampian
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2,183
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2,400
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2,826
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3,141
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3,799
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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9,114
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8,851
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8,958
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9,217
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9,566
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NHS Highland
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12,194
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12,119
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12,511
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12,325
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12,607
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NHS Lanarkshire
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26,541
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26,256
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26,685
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27,012
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28,436
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NHS Lothian
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3,985
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3,910
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5,724
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5,461
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6,122
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NHS Orkney
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1,017
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1,056
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1,074
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976
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967
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NHS Shetland
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988
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1,039
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1,095
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1,053
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1,107
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NHS Tayside
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2,342
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2,239
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2,415
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2,646
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2,440
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NHS Western Isles
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1,322
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1,363
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1,425
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1,316
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1,232
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NHS Scotland
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92,663
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91,410
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95,499
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95,989
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100,433
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Source: SMR01 Information Services Division Scotland.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27826 by Shona Robison on 28 October 2015, whether it will provide the data requested on the instances of overcrowding in hospitals.
Answer
As there is currently no standard set of definitions for crowding, data on crowding, is not available.
The Emergency Department Capacity Management Guidance, issued in partnership with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in September, will support NHS boards to develop local definitions, measures and thresholds appropriate to their different physical layouts and size of units.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices in each NHS board have closed their patient lists to new patients in each year since 2011-12, also broken down by reason.
Answer
Circumstances will arise where a practice experiences capacity issues and is unable to routinely accept new patients onto its list. We expect health boards to work with practices as constructively and as flexibly as is appropriate to help manage the situation.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP training places there have been in each NHS board since 2011-12 and where these were located, broken down by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation decile.
Answer
The information is not available in the format requested.
NHS Education for Scotland is responsible for the training placements of GPs in Scotland but it does not hold information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. It has provided the following information that shows the number of hospital based GP training posts by deanery from 2011-15 (tables one to five), as well as a breakdown of the number of GP training practices by region for 2015 (table six). There can be up to three trainees in one practice at a time.
Table One:
Update
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2011
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Total Three and Four Year Programmes
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Deanery
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Programme
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Posts
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Total East of Scotland Posts
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28
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North
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Grampian
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32
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Highlands and Islands
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28
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|
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Total North of Scotland Posts
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60
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South East
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1 – Borders and Midlothian
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9
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2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
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10
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3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
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9
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4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
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12
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5 – Edinburgh Central
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12
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|
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Total South East of Scotland Posts
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52
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West
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Ayrshire and Arran
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21
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Dumfries and Galloway
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10
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Forth Valley
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10
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Glasgow North East
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22
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Glasgow North West
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20
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Glasgow South
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24
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Lanarkshire
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18
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Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
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22
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|
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Total West of Scotland Posts
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147
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|
|
|
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Total Scotland Posts
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287
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Table Two:
Update
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2012
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Total Three and Four Year Programmes
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Deanery
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Programme
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Posts
|
|
Total East of Scotland Posts
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28
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North
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Grampian
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20
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Caledonian
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22
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Rural Track – Fort William
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2
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Rural Track – Caithness
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2
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Rural Track – Western Isles
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2
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Rural Track – Orkney
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2
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Rural Track – Shetland
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2
|
|
|
Total North of Scotland Posts
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52
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South East
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1 – Borders and Midlothian
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12
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2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
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12
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3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
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12
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4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
|
11
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5 – Edinburgh Central
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12
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|
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Total South East of Scotland Posts
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59
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West
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Ayrshire and Arran
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26
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Dumfries and Galloway
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13
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Forth Valley
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10
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Glasgow North East
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22
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Glasgow North West
|
20
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Glasgow South
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25
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Lanarkshire
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20
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Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
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21
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|
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Total West of Scotland Posts
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157
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|
|
|
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Total Scotland Posts
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296
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Table Three:
Update
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2013
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Total Three and Four Year Programmes
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Deanery
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Programme
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Posts
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|
Total East of Scotland Posts
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28
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North
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Grampian
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26
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Caledonian
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26
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Rural Track – Fort William
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2
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Rural Track – Caithness
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2
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Rural Track – Western Isles
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2
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Rural Track – Orkney
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2
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Rural Track – Shetland
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2
|
|
|
Total North of Scotland Posts
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62
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South East
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1 – Borders and Midlothian
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12
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2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
|
14
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3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
|
14
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4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
|
11
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5 – Edinburgh Central
|
13
|
|
|
Total South East of Scotland Posts
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64
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West
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Ayrshire and Arran
|
22
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Dumfries and Galloway
|
12
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Forth Valley
|
10
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Glasgow North East
|
23
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Glasgow North West
|
20
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Glasgow South
|
24
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Lanarkshire
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19
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Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
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20
|
|
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Total West of Scotland Posts
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150
|
|
|
|
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Total Scotland Posts
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304
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Table Four:
Update
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2014
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Total Three and Four Year Programmes
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Deanery
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Programme
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Posts
|
|
Total East of Scotland Posts
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28
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North
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Grampian
|
24
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Caledonian
|
21
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Rural Track – Caithness
|
2
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Rural Track – Fort William
|
2
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Rural Track – Oban
|
2
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Rural Track – Orkney
|
2
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Rural Track – Shetland
|
2
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Rural Track – Western Isles
|
2
|
|
|
Total North of Scotland Posts
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57
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South East
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1 – Borders and Midlothian
|
11
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2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
|
14
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3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
|
14
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4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
|
13
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5 – Edinburgh Central
|
11
|
|
|
Total South East of Scotland Posts
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63
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West
|
Ayrshire and Arran
|
28
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Dumfries and Galloway
|
9
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Forth Valley
|
10
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Glasgow North East
|
22
|
Glasgow North West
|
20
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Glasgow South
|
24
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Lanarkshire
|
16
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Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
|
24
|
|
|
Total West of Scotland Posts
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153
|
|
|
|
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Total Scotland Posts
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301
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Table Five:
Update
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2015
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Total Three and Four Year Programmes
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Deanery
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Programme
|
Posts
|
|
Total East of Scotland Posts
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28
|
North
|
Grampian
|
13
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Caledonian
|
26
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Rural Track – Caithness
|
2
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Rural Track – Fort William
|
2
|
Rural Track – Oban
|
2
|
Rural Track – Orkney
|
2
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Rural Track – Shetland
|
2
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Rural Track – Western Isles
|
2
|
|
|
Total North of Scotland Posts
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51
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South East
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1 – Borders and Midlothian
|
12
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2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
|
13
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3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
|
14
|
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
|
14
|
5 – Edinburgh Central
|
14
|
|
|
Total South East of Scotland Posts
|
67
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West
|
Ayrshire and Arran
|
21
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
14
|
Forth Valley
|
9
|
Glasgow Clyde
|
29
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Glasgow North East
|
23
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Glasgow North West
|
21
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Glasgow South
|
24
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Lanarkshire
|
18
|
|
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Total West of Scotland Posts
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159
|
|
|
|
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Total Scotland Posts
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305
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Table Six:
Number of GP Training Practices by Region in 2015:
General Practice Borders
|
17
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General Practice Caledonian
|
36
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General Practice Dumfries and Galloway
|
11
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General Practice Eastward
|
28
|
General Practice Edinburgh and East Lothian
|
20
|
General Practice Edinburgh Central
|
16
|
General Practice Fife
|
18
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General Practice Forth Valley
|
11
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General Practice Glasgow Clyde
|
20
|
General Practice Glasgow North East
|
22
|
General Practice Glasgow North West
|
22
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General Practice Glasgow South
|
23
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General Practice Grampian
|
34
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General Practice Lanarkshire
|
16
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General Practice Rural Track Programme
|
45
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General Practice West Lothian
|
18
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General Practice West of Scotland – Ayrshire and Arran
|
25
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General Practice Westward
|
19
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Grand Total
|
401
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