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NHSScotland: Average Available Staffed Beds¹ For Neurology And Neurosurgery Specialties; By NHS Board Of Treatment. Years Ending 2001–04

Source: ISD Scotland.

^PProvisional.

Note: Excludes beds in joint-user and contractual hospitals and the Royal Hospitals for Sick Children in Grampian, Greater Glasgow and Lothian.

Information on the number of planned admissions for inpatient and day case treatment (including non-surgical treatment) recorded as cancelled for the years ending 31 March 2000 to 2004 inclusive, by NHS board of residence is given in the table.

NHS boards are expected to adopt best practice in managing admissions to reduce the incidence of cancellations and thus improve patients’ experience of waiting. Best practice advice was included in “Managing Waiting Times: A Good Practice Guide”, issued to the NHS in 2003. In addition, there are concerns about the accuracy and quality of data recorded by hospitals on cancelled admissions. The Executive is working with NHS National Services Scotland to address these concerns through its strategic review of health and care statistics.

NHSScotland – Cancellations Of Planned Admissions For Inpatient Or Day Case Treatment, By NHS Board: Years Ending 31 March 2000 To 2004^P Inclusive

Source: ISD Scotland (Form ISD (1)).

^PProvisional.

Note:

1. Excludes data from the Southern General Hospital for years ending March 2001 and 2003.

In addition, payments of Structural Funds are not made to projects in advance, but in arrears. Once a project has made a claim of eligible costs, the amount claimed against Structural Funds is provided back to the project as a re-imbursement.

However, as part of the work on Scottish Water’s investment programme to 2014, all local authorities were asked to predict future development requirements for their areas during that time. This identified a total of about 8,600 development sites, with the capacity to accommodate 230,000 houses, and a further 14,000 hectares for non-residential development across Scotland. Data indicates that approximately half of the sites so identified are currently affected by water or drainage constraints. This matter is addressed in the consultation paper Investing in Water Services 2006-2014 (Bib. number 33325), which wasreleased on 20 July.

As the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland is eight years, it is not possible for a child under eight years to be referred to the Reporter on offence grounds.

The information is not available in the format requested by the member. Information on children referred to the Children’s Reporter on offence grounds is collated and published by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) in its Annual Reports (copies of which have been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre with the following Bib. numbers:).

1997-98 – 18997

1998-99 – 6161

1999-2000 – 18780

2000-01 – 20128

2001-02 – 26838

2002-03 – 30751.

Data for 2003-04 will be available later this year. The SCRA is presently enhancing its management information systems and future statistical reports will have the option of being broken down by local authority area.

Number of Offences Recorded of Consumption of Alcohol in Designated Places, 1999-2003

Note:

1. Byelaws restricting the consumption of alcohol in designated places were first introduced to parts of Fife in November 1997. Coverage was extended in November 1999 and again in July 2004.

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Contravention of Local Byelaws on Consumption of Alcohol in Public Places¹, 1999-2002

Note:

1. Where main offence.