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It is expected that all sites will comply with the interim technical requirements. However, one of the requirements for interim compliance is the installation and commissioning of compliant washer disinfectors. The demand for washer disinfectors currently exceeds the supply available on a UK basis and as a result it is unlikely that all sites that require new equipment will have them installed and commissioned by 31 March 2003. The procurement of the equipment is being co-ordinated centrally by Scottish Healthcare Supplies. In the circumstances it is likely that an extension of up to two months to the March 2003 deadline will be given to those sites currently awaiting equipment.

NHS boards are required to make the necessary arrangements to ensure that their patients with multiple sclerosis who meet criteria set out by the Association of British Neurologists can receive treatment with beta interferon or glatiramer acetate under the risk-sharing scheme.Data collected under the scheme is maintained by the scheme co-ordinator, Sheffield University's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR). ScHARR has advised that specialist centres in Scotland are prescribing under the scheme.

Information on the closure of dental practices is not held centrally.The number of NHS dental practices in Scotland, in deprivation categories 5, 6 and 7¹, which have ceased to provide NHS general dental services, between 1999 and 2002 are shown in the following table, broken down by NHS board:

Health Board	Practices Closed in 1999	Practices Closed in 2000	Practices Closed in 2001	Practices Closed in 2002
Ayrshire and Arran	0	1	1	1
Borders	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Clyde	0	0	1	0
Fife	0	0	0	0
Greater Glasgow	2	3	2	1
Highland	0	0	1	0
Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0
Grampian	0	0	0	1
Orkney	0	0	0	0
Lothian	0	1	0	1
Tayside	0	0	0	1
Forth Valley	0	0	0	1
Western Isles	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	0
Shetland	0	0	0	0
Scotland	2	5	5	6

Note:1. Deprivation categories (DEPCATs) are socio-economic indicators on scale of 1 to 7, with DEPCATs 5, 6 and 7 showing the greatest deprivation and commonly used by the Scottish Executive and NHS boards to target resources aimed at improving health.

Information on the closure of dental practices is not held centrally.The total number of practices in Scotland, which ceased to provide NHS general dental services between 1999 and 2002 is shown in the following table, categorised by health board:

Health Board	Total Practices Closed - 1999	Total Practices Closed - 2000	Total Practices Closed - 2001	Total Practices Closed - 2002
Ayrshire and Arran	2	2	3	1
Borders	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Clyde	0	0	1	0
Fife	0	0	1	1
Greater Glasgow	2	3	2	3
Highland	4	2	2	3
Lanarkshire	0	1	0	1
Grampian	1	0	1	3
Orkney	0	0	1	0
Lothian	1	2	2	3
Tayside	2	0	2	2
Forth Valley	0	1	0	2
Western Isles	1	1	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	2	0
Shetland	0	1	0	0
Scotland	13	13	17	19

The following tables show the number of whole-time equivalent staff in (a) local authority, (b) private, (c) voluntary and (d) all residential care homes at 31 March broken down by local authority area. No information is available centrally for nursing homes. Whole-time Equivalent Staff in Local Authority Residential Care Homes

Council	1998	1999	2000	2001
Aberdeen City	307	294	299	231
Aberdeenshire	231	235	246	242
Angus	189	188	139	142
Argyll and Bute	149	154	136	146
Clackmannanshire	54	54	56	54
Dumfries and Galloway	227	16	16	8
Dundee City	317	297	284	268
East Ayrshire	114	108	108	109
East Dunbartonshire	31	45	18	.
East Lothian	109	105	92	84
East Renfrewshire	55	55	52	58
Edinburgh, City of	594	569	589	605
Eilean Siar	137	143	152	150
Falkirk	182	171	171	173
Fife	565	585	615	570
Glasgow, City of	962	872	892	810
Highland	376	360	378	410
Inverclyde	78	76	76	80
Midlothian	86	98	73	83
Moray	112	102	88	29
North Ayrshire	107	137	123	115
North Lanarkshire	283	259	255	276
Orkney Islands	80	79	78	79
Perth and Kinross	160	130	142	144
Renfrewshire	170	162	162	172
Scottish Borders	129	134	142	153
Shetland Islands	102	101	84	72
South Ayrshire	129	113	135	85
South Lanarkshire	366	302	278	309
Stirling	100	95	103	92
West Dunbartonshire	140	204	207	212
West Lothian	165	165	144	125
All	8,804	8,407	8,333	8,087

Source: SEHD R1 Return. Whole-time Equivalent Staff in Private Residential Care Homes

Council	1998	1999	2000	2001
Aberdeen City	21	13	70	66
Aberdeenshire	103	153	115	146
Angus	282	297	303	301
Argyll and Bute	356	332	302	279
Clackmannanshire	.	.	.	.
Dumfries and Galloway	277	386	468	535
Dundee City	143	122	119	110
East Ayrshire	373	427	422	324
East Dunbartonshire	62	64	62	112
East Lothian	104	94	49	59
East Renfrewshire	27	31	24	17
Edinburgh, City of	223	221	185	196
Eilean Siar	5	5	5	5
Falkirk	163	172	172	188
Fife	368	352	387	413
Glasgow, City of	255	240	184	218
Highland	462	491	511	544
Inverclyde	65	67	57	46
Midlothian	64	67	81	75
Moray	72	54	64	108
North Ayrshire	169	168	161	157
North Lanarkshire	132	126	124	123
Orkney Islands	25	29	26	26
Perth and Kinross	302	339	261	308
Renfrewshire	111	144	131	148
Scottish Borders	78	77	92	96
Shetland Islands	.	.	.	.
South Ayrshire	119	47	24	85
South Lanarkshire	191	260	216	227
Stirling	103	85	111	118
West Dunbartonshire	26	25	28	29
West Lothian	46	48	73	129
All	4,727	4,936	4,827	5,188

Source: SEHD R1 Return. Whole-time Equivalent Staff in Voluntary Residential Care Homes

Council	1998	1999	2000	2001
Aberdeen City	729	759	700	723
Aberdeenshire	491	525	555	524
Angus	85	106	102	109
Argyll and Bute	141	141	147	132
Clackmannanshire	100	110	103	99
Dumfries and Galloway	215	363	420	515
Dundee City	159	157	136	149
East Ayrshire	102	126	89	84
East Dunbartonshire	87	87	77	74
East Lothian	313	264	275	231
East Renfrewshire	123	115	114	176
Edinburgh, City of	1,477	1,234	1,236	1,216
Eilean Siar	18	20	17	15
Falkirk	143	128	121	146
Fife	324	358	377	378
Glasgow, City of	1,455	1,545	1,474	1,459
Highland	372	394	385	378
Inverclyde	468	428	469	269
Midlothian	200	222	338	337
Moray	148	148	149	156
North Ayrshire	162	159	177	181
North Lanarkshire	229	244	228	214
Orkney Islands	.	.	.	3
Perth and Kinross	338	345	382	365
Renfrewshire	303	213	278	270
Scottish Borders	281	254	235	246
Shetland Islands	88	88	105	111
South Ayrshire	219	193	298	175
South Lanarkshire	254	265	421	362
Stirling	230	208	207	217
West Dunbartonshire	69	91	72	71
West Lothian	234	163	108	244
All	9,557	9,453	9,795	9,629

Source: SEHD R1 Return. Whole-time Equivalent Staff in Residential Care Homes

Council	1998	1999	2000	2001
Aberdeen City	1,057	1,066	1,069	1,020
Aberdeenshire	825	913	916	912
Angus	556	591	544	552
Argyll and Bute	646	627	585	557
Clackmannanshire	154	164	159	153
Dumfries and Galloway	719	765	904	1,058
Dundee City	619	576	539	527
East Ayrshire	589	661	619	517
East Dunbartonshire	180	196	157	186
East Lothian	526	463	416	374
East Renfrewshire	205	201	190	251
Edinburgh, City of	2,294	2,024	2,010	2,017
Eilean Siar	160	168	174	170
Falkirk	488	471	464	507
Fife	1,257	1,295	1,379	1,361
Glasgow, City of	2,672	2,657	2,550	2,487
Highland	1,210	1,245	1,274	1,332
Inverclyde	611	571	602	395
Midlothian	350	387	492	495
Moray	332	304	301	293
North Ayrshire	438	464	461	453
North Lanarkshire	644	629	607	613
Orkney Islands	105	108	104	108
Perth and Kinross	800	814	785	817
Renfrewshire	584	519	571	590
Scottish Borders	488	465	469	495
Shetland Islands	190	189	189	183
South Ayrshire	467	353	457	345
South Lanarkshire	811	827	915	898
Stirling	433	388	421	427
West Dunbartonshire	235	320	307	312
West Lothian	445	376	325	498
All	23,088	22,796	22,955	22,904

Source: SEHD R1 Return.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The following table shows, for all client groups, the average weekly charge for residential care homes in Scotland. Information on private nursing homes is not held centrally. Average Weekly Charge ¹ Per Resident in Residential Care Homes, Scotland 2001

Local Authority	Local Authority Residential Care Homes(£)	Private and Voluntary Residential Care Homes(£)
Aberdeen City	386	325
Aberdeenshire	348	387
Angus	398	306
Argyll and Bute	439	274
Clackmannanshire	*	*
Dumfries and Galloway	*	335
Dundee City	464	294
East Ayrshire	348	275
East Dunbartonshire	*	442
East Lothian	*	340
East Renfrewshire	*	393
Edinburgh, City of	464	376
Eilean Siar	458	*
Falkirk	533	368
Fife	441	363
Glasgow City	377	429
Highland	396	298
Inverclyde	390	416
Midlothian	*	426
Moray	*	339
North Ayrshire	352	337
North Lanarkshire	340	421
Orkney Islands	*	*
Perth and Kinross	386	337
Renfrewshire	385	403
Scottish Borders	317	314
Shetland Islands	*	281
South Ayrshire	369	385
South Lanarkshire	339	391
Stirling	*	353
West Dunbartonshire	406	382
West Lothian	400	402
Scotland	399	361

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - R1 Return.Note:1. Where the average is based on five homes or less, the figure has been starred out for confidentiality reasons.

The distinction between residential care homes and nursing homes was removed on 1 April 2002, the day on which the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Care Commission) became operational. The removal of the distinction means that there will be no distressing moves for those whose care needs change. The single term "care home" is currently being used to describe establishments which were formerly known as either residential care homes or nursing homes, and from 2003 it is planned to conduct a regular "care homes" census which will replace the current census' of residential care homes (run by the Scottish Executive) and the nursing homes census (run by ISD, Scotland).The Executive is currently evaluating its own information needs, along with those of the NHS and the new Care Commission. The need to collect, analyse and disseminate the information published in Scottish Community Care Statistics 2001 remains.

Information on staffing within Scottish local authority social work services is contained within the Scottish Executive statistical bulletin Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services. The bulletin is published annually and contains the results of staffing census held across all Scottish local authorities. The bulletins for each of the last five years can be found at the following addresses:Staff of Scottish Social Work Departments, 1997 Statistical Bulletin:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents6/swk-00.htm.Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Departments, 1998:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc01/sb921-00.htm.Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Departments, 1999:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00061-00.asp.Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2000:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00106-00.asp.Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2001:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00197-00.asp.

Staffing figures on front-line social work staff for 2001 were not available when the information was compiled for the Chief Inspector's annual report. There are plans to publish further staffing figures within next year's report.Other information on staff of Scottish local authority social work services is available within the Scottish Executive statistical bulletin Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2001, published September 2002. The bulletin can be found at the following address:Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2001:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00197-00.asp.