To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.

View sample alert

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing)(Scotland) Act 2012 (Continuation) Order 2024
Apr. 12 2024
View source webpage
The legislation that introduced minimum unit pricing for alcohol contained a 'sunset clause'. This means the policy will expire on 30 April 2024 unless the Scottish Parliament votes for it to continue. This briefing examines the background to the policy, key areas of debate, the findings of the evaluation and the response of stakeholders.

Found: For other types of health harm (e.g. ambulance call-outs, emergency department attendance) there was

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
NHS England

Apr. 11 2024

Source Page: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for March 2024
Document: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for March 2024 (webpage)

Found: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for March 2024

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
NHS England

Apr. 11 2024

Source Page: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for November 2023
Document: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for November 2023 (webpage)

Found: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for November 2023

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Air Accidents Investigation Branch

Apr. 11 2024

Source Page: Air accident monthly bulletin April 2024
Document: AAIB Bulletin 4/2024 (PDF)

Found: the village of Upper Heyford where members of the public attended to him and alerted the emergency services

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Low Pay Commission

Apr. 10 2024

Source Page: Indicative counts of employee jobs in low-paying occupations
Document: (Excel)

Found: occupationn/a1162Senior police officersOther occupationOther occupation81163Senior officers in fire, ambulance

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Apr. 10 2024

Source Page: Service Inquiry into the death of a service person on 24 November 2022 following completion of a loaded march at Catterick
Document: Service Inquiry into the death of a service person on 24 November 2022 following completion of a loaded march at Catterick (PDF)

Found: The ambulance arrived at MU at 10:18.

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Apr. 09 2024

Source Page: MHRA FOI performance data
Document: (Excel)

Found: What services are provided under the contract?

Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-26338
Tuesday 9th April 2024

Asked by: Mochan, Carol (Scottish Labour - South Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners are currently employed within primary care.

Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care

Advanced Nurse Practitioners are employed within a range of settings within Primary Care.

The 2023 General Practice Workforce Survey ( https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/data-and-reports/official-workforce-statistics/all-official-statistics-publications/general-practice-workforce-survey-2023/annual-report/?pageid=10709 ), reports that there are 553.7 whole-time equivalent (WTE) Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) employed by and working in General Practices.

Alongside this, the ‘Primary Care Improvement Plans - Implementation Progress Summary’ ( https://www.gov.scot/publications/primary-care-improvement-plans-summary-implementation-progress-march-2023/ ) reports that a total of 219.9 WTE ANPs employed by Health Boards within Urgent Care services.

The latest NHS Scotland Workforce data published by NES ( https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/data-and-reports/official-workforce-statistics/all-official-statistics-publications/05-march-2024-workforce/ ) shows that there are 4.8 WTE ANPs employed by the Scottish Ambulance Service, as well as 1.0 WTE ANP employed by NHS 24.

Select Committee
Letter to the Chair from Julia Lopez MP, Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, dated 21 March 2024

Correspondence Apr. 08 2024

Committee: Communications and Digital Committee

Found: During the incident, almost 10,000 unique callers were unable to access the emergency services via 99

Scottish Government Publication (Advice and guidance)
Chief Nursing Officer Directorate

Apr. 01 2024

Source Page: Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019: statutory guidance
Document: Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019: Statutory Guidance (PDF)

Found: NHS 24, the Scottish Ambulance Service Board, the State Hospital s Board for Scotland and the National