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Scottish Enterprise primarily looks at the aerospace, defence and marine industry sector with an engineering, manufacturing and technology focus. Marine representation on the Industry Advisory Group is from shipbuilding/ship repair companies and from the commercial ship management sector. There is no direct representation on the Industry Advisory Group covering the leisure marine industry.

Scottish Enterprise (SE) continues to support the development of the Sail Clyde Initiative. They are currently supporting the development of a Sail Clyde Action Plan through a number of facilitated workshops with the Sail Clyde Steering Group (which consists of a number of public and private sector organisations involved in sailing development). The Action Plan builds on the recommendations and priorities from the Sailing in the Clyde Estuary report and should be finalised by the end of June 2009.

VisitScotland have been meeting with Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire and the Sail Clyde Development Group since 2007. In conjunction with SE and the British Marine Federation they have agreed to undertake a piece of qualitative research funded largely by SE, into the market for sailing.

Scottish Enterprise continues to support the leisure and marine industry in Scotland, specific activity includes:

Scottish Enterprise (SE) continues to support the development of the Sail Clyde Initiative through the development of a Sail Clyde Action Plan, and a number of facilitated workshops with the Sail Clyde Steering Group (which consists of a number of public and private sector organisations involved in sailing development). The Action Plan builds on the recommendations and priorities from the Sailing in the Clyde estuary report and should be finalised by the end of June.

Scottish Enterprise has approved funding of £100,000 towards the development of the Largs Slipway project during 2009. This development will enable Scotland to bid for larger scale high profile sailing events and is a priority project under the Sail Clyde Strategy. In support of this development, Scottish Enterprise recently approved £33,000 towards a UK bid to secure the World Radial Sailing Championship event in July 2010 at Largs in Ayrshire.

Scottish Enterprise is currently supporting research, to be undertaken by VisitScotland, to identify growth opportunities of sailing at a Scottish level. This research will inform SE''s future investment in sailing development.

VisitScotland supports the leisure marine industry through promotional work, publications, direct mail campaigns, e-newsletters, website advertising, and joint working with bodies such as Sail Scotland, the Clyde Sailing Development Group and the British Marine Federation. They also provided £6,000 to support Sail Scotland''s stand at the London Boat Show in 2009.

As part of their general inspection programme Her Majesty''s Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) continue to review and report on provision for children with additional support needs in all schools across Scotland. In November 2007, they published a report, commissioned by the Government, on the evaluation of the implementation of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.

Where required the Scottish Government will also commission independent research. For example, it has in the past commissioned research into the impact of mainstream education in schools in Scotland which was published in January 2006.

The Code of Practice will be revised and consulted on in due course and will contain developed guidance on all matters relating to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act including post-school transitions.

The National Transitions Development Officer will contribute to this work and will produce more specific guidance relating to transitions at a future date.

Estimates suggest that boating and diving industries generate in excess £255 million for the Scottish economy. We are undertaking work to provide more robust estimates of the economic value of other industries in the leisure and tourism sector.

NHS Orkney has confirmed that all new staff receive a two hour face-to-face infection control session as part of their induction training. The training is delivered by clinical staff and includes sessions on how infection spreads, the different types of infection, how infection is controlled and hand hygiene. In addition, 170 staff have, in the past 12 months, accessed a healthcare associated infection online module that is divided into five tutorials. This covers the background to infection control and healthcare associated infection, the standard precautions that all staff should take, hand hygiene, protocols for segregation of waste and linen and decontamination protocols. These staff represent 31% of total headcount within NHS Orkney. Forty-seven members of staff (16% of eligible head count) have also completed the Cleanliness Champion Training programme, which is an in-depth infection control training module that requires 20 hours of study, mentorship and sign off of a portfolio of work.

During, and since the outbreak, face-to-face training on Clostridium difficile has also been delivered to staff. This has covered the epidemiology of the organism, the importance of infection control principles, case management, surveillance, information for families and hand hygiene protocols. This training was delivered within the ward setting and the percentages of staff involved is presented in the following table:

Ward	% Staff
Piper Ward	99%
Male Ward	75%
Female Ward	88%
Ninian Ward	85%
Macmillan	60%
Renal Unit	100%
Day Surgery	100%
Theatre	80%
Maternity	80%

 

Twenty-two toxin positive specimens were sent by NHS Orkney to NHS Grampian. The Consultant Medical Microbiologists within NHS Grampian decide on which toxin positive samples are cultured for Clostridium difficile based on clinical details, outbreaks and severity of illness.

Of the 22 toxin positive specimens sent to NHS Grampian by NHS Orkney, nine were identified as culture positive and were forwarded to the national reference laboratory for typing.

The Fair for All agenda looks to ensure that whatever the individuals circumstances they have access to the right health services for their needs.

Guidance entitled Achieving fair access was issued to the NHS in April 2007 and is available at http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/2033.aspx.

Section 4 of the guidance covers accessible service delivery and section 4.4 provides advice on admission to health services.

As a response to the recommendations of the fatal accident inquiries the Scottish Government asked NHS boards to prepare action plans for improvement to services. The plans show a range of actions that aim to ensure people with a learning disability are appropriately supported on admission to acute care.

The responses to the consultation process on the establishment of the Care Environment Inspectorate will be published on the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland website.