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Each of the 14 NHS boards has a diabetes Managed Clinical Network.

The 2008 survey is clear that each NHS board needs to explore what is happening to the 10% of people for whom key diabetes measures were not recorded. In order to explore this, NHS Lothian conducted a follow-up audit of two diabetes clinics and found a variety of reasons for non-recording, including: patients not having diabetes; patients preferring not to attend; patients not realising they had diabetes; incorrect data entries, and patients changing clinics. The Diabetes Survey Group considers that these findings offer some reassurance that, for the most part, the care of this group of patients was not suboptimal.

The Scottish Diabetes Survey 2009 will include an update on the performance of health services in obtaining and recording key diabetes information when it is published in March this year.

An information leaflet entitled Swine flu and pregnancy: How to protect yourself and your baby has been published and is also available on the Scottish Government website. NHS health boards, GP practices and Midwifery departments have been supplied with copies of the leaflet to distribute to pregnant women.

Pregnant women may also wish to contact the Scottish Swine Flu Vaccination Helpline on 08000 28 28 16 for further information about the vaccination.

An information leaflet entitled Swine flu vaccination: information for parents of children over six months and under five years old has been made available to parents of young children. NHS boards have been supplied with leaflets to distribute to parents along with the invitations to have their child vaccinated.

The leaflet is available on the Scottish Government website and parents may also wish to contact the Scottish Swine Flu Vaccination Helpline on 08000 28 28 16 for further information about the vaccination.

It is for local authorities and their partners (e.g. in the NHS) to make local decisions on commissioning parenting programmes. The Scottish Government recognises the crucial importance of parenting in the Early Years Framework. The framework highlights the importance of building the skills and capacity of parents, alongside its core themes of prevention, early identification of problems and early intervention.

We are taking forward implementation of the framework with COSLA and Community Planning Partnerships.

The Scottish Government is currently funding two telephone-based CBT pilot schemes: NHS Living Life, managed by NHS24, and WISH (Widening Access to Self Help), managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Both pilots are currently subject to independent evaluation and it is therefore too early to provide information on uptake and outcomes or to anticipate next steps and potential rollout.

The NHS Living Life pilot will run to August 2010. The evaluation, which will inform any further developments, is expected to be ready in spring 2010. NHS24 have reported that referral rates have been lower than anticipated; NHS24 are currently looking at the reasons for this as they have capacity to handle more referrals.

The Wish Pilot is scheduled to run to March 2011. The evaluation findings will be available shortly thereafter and again will be used to inform any further developments.

To date, the Scottish Government has committed to invest over £13 million in the CashBack for Communities programme, which includes diversionary and participatory projects for young people across Scotland.

£4 million of this investment has been allocated to Youthlink Scotland. This includes the latest round of funding (£1 million) which closed for applications on 31 October 2009. Funding distributed through the Youthlink Scotland local youth project grant scheme is recorded by local authority.

The following successful applicants in Clackmannanshire and Stirling have been awarded funding from Youthlink round three:

Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire Youth Council	£3,041
The Margaret J Gordon Art and Craft Trust	£3,090
15 Below Snow Sports Club	£1,100
The Margaret J Gordon Art and Craft Trust	£2,140
Stirling
Exit Youth Group	£3,432
Plus	£4,080
Youth Services, Stirling Council	£7,264

 

The assessment of Youthlink round three included independent assessment panels in all local authorities. The panels consisted of: local authority representatives (community learning and development and community safety in particular); the voluntary sector, and trained young people. These panels provided independent local knowledge to judge applications for the area.

Youthlink Scotland make a huge effort to ensure youth organisations in all communities are aware of available funding through CashBack. Youthlink has three main networks: the members network, the policy forum and VOCOG (Voluntary Organisation Chief Officers Group). These networks cover areas like: local authorities, voluntary organisations, schools, youth justice, the Scottish Youth Parliament and youth work. Passing the information through these networks alerts organisations about the funding.

Encouragement and help is also provided for organisations to complete the funding application from Youthlink. Local surgeries have been set up to guide applicants through the process and offer advice on what information should be included in an application.

There are no planned further remedial works on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line.

The Scottish Government has had no such discussions with COSLA. Partnership for Renewables is a commercial venture led by Carbon Trust Enterprises Ltd and as such, any decision to work with them would be a matter for either COSLA or individual local authorities.

The Scottish Government works with the Carbon Trust to help Scottish public bodies of all sizes to reduce their energy consumption and cut emissions through the Carbon Management Programme. As of May 2009, 49 organisations had completed the programme, including all local authorities and the Scottish Government itself.

The Scottish Government is also committed to working closely with COSLA to ensure local authorities play their part in meeting our targets for renewable energy and carbon emissions. For example, COSLA is strongly represented in the Forum for Renewable Energy Development in Scotland (FREDS), a partnership of government, industry and academia which is working to deliver our Renewables Action Plan.

The construction cost of the recent remedial work carried out on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line is a matter for the contractor. There was no cost to the public purse.