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Scottish diabetes services are expected to provide insulin pumps services in line with the advice outlined in the NICE Technology Assessment 151(TA151).

These criteria are thought to apply to between 4 and 14% of people with type 1 diabetes.

The Scottish Diabetes Group has made insulin pump therapy a standing item on the agenda of the regular meetings of the diabetes Managed Clinical Network lead clinicians. It has also been made clear to them that each NHS board''s insulin strategy must take account of the criteria set out in NICE Technology Appraisal 151.

On average, it can take between 15 to 20 hours to train a patient with type 1 diabetes in the use of an insulin pump. This does not include the dietetic education component that is completed prior to starting the insulin pump training. There has been no significant change in this timescale in recent years.

The information requested is not centrally available. However, taken from nationally published data, the following table provides the number of clinical nurse specialists in diabetes employed in each NHS board, expressed in head count and whole-time equivalents, as at 30 September 2008.

Clinical Nurse Specialists in Diabetes by NHS Board	Whole-Time Equivalent as at 30 September 2008	Head Count as at 30 September 2008
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	7.4	8
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	25.1	27
NHS Lanarkshire	8.9	11
NHS Forth Valley	5.2	7
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	4.4	5
NHS Borders	2.2	3
NHS Fife	5.6	6
NHS Lothian	10.7	13
NHS Highland	1.5	2
NHS Grampian	5.0	7
NHS Orkney	-	-
NHS Tayside	8.5	10
NHS Western Isles	2.0	3
NHS Shetland	-	-
Total	*86.4	102

Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Website link - www.isdscotland.org/workforce.

Note: *Please note the overall total is not equal to the NHS boards value due to rounding.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24698 on 19 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24698 on 19 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24698 on 19 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

A delivery partnership has been established between Highland Council and Transport Scotland. This partnership will oversee the design and phased delivery of the Nairn bypass and the A96 upgrade from Nairn to Inverness.

The timetable for undertaking the work on the Nairn bypass and A96 upgrades will be set in the context of overall affordability and the delivery of the A96 masterplan.

Transport Scotland is working constructively with the Highland Council on their Highland-wide local development plan. One of the main purposes of this co-operative approach is to work constructively towards the design and delivery of the Nairn bypass and A96 upgrades.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24698 on 19 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Transport Scotland does not have any record of the design capacity for the Kessock Bridge when it opened in 1982 but would expect the dual two-lane cross-section to be capable of carrying up to 1800 vehicles per lane per hour. The four lanes across the Kessock Bridge are therefore capable of carrying 7200 vehicles per hour albeit higher flows are associated with decreasing levels of service and safety.