March 2006
Friday 31/03/2006
Ministers agree on level of extended Quality of Life funding for local councils.
New Bill aims to give greater protection to adults at risk of abuse.
A National Statistics publication.
Highlands and Islands residents urged to register for lower air fares.
Figures show slight increase over previous year.
Coastal areas put forward as site for what would be first Park of its kind in Europe.
Tests are 'important step forward for public and preventative care'.
Concessionary scheme rolls out benefits for more than one million Scots.
New PET imager installed at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to improve services for cancer patients across Scotland.
Design work to begin on £30 million project to dual A96 to Inverness airport.
Designation of 'sensitive areas' increased in more than 80 locations around Scotland.
Health Minister says greater efficiency will flow from new financial arrangements.
Re-appointments to Board.
Appointments and re-appointments to Board.
Thursday 30/03/2006
Re-appointment of Board member.
Rules set out for international recruitment of healthcare professionals.
Infant Feeding Strategy for Scotland aims to raise awareness of importance of giving babies a healthy start.
Ministers give go-ahead for continuation of Scotland’s two drug courts in Glasgow and Fife.
Current target increase of 600 by September to be reassessed in light of long-term health agenda.
International experts agree to advise on plan for the future of the Scottish Fingerprint Service.
Appointments.
Re-appointment of Board member.
Scotland is to reduce carbon by an additional one million tonnes in 2010.
Re-appointment of Board members.
Executive agrees to pay full levels of award recommended by independent health pay review body.