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24 June 2008
Cancer Incidence 2005 Update

The publication is the annual update of cancer registration information, showing cancer incidence from 1980-2005 as well as the biennial update of cancer prevalence and cumulative risk.  Registrations for the year 2005 have been added and registrations for previous years updated.  Detailed incidence information is given for approximately 50 types of cancer.

• Taking all cancers combined, in recent years the age-standardised incidence rate has fallen slightly for both men and women. 
• The figures show considerable variation between cancers, with substantial increases in melanoma of the skin and other skin cancers (both sexes), and decreases in stomach (both sexes) and lung (male only) cancers. 

Actual numbers of cases of cancer have risen over the last decade, largely due to an ageing population.

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24 June 2008
National Drug Treatment Waiting Times

Data is presented for January-March 2008 on the number of clients waiting for drug treatment and the time waited for (1) clients to be offered an assessment date and (2) clients to be offered an appointment date for any drug treatment intervention.

The publication shows that in January-March 2008.

• 67% (2,960 clients) of those offered an appointment for assessment were offered a date within 14 days of referral (Table 1)
• 88% (2,838 clients) of those offered an appointment for treatment were offered a date within 14 days of date care plan agreed. (Table 2)

Table and charts are presented by Alcohol and Drug Action team area.

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24 June 2008
Teenage Pregnancies, 2006

This annual updates includes statistical information on teenage pregnancies based on age at conception, with the most recent information representing conceptions in 2006.  The release includes data by NHS Board of residence and Local Council Area for age group <16, <18 and <20.  Data are also presented by deprivation, age of mother and outcome of pregnancy.

The latest figures show:

• In 2006, the teenage pregnancy rate in the under <20s was 57.9 per 1,000, in the <18s was 41.5 per 1,000 and in the <16s was 8.1 per 1,000.
• There is a strong deprivation gradient.  The most deprived groups have approximately ten times the rate of delivery as the least deprived, and twice the rate of abortion.  These proportions have not varied much in recent years and do not vary much with age.

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24 June 2008
Immunisation Statistics, quarter ending March 2008

Quarterly and annual update of immunisation uptake rates for children aged 12 and 24 months and 5 and 6 years.  Includes data to 31 March 2008.

In Scotland as a whole, annual and quarterly uptake rates show that the 95% target for immunisation of 2 year olds is being met and exceeded for all primary immunisations apart from the first dose of MMR.  MMR uptake rates at 2 years have continued to be above 90% since autumn 2005.

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24 June 2008
Delayed Discharges in NHSScotland – Supplementary Information by Community Health Partnership from April 2008 Census

Previously published on 27th May 2008 - figures from the latest quarterly census of delayed discharges are now available by Community Health Partnership.

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24 June 2008
NHSScotland Workforce Statistics

Figures are released today on NHSScotland workforce statistics to 31st March 2008 and include:

• The use of bank and agency nurses for the year ending 31st March 2008.
• Annual sickness absence figures.
• Annual equality and diversity information.
• Doctors in training compliance with the new deal.
• Quarterly consultant staff in post figures.

The latest figures show for example:

• The usage of agency nursing and midwifery staff has decreased by nearly a third (31%)
• 99.9% of doctors in training do not exceed the maximum average of 56 contracted hours agreed under the New Deal..

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24 June 2008
Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF) of the new GMS contract – Scotland-level prevalence figures 2007/08

This publication presents Scotland-level prevalence rates for all the diseases / conditions included in the Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF) of the new General Medical Services contract.  Figures are shown for each of the four QOF years to date, up to and including those collected by general practices for “National Prevalence Day”, 14th February 2008. It explains where these prevalence rates are directly comparable with previous QOF years and the definitional changes that limit the comparability of other figures.

• The reported prevalence rates for hypertension (high blood pressure) and hypothyroidism have both risen gradually in each year since the introduction of the QOF in 2004/05.  The increases are likely to be due at least in part to improved case ascertainment by practices.

• QOF-reported prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) stages 3-5 has risen to 2.5% from an initial figure of 1.8% for 2006/07.  An increase was expected, due to improved availability across Scotland in the clinical tests required to make the formal diagnosis of the stage of CKD.

Obesity rates reported by practices (related to patients aged 16 or over with a body mass index of 30 or more) rose from 7.0% in 2006/07 to 7.4% in 2007/08.  Both figures are lower than other rates shown elsewhere (for example, those summarised by the Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO) at www.scotpho.org.uk). 

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24 June 2008
Health and Wellbeing Profiles for Community Health Partnership (CHP) Areas, 2008

This release provides health and wellbeing profiles for Scotland’s 40 Community Health Partnerships (CHPs), based on a set of 61 health indicators. The indicators cover health outcomes (eg deaths and hospitalisations), behaviour (smoking, alcohol and drug use) and wider determinants of health (eg employment, education and the environment). This is the first release of such profiles for CHP areas in Scotland.

Outputs from this release include:

• Individual profile reports for 30 CHPs in Scotland (this excludes the remaining 10 CHCPs in Greater Glasgow and Clyde since detailed profiles for these areas have been produced separately by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health at www.gcph.co.uk/communityprofiles);
• A Scotland Overview report which includes profile information for each NHS Board; and
• A full Technical Report giving methodological details

Key findings include the following:

• Male life expectancy ranges from 67.9 years in the worst CHP to 77.3 years in the best; whilst female life expectancy ranges from 75.1 years to 81.2 years.
• The percentage of babies exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks ranges from 14.3% in the worst CHP to 42.5% in the best.

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24 June 2008
Long Term Conditions Reports

The SPARRA (Scottish Patients at Risk of Readmission & Admission) risk-prediction tool is used to identify those patients at greatest risk of emergency admission in particular year.

Two reports are published:

• The current tool is applied to patients aged 65 & over who have had an emergency admission in the previous 3 years. The first report describes the outcome of work performed to extend the algorithm’ so that it can be applied to patients of all ages.
• The second report outlines the main data sources for measuring long-term conditions, identifies the most common conditions and provides estimates for their prevalence in the population.

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24 June 2008
Mental Health (Psychiatric) Hospital Activity Statistics

Update of mental health (psychiatric) hospital activity statistics to the year ending 31 March 2007. Includes trends and population rates, geographic distributions and details of mental health diagnoses

For example:

• There were 24,294 inpatient admissions to mental health hospitals during the year ending 31 March 2007. This continues the downward trend seen in recent years.

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24 June 2008
Quarterly update of reimbursement and remuneration paid to dispensing contractors, up to March 2008

These tables are aimed at those with an understanding of payments made to dispensing contractors. They are intended to be used as reference listings detailing payments made to Scottish dispensing contractors of pharmaceuticals, up to March 2008.

The main points are the number of prescription items dispensed and the cost for these items together with the fees paid to the dispensers. The payments include the total gross ingredient cost (GIC); the net ingredient cost (NIC); the cost of individual fees and allowances; the gross total and patient charges.

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