Annual Reports

DH: Statistics on  PIP breast implants were released recently by the Department of Health:
* The first collection monitors the extent to which patients who had PIP implants implanted privately have presented to the NHS
* The second collection tracks the care of those women who have previously had PIP implants implanted by the NHS.  This collection covers the 7 NHS providers which had used PIP implants on NHS patients in the past.
Press release & links
 
ScotGov: The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) launched its latest Report Card at the recent World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh, looking at the impact of climate change on the marine environment.
 
The MCCIP 2012 report card ‘focuses on how climate change is affecting the fish and shellfish we find in our seas, providing both opportunities and threats, and what the social and economic consequences could be’.
Press release & links
 
ScotGov: Almost every parent in Scotland is involved, engaged & highly satisfied in their child’s schooling in the early years according to key findings from a report published recently.  The annual Growing up in Scotland (GUS) reports looks at life as a child in Scotland, this year focussing on 3 areas: early experiences at primary school, weight & physical activity and the involvement of grandparents.
Press release & links
 
FSA: The Food Standards Agency has published 2 pieces of research that assessed the level of voluntary display of its food hygiene schemes in the UK.
Press release & links
 
10 DS: Latest quarterly snapshot on how each department is spending its budget and the results it has achieved.  The QDS are designed to fit on a single page to provide a quarterly snapshot on how each department is spending its budget, the results it has achieved and how it is deploying its workforce.
Press release & links
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