General Reports and Other Publications
DH: A new study shows that large community contraceptive centres, cottage hospitals or polyclinic type settings could offer a safe, high quality service for women. It shows that some women welcomed the informality and increased availability of staff support. This confirms the experience from other countries which already offer EMA in non-hospital settings.
Medical professionals will now be consulted on whether early medical abortions (EMAs) should be made available in non-hospital settings and patients will be asked if this would be a preferable option for them.
Press release ~ Evaluation of Early Medical Abortion (EMA) Pilot Sites ~ Government's sexual health strategy ~ DH - Abortions
ScotGov: Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill reiterated his determination to develop a coherent penal policy for Scotland when responding to the findings of an Audit Scotland report into managing Scotland's prison population.
The report looks at some of the factors contributing to rising prison numbers and the impact overcrowding has on efforts to rehabilitate prisoners. Based on present trends it concludes that Scotland's prisoner population - which is already one of the highest in Western Europe - will increase by almost 20% by 2016/17.
The report looks at some of the factors contributing to rising prison numbers and the impact overcrowding has on efforts to rehabilitate prisoners. Based on present trends it concludes that Scotland's prisoner population - which is already one of the highest in Western Europe - will increase by almost 20% by 2016/17.
Press release ~ Scottish Prisons Commission ~ Audit Scotland plus link to report ~ Plans for more effective community penalties
Defra: Findings from the Government study into personal carbon trading have been published by Defra and the study indicates that personal carbon trading has potential to engage individuals in taking action to combat climate change, but is essentially ahead of its time and expected costs for implementation are high.
The Government remains interested in the concept of personal carbon trading and, although it will not be continuing its research programme at this stage, it claims that it will monitor the wealth of research focusing on this area and may introduce personal carbon trading if the value of carbon savings & cost implications change.
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