Scottish Parliament e-Brief
Issue 123, 15th July 2002
SECTION 1 - BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Parliament is in recess.
SECTION 2 - NEWS
DRIVE TO HARNESS BENEFITS OF
GOLF TOURISM
Loch Lomond and Muirfield are world-wide showcases for golf which
can help to convince potential visitors to come to the authentic
home of the game in Scotland, according to Tourism and Sport
Minister, Mike Watson.
During a visit to the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond on Friday, Mr Watson explained:
"Events like the Scottish Open and next week’s British Open at Muirfield in East Lothian provide Scotland with a fantastic opportunity to showcase our country on a world stage as a first class golfing destination.
"As the home of golf Scotland has much to offer the golfing tourist and we are doing all we can to build on a market which is already worth more than £100 million a year to the Scottish economy."
There are now more than 500 courses available for play from the Borders to the Highlands.
The Scottish Open and Open Championship generate substantial visitor interest among the world's 50 million golfers throughout the world.
Golf tourism is already worth more than £100 million to the Scottish economy, either from dedicated holiday-makers who come solely to play, or those who make it part of a holiday. Golfing tourists also tend to be high spenders when compared to other visitors. Every £1 that is spent on a golf course, generates £5 for the wider economy.
VisitScotland’s golf tourism strategy has set a target for growth at 1% above the national tourism growth rate. If achieved, this will generate an extra £30 million for Scotland over the next five years.
EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE AWARDS
The winners of the Executive's first-ever Evidence in Practice
Awards have been announced.
The awards, presented at the Nursing Times Live event at the SECC in Glasgow last week, were set up by Chief Nursing Officer, Anne Jarvie, as part of the research and development strategy for nursing and midwifery, to ensure nurses and midwives are able to contribute to evidence-based improvements in nursing practice.
There were three individual winners and two team winners:
Individuals:
Heather MacKenzie Black - Ravenscraig Hospital, Greenock
- Development and implementation of a patient group directive for
wound care and antibiotic dispensing to intravenous drug users
with injection site injuries
Lay Cheng Chapman - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - Towards a modern approach to the care of deep vein thrombosis
Ms Maria Pilcher - Liberton Day Hospital Edinburgh - Implementing a Bladder Scanning Training Programme for Continence Link
Teams:
Maria Dale, Margo Fyfe - Gartnavel Royal Hospital
(overall winner) - Nurse Led Adolescent Deliberate Self Harm
Service
Jenny Gordon, Pam Reid, Christine Thompson, Carol Walford - Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh - ‘Tough Going’ Childhood Idiopathic Constipation Management Pathway: A Resource for Health Professionals.
The awards were open to individual or teams. Applicants were asked to demonstrate an improvement in the service to patients which they had delivered through the application of research evidence. In total 21 applications were received from across Scotland.
SECTION 3 - NOTES ON THIS WEEK’S CHAMBER BUSINESS
Parliament is in recess.
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