Scottish Parliament e-Brief
Issue 166,
SECTION 1 - BUSINESS THIS WEEK
THE CHAMBER
Parliament
is in recess.
IN COMMITTEE
Parliament
is in recess.
SECTION 2 - NEWS
Money up front for champion readers
Almost
450 schools, nurseries, libraries and youth groups across
Education
Minister Peter Peacock announced yesterday that grants totalling £330,000 had
been paid out from Kirkcudbright to
The
announcement was made on the day that First Minister Jack McConnell attended
the Edinburgh International Book Festival and hosted a reception at Bute House
for Scotland’s Reading Champions – authors, politicians and
celebrities who are encouraging parents and children to get the most out of
reading.
The small
grants scheme aims to provide access to home reading materials to as many
children in
The majority
of the grants were used to buy books and story sacks which include a book,
puzzle and puppet on the same theme.
The Home
Reading Initiative encourages parents and carers to share books with their
child from a very early stage. The dedicated
website offers ideas about reading and recommended books, alongside
encouragement from Reading Champions of all ages.
Investment priorities for health research
Giving
the public more say in how health research funding is spent is one of the key
aims of a new strategy, published today by the Scottish Executive Health
Department's Chief Scientist Office (CSO).
The Research Strategy for Health and Healthcare
outlines the priority areas for research funding for the next five years and
will mean the establishment of new Portfolio Steering Groups, with
representation from patients, clinicians and researchers. These Groups will cover the priority areas of
cancer, CHD/stroke and mental health. There will also
be a steering group for public health. The groups’ role will be to
provide strategic direction to help guide where money is spent and to identify
areas where targeted research is needed.
The CSO has a remit to encourage and support research, both to
improve the health of the people in
More basic
research is supported by UK-wide funders such as the
Medical Research Council with whom the CSO has a
close working relationship. The CSO focuses its
research activity on more applied research which is likely to have a more
direct impact on health and health services matters.
SECTION 3 - NOTES ON THIS WEEK’S CHAMBER BUSINESS
Parliament is in recess.
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