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(lodged 9 November 2021) The proposal was accompanied by a statement of reasons, which is accessible online via the website page referred to above, or in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
We should not have so many people dying in hospital and choosing to go into hospital to die. There is a conversation to be had with the public about the best place to die and about how we resource the capacity to support people to die at home or in appropriate care settings in...
Our reflection is that a commissioner has to make a difference. That is our top line: we would want a role such as that to make a difference for children.
There is not an open consultation at the moment, but there is a website that the petitioner could independently contact in relation to the issue that has been raised.
The strategic equity funding, for example, is flat cash, as is the pupil equity funding. Therefore, if I could buy 10 teachers last year, with a pay rise, I will not be able to buy 10 teachers this year, but I will still be required to maintain teacher numbers as an absolute.
The complaints backlog remains high. The commissioner’s office website currently reports that it will take up to eight months to conduct an initial assessment of a complaint.