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I absolutely agree with Donna Hall that one should aim to find ways of avoiding failure demand: kids who do not get educated and who therefore require even more intervention; families who do not get supported and therefore get into crisis.
Inspired questions lodged on 13 March 2017 S5W-08010 Maree Todd: To ask the Scottish Government what the latest position is regarding the pay supplement for seafaring staff who work for Marine Scotland.
That speaks to Leon Thompson’s earlier point that people have probably been more desperate to get cash flow, to hang on to staff and to get people to come out.
So there is not just a financial issue; there is an emotional issue in addition to the kinds of pressures that new mums have anyway. You have focused on childcare, with regard to returning to work and having the freedom to get some breathing space.
My daughter now works in that neonatal unit, but when she first qualified as a midwife, she could not get a job in Scotland and had to travel to Preston to do three 12-hour shifts before getting the train back up.