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Based on provisional official figures, the major injury rate is 16 per cent higher in Scotland than it is in Great Britain as a whole, not 26 per cent higher as Dr Woolfson's report suggests.Historical trends must also be treated cautiously.
I agree with the commissioner that the complaint should not be upheld.If there are no further comments, I tell the public and the press that the committee's report on this complaint will be published directly after the meeting, which I now close.
We are working with local authorities and health boards; we are encouraging them to co-ordinate provision of services and to carry out assessments on an agreed basis. We think that that offers the best way forward.
Is the minister aware that, whether he likes it or not, the new fixed-term contracts for junior doctors are considered to be second-class training and that, already, our best trainee anaesthetists are leaving Scotland?
I would be happy to consider any examples that Mr Morgan has of areas of Scotland where there are gaps in provision. I take his point that, for young people and an active workforce, we need the best possible range of public transport services.
Studies require to be undertaken on the environmental impact, but the depth of the water and the availability of access all year round are two of Hunterston's key advantages, which we need to exploit as best we can.
Scottish Civic Forum Item 4 is on a letter that I received from the Scottish Civic Forum. I felt that it was best to seek members' views on how to proceed.