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I know that out-of-hours services have been causing concern, but the new options for GPs in the new GMS contract will make general practice more attractive, as will the other positive features of the contract.
I hope that all members support that measure.Of course, such new, practical legislative measures are welcome, but new laws alone do not offer a complete solution.
As we indicated, we will not ask you to make an opening statement but will launch straight into questions.Your letter of 26 September indicated that targets have not been met, particularly on time-releasing savings.
However, it has been suggested that there could be a circuit of such courts. That would allow people to visit a number of places regularly and to build up knowledge of, and a relationship with, an area.
The quote is very brief, but it encapsulates the whole issue. Paragraph 5.11 on page 26 says:"There is a clear perception among planning officers that prior notification is unnecessary in principle and unsatisfactory in practice."
If we do not want to see something in the newspapers, the best way to achieve that is not to say it. I hope that we can start a new parliamentary year with a new spirit of openness.
The first of them concerns community health partnerships. A new regulation-making power has been added at new section 4B(5)(da) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, as inserted by section 2 of the bill as amended.
New Deal To ask the Scottish Executive why participants in the new deal for young people programme in Scotland are more likely to experience two or three periods of unemployment than their counterparts in England and Wales.