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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.
Time for Reflection Welcome to Holyrood. Welcome to the new Scots Parliament. Our first item of business this morning is time for reflection, which is led by one of our new neighbours—the Rev Charles Robertson, minister of the Canongate kirk.
They must be fully involved in designing the working practices to support the new forms of service delivery. I am pleased that staff are increasingly involved in the consultation processes that are taking place in many parts of the country on developing those new services.
I am pleased by the references to the visit by the First Minister to some of the projects that flowed from that and to the meeting of the Commission for Africa that was held in the Scottish Parliament on 16 May.
The committee is working on a report about relationships between the UK and the Nordic Council. A visit to Oslo is planned for December and an attempt is being made to arrange a meeting with the Baltic Council of Ministers.
If the issue is to be taken forward, an investigation would have to be on a similar scale to our investigation into special educational needs and would require substantial support from advisers as well as a substantial amount of committee time for visits and assessments of the provision that is currently out there.