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They should be called Finlands. It will be a new legal term in Scotland. From now on, a statutory instrument on which no points arise will be called a Finland or a Norway.
Although the inquiry will not be finished within that period, we will be able to make good use of his time until then.If there are no questions or comments, we will note that piece of news.
We have apologies from Margo MacDonald, Dennis Canavan, Sylvia Jackson, Ben Wallace, Cathy Jamieson and also from Richard Lochhead, one of our new members, who has double-booked and is at the Rural Affairs Committee meeting.
We have apologies from Margo MacDonald, Dennis Canavan, Sylvia Jackson, Ben Wallace, Cathy Jamieson and also from Richard Lochhead, one of our new members, who has double-booked and is at the Rural Affairs Committee meeting.
More recently, the department has introduced a new management structure. We describe that in exhibit 9 on page 16, which shows the new post of director of e-health and several structures to support that.
If any time is freed up, it will be absorbed in the process of public consultation and dealing with new legislation as it comes through—it is being issued all the time.
The department also states that it is about to develop a new vision for the NHS. Some would say that that is a little late, but it would be interesting to see a bit more detail about what on earth that new vision will be about.I would also like to know how many one-stop clinics have been established, because the department claims that that is a beneficial new development in the system.