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(S6O-00107) The Scottish Government’s social enterprise strategy, which was launched in 2016, sets out a wide-ranging, ambitious and long-term programme to develop the potential of Scotland’s social enterprise sector. The latest social enterprise action plan was published on 24 March this year and covers the period from 2021 to 2024.
For every £60,000 that is spent by visitors, a new job is created in Scotland. In 2019, in Forth valley alone, there were 683,000 overnight visits, 8.1 million day visits and a spend of £328 million.
The latest Stage of Treatment publication, published on 4 March 2025, includes information on gynaecology new outpatient and inpatient or day-case waits up to 31 December 2024.
Patrick Harvie and Ms Martin have also visited. We have had some nice, high-profile hits for all those visits, which have got us inquiries from people we would not necessarily have thought to get in touch with.
Your report says: “The Scottish Government advised NHS boards in December 2024 that there would be no brokerage for NHS boards in 2025/26”, which implies that brokerage is already in place.
Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 26 January, the Committee expects to consider application for recognition from four Cross-Party Groups.
The regulations will come into force on 26 April. They will give local, place-based communities a new power to seek to acquire land to support sustainable development to benefit the local community and the wider public interest.