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The convener thanked previous secretariat, Lori Anderson for her work and contributions to the group, and welcomed Kathryn Welch as the new secretariat. The secretariat introduced this as the first meeting in a new thematic series for the Culture and Communities CPG, which over 15 months will explore “big ambitions" ...
However, it is unclear whether all Permits under the new regime, including former WML’s, will now be subject to the wider and more prescriptive standards currently applied to PPC Permits.
Chair Keith Redpath Chief Executive Mary Morgan NHS National Services Scotland is the common name of the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service. • Is there evidence of new dentists setting up practices and offering NHS services?
When Perth and Kinross Council recently sought views about a new park, it received just 352 responses out of a population of approximately 68,000, and less than 200 were supportive, many of them living outside the area.
As set out in the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland, all requirements on candidates must be set out in the application pack and new requirements cannot be introduced at a later stage.
Alison (UNESCO RILA) presented a brief overview of the background to the Scottish refugee integration strategy, called the 'New Scots Strategy'. She also highlighted some of the challenges faced . • Dr Esa (UNESCO RILA) discussed the research that was conducted by the team on the "New Scots Refugee Integration Delive...
In relation to the broken pipes issue, please could you consider creating a new law, perhaps similar to the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003, whereby someone (SEPA or Local Council) has the authority to issue fixed penalty notices to offending owners of broken pipes.
Therefore, a non-disruptive policy is needed based on property analysis to determine what is best to do with each type of housing. New Build There are different challenges to building new homes.
We will be working with Glasgow City Council and New Gorbals Housing Association on the refurbishment of two tenement blocks (dating from 1880 and 1900) to inform approaches to refurbishment in that city.
The cancer waiting times target has not been met since 2012—eight years ago. The latest figures from Government reveal that more than 4,000 vacant nursing posts exist, which is the highest ever vacancy rate.