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Official Report Meeting date: 1 December 2015

Health and Sport Committee 01 December 2015

The Scottish Government set a target to increase the number from 17.9 per million of population in 2012-13 to 26 per million of population by 2020.

Official Report Meeting date: 18 April 2013

Justice Sub-Committee on Policing 18 April 2013

Good afternoon. I am a police officer with 26 years’ service. My role is divisional commander for division 4 in Police Scotland, which is the Highland and Islands division.

Official Report Meeting date: 17 April 2024

Economy and Fair Work Committee 17 April 2024

How do we make it easier for them to access public procurement? I agree entirely. I visited a supported business yesterday, and I am visiting another one next week.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 27 February 2024

S6W-25440

However, Official Statistics on the coverage of 5 of those visits (first visit, 6-8 week visit and all 3 child health reviews) are published annually by Public Health Scotland (PHS) Child health pre-school review coverage 2021 to 2022 - Child health pre-school review coverage...

Official Report Meeting date: 12 November 2020

Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 12 November 2020

One month on from the introduction of new guidance on care home visiting, 90 per cent of families who were contacted by the care home relatives Scotland group have seen no improvement in visiting arrangements.

Last updated: 13 June 2023

SPBill19AS062023

SP Bill 19A Session 6 (2023) 2 Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill (4) Nothing in subsection (3) precludes the Commissioner from investigating past incidents in order to inform the actions that the Commissioner, and others, may take to effect systemic improvement in the safety of health care. 3 Principles 5 (1) The Commissioner must— (a) have a statement of the principles that are to inform the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions, and (b) make the latest...

Last updated: 6 October 2022

SPBill19S062022

Strategic planning 20 5 Duty to have a plan (1) The Commissioner must— (a) have a strategic plan, and (b) make the latest version of the plan publicly available. (2) A strategic plan is a document setting out, for the period of the plan (as defined in 25 section 7(2)), the Commissioner’s— (a) strategy for involving the public, and patients in particular, in the Commissioner’s work, (b) objectives, (c) proposals for achieving the objectives, 30 (d) timetable for doing so, (e) estimate of the costs for doing so. (3) The strategy referred to in subsection (2)(a) must, in particular, make provision about how the Commissioner will seek to raise awareness of— (a) the Commissioner’s role, and 35 (b) the ways in which the public may communicate with the Commissioner. (4) A strategic plan may include any other information the Commissioner considers appropriate. (5) As soon as practicable after making a strategic plan, the Commissioner is to lay a copy of it before the Scottish Parliament. 3 Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill 6 The planning process Before making a strategic plan, the Commissioner— (a) must consult on a draft of it with— (i) the Parliamentary corporation, and 5 (ii) the advisory group established in accordance with section 16, (b) may consult on a draft of it with any other person the Commissioner considers appropriate. 7 Frequency of planning (1) The Commissioner— 10 (a) may make a new strategic plan at any time (having complied with section 6), 1 (b) must seek to ensure that there is no gap between the period of one plan ending and that of its successor beginning. (2) The period of a strategic plan— (a) must not exceed 4 years, 15 (b) begins on the date that the plan states it begins, (c) ends on the earlier of— (i) the date that the plan states it ends, or (ii) the date that the period of the plan’s successor begins.

SPICe briefings Date published: 11 August 2020

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