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Since 2021, the SWA has continued to revise and update its work to reflect the technological changes, latest research and in response to a changing regulatory background.
Members of the Committee who participated in a visit to Skye as part of the Committee's inquiry into remote and rural healthcare found their visit to Broadford Hospital and engagement with the local community to be particularly useful in providing insights around the real, practical challenges associated with deliver...
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
The Committee encourages the Scottish Government to re-visit reforms. At the same time, the Committee recognises the concerns expressed to it about further delay and the need to focus on outcomes rather than constantly re-visiting reforms.
You have rightly stated that, according to the latest figures, which are for September 2021, the uptake was 13 per cent, but I should point out that we are talking about the total population of two-year-olds.
This includes not monitoring and reporting on how much it will cost to fully implement all the benefits. Our latest report Social security: progress on implementing the devolved benefits (May 2022) said that the implementation costs have not been routinely reported on publicly and that the scale of staffing required to implement and administer the benefits ...
What is the thinking about whether we can permit internal visits? Can we offer any additional help to the care homes that are struggling to provide a visiting facility, whether in a garden or somewhere else?
Cases in the last week up to today have increased by 4 per cent; two weeks ago, the weekly increase was 40 per cent. Our latest estimate of the R number, which was published today, suggests that it is still above one but may have fallen slightly to 1.3.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 December 2009