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Difficulties in accessing post- diagnostic support, which includes financial and state benefit advice, may mean that people living with dementia in Scotland remain unaware of these entitlements for some time following diagnosis. Public Health Scotland’s latest report on access to post-diagnostic support for people with dementia showed that 42.9% of the esti...
The original LCM (LCM-S6-3) and supplementary LCM (LCM-S6-3a) noted that the Scottish Government could not recommend consent to the Bill as it then stood and that the Scottish Government intended to have further discussions with the UK Government regarding the requirement for the Scottish Ministers’ consent to concurrent powers in the Bill. 3. The latest ve...
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (“the Bill”) was introduced in the House of Commons on 9 March 2021. The latest version of the Bill can be accessed at: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839/publications.
It will have the same remit as before – working towards the prevention and healing of ACEs, specifically through raising awareness of latest science and best practice of child development and trauma; providing MSPs with information, evidence and solutions; influencing local and national policy; and persuading Parliament to implement the right preventive pol...
All the other public health measures that we are taking alongside that, including reducing smoking by promoting smoking cessation and ensuring that we are reducing the level of alcohol intake, play an important part.
On account of the concerns that many constituents, especially elderly constituents, have raised that many drivers, cyclists and pedestrians are not properly adhering to the new code, what can be done to raise awareness of the changes and to ensure that those who are flouting the new regulations are properly dealt wit...
I have spoken previously in the chamber about a cracking new business that I recently visited on Cumbrae: Jack’s Alt-Stays, which might be described as a posh glamping business, but it is better than that.