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In relation to coercion, these included:
clarity on how the coordinating doctor should assess that a declaration was made voluntarily and free from coercion;
no requirement for the coordinating doctor to involve any other agencies when assessing coercion or abuse; and
clarity on whether the doctor or nurse should be in the same room as the person or not when they die and whether other people can be present with the person when they die.17Police Scotland. (2024).
Macmillan Cancer Support also said that people living in a deprived area are more likely to get cancer, to be diagnosed later and to die. Public Health Scotland informed the Committee that COVID mortality was 2.5 times higher in more deprived populations.
The committee will next meet on Tuesday 26 May, when we will take evidence from David McAllister MEP on the future relationship negotiations between the European Union and the UK Government.
The lockdown regulations—the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2020—came into force on 26 March. The regulations were made using the made affirmative procedure, and they came into force immediately after they were made.
If they had been notified at the time, they might have been able to rectify the situation quite quickly, but because there was a delay in DWP notifying them, the sanction applied for about 26 weeks. I seek clarification on sanctions.
The national electronic school to school (S2) transfer system enables the secure transfer of a standard set of pupil details between publicly funded schools across all 32 local authority areas in Scotland.