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The point of legally binding waiting time guarantees is not to give patients recourse to the courts, although in exceptional cases, subject to our consultation, that may be an option.
I am not keen on taking a concession away from a specific group to help another, with the exception of second-home owners, who are obviously not permanent residents on the island.
Why do you see that as being subject to resources? With the exception of some efficiencies, the merger should leave the DCS and SNH with the same relationship that existed before.
Indeed, we all buy things in shops and online. We also choose energy tariffs, compare insurance policies, switch phone providers, book train tickets and pay direct debits.
The Howard League Scotland agreed, saying: “people who are looked after or care experienced often have arrested development and less opportunity to move on in life compared to somebody who is perhaps engaged in an isolated offence at the age of 13.”
In 2005-06, the NHS recorded 363 dog attacks, compared with 2,000 in 2018-19. In Argyll and Clyde alone, there were 1,417 attacks 2018-19, 255 of which involved children, and there were 912 in Lanarkshire and 439 in Ayrshire.