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That pressure disproportionately affects our island communities, businesses, residents and visitors. We have spent a lot of time already in the chamber discussing the political ramifications of who owns what, or who should own what.
Our aim is to avoid people ending up having to use NHS services through, for example, early years intervention, the family nurse partnership and health visitor investment. All those things try to prevent ill health in later life.
The minister has made it clear how valuable the system could be to visitors to Scotland. We are all of course aware that 2014 will see the Commonwealth games and the Ryder cup take place in Scotland, with huge numbers of visitors coming here.
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Pat Thom, however, expressed strong reservations about a grant-funding approach:
I am personally not a fan of grant funding.
In its written submission, SafeLives expressed reservations remain about the impact a national jurisdiction for callings from custody would have on victims of domestic abuse and their ability to access support and advocacy.
Respondents to the Committee's call for views expressed concern that the issues affecting participation in community sport for disabled people, such as inadequate facilities and a lack of understanding of support needs would also affect disabled athletes at an elite level.
The Bill defines this as ensuring individuals who have communication difficulties can receive information and express themselves in ways that best meets their individual needs.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
The Minister set out a range of actions and policy commitments to address health, and wider, inequalities in Scotland, and expressed her view that the goal of tackling health inequalities should run consistently through all areas of public policy:
I always think of tackling health inequalities as being a golden thread that should run through all our work in...
Improvements in technology: this issue did not dominate the debate, but significant concerns were expressed about the reliability and functionality of the platforms used and the continuing problems with them.