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It would be reassuring if we could mention in our report that there will be no wholesale transfer of staff under transfer of undertakings and protection of employment arrangements.
That is all in the public domain and can be found on the committee’s website. That request was acceded to and evidence was given by the deadline that the committee set.
There are a lot of initiatives: the GP fellowships; the development of a locum pool of retired GPs in Lothian; the Royal College of General Practitioners recruitment programme; the GP returners scheme that is run by NHS Education for Scotland; the new national GP recruitment website; and local initiatives by boards.
A public awareness campaign will run ahead of the legislation coming into force, which will involve various media, including TV, radio and social media, as well as website information. You make an important point.
When we were awarded the contract to provide services for those who are deaf and deafblind, the majority of our staff group—apart from those who had been transferred under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations from a different organisation—had no awareness of BSL.
We have only to consider its application to every member in the chamber and everyone in the public gallery. Every person has to die at some point. It is a fact of life that we all will die.