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The digital sessions are being offered as a complementary option alongside in-person school visits to Holyrood, as well as outreach visits by Parliament staff to Scottish schools.
The study set out that whole-population screening would be likely to do more harm than good.The UK National Screening Committee’s draft recommendation is that population screening should not be recommended as a course of action.
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 December 2023
We recognise the huge importance of the Screen Machine’s unique cultural, educational, and wellbeing benefits to communities across Scotland, particularly for those who otherwise would struggle to visit the cinema.
Reformed EPCs will help owner occupiers, tenants and landlords better understand the energy efficiency of their properties, but that has limited value unless they are enabled to act on that information.
Screen Machine To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to protect the future of the Screen Machine mobile cinema.
To address uncertainty about the newborn screening decision making process in Scotland, Dr Tamsin Sommerfield (Consultant in Public Health Medicine for National Screening Programmes - National Services Division and National Clinical Advisor for Screening - National Screening Oversight) and Gareth Brown (Director of Screening, National Screening Oversight Clinical Directorate, NHS National Services Scotland) attended the meeting and provided a presentation on decision making in Scotland and the UK, including an update of an expected review of processes.
The Committee has agreed to do some work before that legislation is introduced to understand the key issues for tenants and landlords. As part of that work the Committee will also reflect on the impact of the provisions of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill.