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We would welcome views in particular on any advantages or disadvantages of continuing with the current arrangements as compared with other possible ways of carrying out the Part 4 functions.
The findings of the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit’s 2024 Report – Inequality Landscape echo these statistics and make challenging reading: • More people in Scotland are in relative poverty now than they were in the pre- pandemic period. 24% of children and 39% of households headed by an adult under 25 are in relative poverty compared to a population ...
This situation evolves over the next four years • In the initial years, the indicators of need seen across different services were not being joined up 5 • The following compares the resource implications of crisis support and an early action response • There are several indicators that something isn’t right and the first-year response determines the overall...
Last minute bookings should be avoided. In exceptional circumstances, or where the Director is not available, retrospective Director level approval can be sought.
Setting out standards in this way will allow technical detail to be included and to be updated more flexibly as required compared to setting the standards themselves in legislation.
We picked that up during questions. They were comparatively minor things, with the exception of making sure that social distancing was observed in workplaces, which was a major one.
Dealing with the balance between regulatory diversity and uniformity is the primary issue. Comparatively, the system is highly deregulatory, and I am not sure that it is necessarily optimal.