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We also need to remember that health visitors and general practitioners are good sources of advice and support for pregnant women and new mums who feel that they are struggling. Up-to-date information can be found on NHS Inform’s “Ready Steady Baby!”
The Scottish Government’s position to date—I hope that the minister will clarify this during the debate—is that ministers need to wait until the results of a second trial—PARROT-2—are known, before adopting routine PIGF tests.
In December 2019, we launched the LFASS loan scheme, which is in addition to the basic payment loan scheme, and, to date, we have paid out £38.2 million to 7,595 claimants.
Given the delay, what will be done to engage with communities in Uist and Harris on any revised delivery date? That was not very quick. Can we have a quicker answer, please, cabinet secretary?
Equipment that was due to be replaced will have to be provided, maintenance will have to be carried out on a building that is well past its sell-by date and contracts that were cancelled have had to be renewed.
I have also made it clear that training records of all staff who are involved in such interventions must be maintained and that training must be kept up to date. I will provide further information on the membership of the group and the terms of reference in due course.
It is disappointing to hear that the United Kingdom Government did not support moving from the unwieldy dentition method of ageing lambs to date-based cut-off, which the sheep sector in Scotland wanted.