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We are working proactively with health boards to manage pressures and take rapid action to support increased capacity, including expedited recruitment, flexible deployment of existing staffing and supporting mutual aid across the system.
Overseas Costs of £10k associated with Parliamentary Liaison 63 Travel & Travel and Expenses, incurred by International Accommodation Relations Office, are recorded here.
Other areas of good practice include: The Unscheduled Care service developments, specifically delivery of police triage pathways, redesign of Psychiatric liaison and Crisis resolution teams. We are currently developing a 72 hr MH assessment hub at Woodland view inpatient services to build on this good practice and innovative service design.
In her response, the minister indicates that the Government intends to commission another survey, similar to the rapid review that was conducted previously.
Key considerations in those cases were which organisations were already on the ground and able to provide a rapid response and value for money. That was the case for Gaza and, similarly, for Zambia, for which I announced last week £500,000 to respond to a deadly cholera epidemic through the Red Cross.
Enhancing access to affordable public transport is a key theme of the second strategic transport projects review, and Transport Scotland continues to work with partners on the Aberdeen rapid transport system through the bus partnership fund.
Stirling Council has received more than £430,000 to develop and implement its rapid rehousing transition plan between 2019-20 and 2021-22 and will receive an allocation of £132,000 for 2022-23.
From this monitoring, as well as routine liaison with SEPA, we were alert to the increased risk of water scarcity affecting some public water supplies as we emerged from the winter of 2024/25.