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This Scottish Government and the next administration must develop a long term strategy with long term funding to ensure we have the workforce needed to be able to respond to the demand for diagnoses.
Work is ongoing across a number of work priorities currently, such as diversification of funding into the sector, establishment of a new way to flexiblyfund investment through a College Transformation Framework, and exploration of the breadth of delivery via colleges. 135.
Concerns were also raised about a disparity in the relative availability of funding under different SDS options and the negative implications this has for accessibility of services. ; with those choosing option 3 receiving care free of charge and those choosing options 1 or 2 often having to pay top-up fees.
What are your thoughts on the UK Government’s announcement of the £360 million fishing and coastal growth fund? Where should that fund be prioritised, and what will the outcome be?
Notwithstanding that education has a role in providing society with a relevant workforce, does the minister agree that the strength of Scottish education is its broad base, with flexibility built in?
We have consensus on the revenue funding requirements and, by definition, the workforce drivers of that—the numbers and the composition of the workforce.
It is important that the Government thinks again about funds such as the flexibleworkforcedevelopmentfund, which was useful for colleges engaging with business and industry.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2017