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Moreover, in relation to end-of-life care, Marie Curie always highlights the fact that we as a society simply do not speak about death, and I think that it is important that we address that.
She is still paying for that and relying on it, but it has not worked since 22 December last year. Her local councillor, Mary-Jean Devon, contacted me yesterday and said that she had watched a confident lady begin to lose her confidence because she is so worried about the lack of service.
I am pleased that we have reached this point today and can support the bill. 15:26 In closing the debate, I want to thank some of the individuals without whom the bill would not have reached this stage. I start with Mary Dinsdale, Andrew Mylne and Neil Ross from the non-Government bills unit, who have been a tremendous support and a source of wise advice t...
Of course, there have been many organisations and individuals who have made their mark too, such as the British Heart Foundation, the British Lung Foundation, Marie Curie, Cancer Research UK and the British Medical Association.
When you meet the co-ordinator of Home-Start Wigtownshire, Mary Wilson, and her administrator, Fiona McDonald, who, along with the three project workers, make up the entire team, you instantly appreciate just how much this work means to them.
We seem to be hearing from organisations such as Marie Curie Cancer Care that the kind of palliative care that someone gets depends very much on their condition.
Another issue is to ensure that we understand the impact of the short-term financial and performance targets, which are in place for good reason and are helping with the long-term picture, rather than making it harder. I will go back to a point that Mary Scanlon raised, because it put in a nutshell a lot of the pressures that we are talking about.
The staff do a fantastic job in enabling more people to live independently, through close partnership working with social work services, the NHS, the community hospital in Newton Stewart, Marie Curie Cancer Care nurses, occupational therapists and other health professionals.
That will be those young people’s legacy.I close by saying that I believe in the bill and that this is about making a difference to young people’s lives. I call Mary Scanlon. Ms Scanlon, you have three minutes.20:16 In the three minutes that I have, I first congratulate Alex Rowley on his maiden speech.