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I will do. I am coming to that, if Mary Scanlon will oblige me. I had not been in a hospital for 40 years and realised what the royal infirmary's difficulties are.
I would like to ask a follow-up question on the point to which Mary Mulligan alluded. Most of the enquiries that I receive about Scottish Water are about connection to clean water supplies and the sewerage system.
Do members agree to write a letter to the Executive to that effect?Members indicated agreement.St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003/280)Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003(SSI 2003/281) St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Ame...
Does the Executive plan to devolve budgets to local GPs? If Mary Scanlon had listened carefully, she would have heard us talk about primary care teams.
I will come to other members in a moment—nearly all members have indicated that they wish to comment on this matter. Mary Scanlon touched on the subject of waiting.
Those ideas include foundation hospitals, to which my colleague Mary Scanlon referred, new management contracts for hospitals that are underperforming and a proper partnership with the independent sector.
We were keen to give the strategy a boost, which is why we announced an extra £2 million this week to accelerate the development of the system. Mary Scanlon should praise the fact that the system is being pioneered in the Highlands.
I do not think that we have a huge job to do. Like Mary Scanlon, reading through this report I get the impression that it is some way behind where the debate is just now.