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This means that they are going without the healthcare that they need to live happy and healthy lives. Many are having to put themselves under significant financial strain to access private healthcare, or having to self-medicate without medical oversight.
Given Alzheimer Scotland’s dealings with people who are living with dementia, we would absolutely advocate face-to-face hearings, which are significantly easier for the vast majority of people living with dementia who might have to attend a tribunal.
That is demonstrated by the fact that today NHS Tayside launched its mental health strategy, living life well. I am pleased to see that the strategy has been endorsed by those with lived experience, service managers and others in the community.
These welfare reforms are affecting people who are just trying to live their lives. Many in this chamber will have heard me reflect on my family circumstances amid the damaging Tory welfare reforms.
However, the presumption at the moment is very much that people should be able to continue to live in their houses and not have to seek somewhere else to live during this difficult period.
When it comes to the distribution, if we are trying to target individuals who are living in circumstances of poverty in order to use education to improve their life chances, we have to go beyond the SIMD.