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There must also be a facility for fixing things that may need to be fixed, partly because things might develop that we cannot foresee but also because things may have been missed as a result of the rapid nature of the scrutiny process.
That may be legitimate use of police time: the police may be the first people to be called, because the cases are ones that the police will always be responsible for responding to.
There have been 553 amendments lodged to the Bill so far (the final amendment deadline is 18 June, so this may increase, though likely not substantially).
Things become more difficult where there is some foundation or basis for the complaint. There may be substance to it. My attitude has been—the committee may disagree with this—that the motivation of the complainer is irrelevant in that context.
It is all very well having guidelines, but a lot of GPs may not refer to them, may not know about the symptoms or may give the wrong antibiotics, leaving the disease in the body for longer and thereby making it more difficult to treat.