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Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 (Devolved Public Bodies) Order 2009 (SSI 2009/286)Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 (Codes of Conduct for Members of certain Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2009 (SSI 2009/287) Item 2 is consideration of two negative instruments.
I welcome Anne McLaughlin to the Public Petitions Committee and, in accordance with section 3 of the "Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament" which has been issued by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, I invite her to declare any interests that are relevant to the remit of this committee.
Before we start, I ask members to turn off any mobile phones and pagers, as they interfere with the sound system.No apologies have been received.In accordance with section 3 of the members' code of conduct, I invite new members to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee's remit.
We wish him success in his new role—well, perhaps not too much success, but some success.In accordance with section 3 of the members' code of conduct, I invite the new members to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee's remit.
John Park has been held up but will join us shortly.Agenda item 1 is a declaration of interests. In line with section 3 of the code of conduct for MSPs, members must declare any interests that are relevant to the work of this committee.
The end of that paragraph says:"An associated analysis suggests that there are also a number of patients within each NHS Board whose procedure is delivered as a day case but whose attendance is coded as an in-patient admission."What is the significance of that?
When I was preparing for today's meeting, I looked at the Government's code of practice on consultation. The code of practice was updated in January 2004, so the consultation that we are discussing was probably prepared in accordance with the 2000 code of practice.
However, we know, in the main, who is in the group, because we have very good joined-up primary care data in this country, which allows us to take out disease codes—the codes that people get because they have diabetes or severe asthma—and find them.