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To support our staff, a transition period has been included in the planning to cater for the necessary training that will assist the operational implementation and application of the policy.
Those areas have to be considered in relation to the programme board’s work on neurodevelopmental service specification, on which I think five local authorities will be undertaking pilots.
However, if much more light was shone on those discussions, that transparency would assist with trust building. It would mean that all of us on the outside would be able to judge exactly what the problems might be in the room, and we would perhaps be able to make representations on that.
As well as local authorities, resources will need to be given to programmes such as the Supplier Development Programme, which is a really useful tool for our members.
Nevertheless, two or three weeks ago I visited a well-known book retailer, which is restarting its programme of authors’ book talks and music nights in its upstairs space.