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We expect them to use their professional judgement to make decisions which enable them to run the best possible service and deliver for their patient needs.
Complexities and challenges
As the use of lived experience increases across parliamentary committees, it is important to reflect on some of the complexities and challenges and how an understanding and recognition of challenges can inform best practice. Many of the interviewees reflected thoughtfully on the ways that evidence from people with lived experien...
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas): provides free and impartial advice to employers, employees and their representatives on:
employment rights
best practice and policies
resolving workplace conflict.
A Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
This inquiry is looking at how best to support, incentivise and de-risk the transition to net zero in a way that will benefit industry, employees and the community.
This risk-based approach is to ensure that "effort is based on an assessment of the overall costs and benefits to society thereby ensuring that intervention to protect plants from new pests and diseases are proportionate and targeted to make best use of the resources available".
We recognise the gaps in evidence but believe that all treatment decisions should be based on the best available evidence. We recommend this is an area for urgent strategic review, from procurement, through prescription, to consumption and request detail of how the Scottish Government intends to achieve parity.
I think she implied that, because Parliament came to a consensus, that was Parliament at its best. I argue that this Parliament is sometimes at its best when there is no consensus and we are debating big ideas and topics.
Legislation without robust evidence of the impact of the policies was far from best practice, albeit that it was done with the best motivations in mind.