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However, I consider the existing checks and balances on members’ performance in their role during those five years to be insufficient. Unlike many other professions, MSPs are not subject to performance reviews.
The next project is a new shared finance system for the NHS in Scotland, and there will be many other systems that need to be implemented or upgraded across Scotland.
Respectfully, though, as a minister of many years and now as a First Minister who regularly takes and communicates decisions and has those decisions recorded, I take a different view of that.
Some local authorities have put support in place, simplified tendering processes and made it easier for childminders to get involved, but too many have not. As I said, too many authorities been prioritising their own provision.