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In line with the Independent Race Equality Advisor’s recommendations for enhancing policy co-ordination around race equality, we will also establish a Programme Board including senior officials from across the Scottish Government to drive implementation of the Action Plan.
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Date answered:
27 March 2018
In addition, the Scottish Funding Council is co-ordinating a BSL steering group, chaired by a BSL user from Deaf Action, which will also help colleges and universities develop and implement their BSL plans, including sharing best practice.
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Date answered:
25 October 2017
We have taken up Mr Rowley's suggestion and with him have had the first roundtable discussion with local authorities to co-ordinate our joint work. And we are working with a range of organisations to ensure that we have a joined up approach to promoting benefit take-up.
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Date answered:
31 January 2017
NHS National Procurement is responsible for co-ordinating the procurement of medicines on behalf of all Scottish Health boards and there are established Framework Agreements in place for the supply of Hepatitis C medicines.
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Date answered:
21 September 2016
As part of the implementation of the Cleaner Air for Scotland strategy, a communications group has been created to support delivery of the strategy and take forward actions such as the commitment to raise public awareness. It will seek to co-ordinate air quality messaging and collaborative opportunities amongst partner organisations.
The bill does not necessarily mandate right at the start that people must publish in a certain way; rather it gives a forum for co-ordination. At the moment, we are all trying to publish the same data set and, if we publish on our own, we put in all the work but the value does not come out of it.
Before he was released, he got support from a prison-based housing officer and had a co-ordinated plan. They told him to go to the housing office, but when he went there, they did not know that he was coming. 11:45 The worker suggested that he go and stay on a couch or with a friend.
Also, the committee should ask for an update on the counsellors co-ordinators network’s consideration of the recommendations made by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland on counselling in schools.
It is important to ensure that that does not happen in silos, to use the convener’s word, and that each public authority takes some form of co-ordinated approach, with an awareness of what is going on across the range of everything that is happening.