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Mental Health Unscheduled care
There were significant falls in the use of unscheduled care for mental health problems compared to the pattern seen in previous years, with a sharp fall of 30-40% in out of hours contacts for mental health problems, starting in early March 2020.
Several members also questioned the current terminology of the 1995 Act, with its reliance on the terms 'residence' and 'contact.'
James Kelly MSP questioned whether the requirement on the courts to "have regard to" the impact of a delay in a court case on the welfare of the child went far enough and suggested that this may be an issue for an amendment at S...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2019
This change is necessary to ensure the continuation of payments to the ongoing project - Improving Justice in Child Contact: Children affected by domestic violence - until its completion in 2020.
I have relayed information to and had regular contacts with local MSPs and MPs. After my first meeting, I wrote to them to explain the context of legal advice for the Scottish Government in relation to what we would do, particularly in a situation in which no other investment is available.
Marc Crothall mentioned the need to make sure that we are in continuous contact with our business partners overseas, and we have been very careful to do that.
In trying to create a constantly improving education system, I want to see local authorities buying into and participating in that journey of improvement, and leading that journey, supported by the Scottish Government.