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When will we achieve parity and consistency of access across all local authorities and all health boards, so that every child in Scotland, no matter where they live, has access to diagnosis and the treatment and support that they rightly deserve?
Although there are aspects that are measurable, which we will track, there are also real lives at stake. The change that is happening on the ground, which is not always measurable, is very important, too.
Although there are aspects that are measurable, which we will track, there are also real lives at stake. The change that is happening on the ground, which is not always measurable, is very important, too.
Members—and you in particular, Presiding Officer—will be aware that I grew up in Orkney, and I know all too well that living and working in rural and island communities brings with it challenges.
I was a nurse before I entered the Parliament, and I saw at first hand the toll that cancer takes on those who are living with it and on the families around them.
What will the Government do to ensure that there is not a detrimental impact on the lives of people in the community? The member is right to highlight the impact on the community.
If you do not ground yourself in the lived experience of the people who you are trying to deliver for, then you have forgotten the whole layer that is driving that legislation.
The role of the wholesale sector in our day-to-day lives might go largely unnoticed by most, but the very quiet efficiency with which it runs is cause for recognition.