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That is great, because it means that people are living healthy lives and, therefore, living longer, but it raises new challenges as regards the need to shape and remodel healthcare to provide for that slightly older age profile.
As I have already said, there are additional costs of living with a neurological condition such as MS and we feel that cash awards provide greater certainty and give people the flexibility to live as well as they can with such a condition.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 January 2021
Therefore, our ambition is for people living with ME/CFS to have access to the support they may need for assessment, diagnosis and care in a setting that is as close to their home as possible.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 December 2019
I appreciate that the member’s relatives are on the English side of the England-Scotland border, but many people in Scotland are in the same situation; I cannot visit my mum and dad, because they live in a different local authority area.
Paul O’Kane raised an important point when he mentioned the need for the Scottish Government and those who lodge non-Scottish Government amendments to be live to the challenge of where legislative competence sits, because that is a complex issue.