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I say to Finlay Carson that the UK Government’s rollback on its climate ambitions, which we have seen in its many U-turns, is not just bad for people who live in the rest of the UK but will clearly have an impact on Scotland.
In that light, I would be most grateful if the committee could consider whether it would be wise for the Government to take another look at public and medical professional awareness of thrombosis so that more lives such as Katie’s are not lost. Thank you.
When so many women and children are still being failed, does the First Minister believe that his Government has lived up to that ambition? I believe that we have, but that there is always more that we can, and should, do.
If so, why is she as a Green Party representative so intent on imposing, at the height of the cost of living crisis, price hikes to the poorest people in Scotland?
The response also highlights that social work students have access to living-cost grants that are not available to nursing, paramedic and midwifery students.
Under that DWP scheme, to receive a single £25 payment, the eligible person has to live in an area where the average mean daily temperature is 0°C or below for seven consecutive days.
Patients are being asked to accept the unacceptable, staff are being asked to do the impossible and lives are being lost. Things are worse on nearly every measure than when the health secretary launched the catch-up plan.
Energy efficiency is absolutely at the core of the Scottish Government’s plan not only to combat climate change but to rise to the challenges of the cost of living crisis. I note that energy efficiency was very absent from the requisite UK Government plans.