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VAT assignment involves £6 billion, which is a substantial figure. It is therefore best to take time to understand the position and not to expose the budget to significant risk.
Scottish Labour believes that health and social care policy should be focused on achieving the best outcomes for people and protecting staff wellbeing.
Today’s motion is focused on St Andrews and, as Stephen Gethins has argued, the best outcome in that regard is that services are retained at St Andrews community hospital.
I am sure that that takes a lot of energy, time and resources, whereas if the priorities are a given and it is the agency’s role to best deliver that particular film policy, that might create a better and more transparent process.
However, I am not an expert on what would be the best mechanism to achieve that. I am not sure about timescales, but to inform that it would be helpful to reflect on the Shetland experience.