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Do you have any thoughts on how to keep standing legislation up to date with best practice? That is difficult, because it often requires legislative time.
Whether to extend the powers beyond the health service is a matter for policy makers. We will do our best to deliver a good service whatever the scope of the powers.
We set a direction for the NHS and the council around discharge-to-assess, because we firmly believe that the best assessment we undertake with patients is in the home.
In section 22, we seek to balance the best interests of victims, including child victims, and the best interests of the child responsible for the harm, who remains the focus of the referral to the children’s hearings system.
Local authorities will always take pragmatic decisions in the best interests of their communities. If the offer of money were on the table, they would look at it and consider what was in the best interests of their communities.
What more can the Scottish Government do to work with COSLA and to help local authorities to improve and to achieve best practice? We know that best practice exists, but how do we get that rolled out a bit quicker?