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You have touched on the sizes of the businesses that seem to manage to co-ordinate and cope. You have indicated, as others have done in the past, that larger businesses manage to cope much better in these scenarios, because they have the means to do so.
Mr Arthur is joined today by two Scottish Government officials: Scott Mackay, head of finance co-ordination, and Craig Maidment, senior finance manager.
That feels like a space in which we could genuinely have synergy, if there were the will and the co-ordination to do that. You have talked about the importance of multiyear funding—you have been consistent in highlighting the need for that.
There are lots of good things happening out there without, it seems, strategic oversight or co-ordination, so we would not want to stifle that. 12:15 I apologise for my lapse.
Its submission highlights the Scottish rare disease action plan and states that the actions in the plan will address issues around the lack of signposting, referral pathways and overall care co-ordination, including for those living with HEDS and hypermobility spectrum disorders.
I can see how bodies could be more accountable for court proceedings and co-ordination. The committee has heard ad infinitum, including through Kate Wallace’s organisation, about the terrible experience of victims who have not been advised of court changes.
Through the national elective co-ordination unit, for instance, we have managed to use what was previously a little fallow capacity in certain theatres throughout the country, delivering about 3,500 additional elective procedures so far this year.
Looking ahead, if the process around RAAC builds up to a degree that requires remediation across the public sector landscape, does the Government see itself as having a role in co-ordinating the procurement of structural engineering and construction services so that we do not see bidding wars?