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The impact of the actions in the Scottish Government's Best Start Bright Futures strategy to address child poverty should be evaluated prior to the updated plan being published in March 2026.
Amendments passed at Stage 3 included a duty to produce a charter that will set out what the PSC considers to be best practice and appropriate standards expected of all healthcare providers.
PBMA embraces the notion of sacrifice and opportunity cost, which is an alien concept to doctors—and to many NHS managers, to be honest. It is essential to making the best use of the resources that are available within a healthcare system, which is what makes it such an attractive approach—in theory.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
Official Report, 2 September 2025, Col 5 He went on to highlight the importance of taking the time to get it right:
"Fundamentally, the challenge is not about whether we can integrate; it is about ensuring that we have the opportunity to integrate to the best of the legislative vision... It is key that having time to deliver on this agenda is seen to be as ...
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
These standards aim to:
protect people’s fundamental human rights and promote person-centred, best interest and therapeutic approaches to supporting people when they are distressed
improve the quality of life of those being restrained and those supporting them
reduce reliance on restrictive practices by promoting positive culture and practice that focuses o...
Environmental Science and Policy, 147, 57-66. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.05.019 Such strategies will of course work best if health and social care professionals are also equipped to understand and prevent risks from extreme temperatures.
There is also a good understanding about how we can best respond to them by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases while also adapting to climate change's effects.
She also added that the Scottish Government plans to undertake a review of the current housing adaptation system, which will include issues relating to adaptations to park and mobile homes, and will make recommendations on how best to improve and streamline the system and better target resources.
The Cabinet Secretary also indicated that some of the issues raised during the discussion might best be considered as part of future wider review of eviction grounds under the PRT, which the Scottish Government had committed to undertake.