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Their continuing efforts to gather more data will help us to establish how best to deal with the issue. However, there is room for optimism: the problem is not beyond our control.
It is a terrifying experience for a parent to feel that they have that responsibility and do not have support or backing, although, of course, they try and want to do their best. I have heard that from more than one parent.
Numerous support channels are available to sufferers and, if symptoms are caused by COPD, it is best to begin treatment as soon as possible, in order to prevent significant lung damage.
Because of changes that that board has made, it is now the best performing with regard to meeting the cancer targets and we want to roll out what it is doing across the rest of Scotland.
Can it be done based on information that is already in the public domain? It is probably best to ask the people who are sitting behind me—Professor David Bell and Professor David Heald.