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We are now using that vision to look at the bill and ask whether it contains the right reform to get us there or, if there are gaps or holes in the bill, whether it can be amended to get us there.
That is helpful. With regard to getting the information right the first time, one of the changes was that Social Security Scotland would get the information rather than the client having to get it.
It is quite clear, therefore, that we are still not getting things right. In relation to hospital admissions specifically, a lot of good work has taken place around out-of-hospital activity.
We cannot sit around with people not getting the care that they need, because, every day that they go without it, their condition will get worse and their needs will become more severe.
Nothing in his statement yesterday reassured the public or Parliament that things will get better. Staff, patients and their families not only deserve more from the Government; their health actively depends on it.
That message is really not getting through, because people are still concerned about getting everything tickety-boo for the inspectors coming in on the Monday.