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The question that we have to ask is: have we really become a society that says that the best answer that we can provide and the best that we can do for those in suffering in end-of-life situations is to help them to kill themselves?
It also includes a number of actions on training for generalist staff, promoting the use of best practice guidance across care settings and improving communication across providers in and out of hours.
With regard to the comment that you made about the need for a Government to ensure best value for money, could you say whether you include quality of service as a criterion when determining best value for money?
Does the member agree that the issue is facilities rather than nationality? The best Scottish sprinters go where the best international sprinting coaches are, which is likely to be America.
Local regeneration will be led by the councils; they are the best placed to do that.In the middle ground—urban regeneration companies are probably the best example—we will continue to work in partnership.