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He is a learning disabled man who is unable to communicate and has no capacity to manage his own welfare. He is supported to live in the community with 24-hours-a-day care from a care provider that is subcontracted by the council.In December 2008, he sustained significant harm while he was with a lone carer.
The Government talks about the issue in its response to paragraph 37 of the committee’s report.On inequalities, we are trying to bring people at the bottom up with the living wage, but do we also need to have a cap at the top?
As the convener was right to say, we now live in a different economic climate.Some regional transport partnerships work, but my concern is that some do not.
Even with the introduction of closed-circuit television and an extensive network of call points, it is probably still a mixed bag.There have been no complaints from my members about not having had specific training on dealing with disabled people.
The current definition would bring into scope young people who potentially have years of stable life left to live, which goes against the stated intention of the bill that it should be reserved for those at the end of life.
The public service reform agenda is about shifting those resources to the front line and, in doing so, making a significant difference to the lives of the people of Scotland and positively impacting service delivery.
Equally, however, the policies themselves need to be reviewed from time to time: nothing can be set in stone, because we live in a changing and dynamic world.