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In Fife, a couple earning £32,000 would save £150 a year if they lived in a band A property; £270 a year if they lived in a band B property; and nearly £400 a year if they lived in a band C property.
One example that springs to mind is the case study that involves a child whose provision is not delivered directly by specialists because he lives in an extremely rural location but is delivered by teachers who have been given support and training to do that.
It appreciates a case has been made for giving an effective voice to workers, trades unions, employers and lived experience, including the lived experience of disabled people in the design and delivery of this new benefit.
It is theoretically possible that, if Michael lived 30 or 40 miles to the west of where he currently lives, he would not have had to go through the same procedure, because the health board's decision might have been different.
It said:“We must ensure that all persons considering ending their lives or having their lives ended by others, have access to high quality suicide prevention assessments and interventions, regardless of their problems, circumstances and status of their eligibility for”assisted suicide.
We need to make the distinction between service users and providers, and we must ensure that the individual is very much at the centre of what we provide in order to help them to live their lives and to enable them to live how we would wish to live.
The issue is right at the top of our priority list. How many children in Scotland live with a parent who is a substance misuser or a drug misuser or who is alcohol dependent?