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It is on the front line of healthcare, with GPs carrying out the majority of patient contacts and acting as gatekeepers to other parts of our health service. GPs dedicate their working lives to the health and wellbeing of others.
Is there a danger that we might get to a place where the policy is not being lived and that there will then be a move towards saying, “Oh well, we need to change the policy”?
We need to think through how we recruit to public bodies so that we fully represent all of society, and that includes a lot of people who live in deprived areas and who have little or no opportunity to participate in governance.
As everyone knows, the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner is conducting on-going live investigations concerning the chief constable and others, which are proceeding under statutory process.
As a general principle, I accept that the cost of living is high. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation did work on the cost of living in the Highlands and Islands Enterprise area, and I believe that the figures suggested that the cost of living in the rural Highlands and Islands is ...