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SIGN will be considering a lot of the research evidence and taking account of best practice. I am told that it will cover non-pharmacological treatments as well as the issue to which the question refers.
To enable us to have a full discussion on the final version of that report, it would be best to take that item in private. Item 4 is Richard Simpson's draft report on influenza vaccination.
As a matter of general policy, there may be circumstances in which it is appropriate to close a rural school, but those circumstances are best judged in the first instance at local level.
As I indicated in my answer to Mr Raffan's first question, it is the job of local health authorities to determine how best the needs of local populations can be met.
They appreciate that, without that training, they will not be able to get the best out of the facilities that they have or to pass skills on to the children.
That network has grown up to cross-pollinate best practice at the regional level rather than through national capitals, but a lot of work still has to be done to package and deliver the Lisbon agenda at the regional level and to ensure that best practice does not have to be exchanged through national Government proce...
The first will ensure that we have the information to chart each authority's performance over time and to compare it with the other Scottish authorities and with the best in the UK. Benchmarking means learning from best practice elsewhere.