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Epilepsy (Guidance) To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is in place to raise teachers' awareness of epilepsy. (S1O-3200) Best practice guidance on meeting the health care needs of children in education settings is under preparation.
Obviously any additional meetings would clash, but I would just have to live with that. Indeed. We will juggle things as best we can. Although I hope that we will not have to have too many additional meetings, they cannot be ruled out.Do members agree to my suggestion?
Members of the judiciary are, in any event, non-compellable witnesses—an informal chat is the only way in which we would achieve a meeting. It would be in all our best interests to work out how the court sees our role and what we could do to interact better.
We are also working to build links between services best to meet patients' needs. There are 40,000 people in Scotland who suffer from epilepsy, but epilepsy is mentioned in the health improvement plans of only two health boards.
We are also ensuring that those resources are being used properly and effectively by putting in place strategies, such as the acute services review, to provide the best possible services for patients across Scotland.