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The Executive is committed to giving every child in Scotland the best possible start in life and to a programme of supporting and promoting breastfeeding, which includes the development of a breastfeeding strategy in the coming year.
Many other services would follow with the support of local health boards.Those services rely on a close relationship between the pharmacist and his or her patients, which can be fostered best in local, community pharmacies, as we have at present.
We could try and see how secretive and fudgy the group is. The best way would be to approach the group through the Scottish Executive, asking the Executive to use its leverage to get information.
If we schedule a meeting on either of my suggested dates, we could invite witnesses to submit evidence and ensure that we find out whether the minister's decisions are in Scotland's best interests. I second that proposal.
Advice should be sought from bodies that are involved in best practice on education in the drugs matter, such as Scotland Against Drugs, health education boards and others.