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Secondly, sometimes the GP is not the best person to get evidence from; rather than a health official, the best person might be a carer or somebody else like that.
We are all sitting in a committee room and we might all have our own notions about how best to share best practice but it is about what works for those who are on the ground.
That said, in Scotland, we are in third or fourth place in terms of having the best sickness rate. Looking across other boards for a benchmarking comparison, we are in the upper quartile for sickness absence.
We are cutting bureaucracy and using technology, including artificial intelligence, to deliver best value and redirect resources to front-line services.
It is up to you, as the legislators for this country, to ensure that a human rights bill that serves every single rights holder in the best way possible is introduced. For me, this is an opportunity for Scotland to lead.
Has it done so? It has done that as best it can, given the rather difficult situation that we are in with regard to the public finances of the United Kingdom and, therefore, the devolved Administrations.
It will commission that content for reasons other than what is in the best interests of the UK or viewers—essentially, what is in the best interests of its public limited company business bottom line.