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SPICe briefings
Date published:
4 September 2023
Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill - Scotland's visitor economy
Businesses operating in tourism include accommodation providers, restaurants, bars, travel agents, museums and businesses offering other recreational and cultural activities. There are almost 3,000 accommodation services businesses registered for VAT in Scotland, meaning their annual turnovers are above the VAT threshold of £85,000.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 June 2023
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - Background - calls for the Scottish SPCA to have powers to investigate wildlife crime
The lead Committee on the Bill, the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, considered the issue and stated in its Stage 1 report:
Given legislation only allows the SSPCA to enter land when an animal is actively suffering, this can lead to anomalous situations where, for example, if a live bird has been caught in an illegal trap, SSPCA inspec...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2023
The role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland - Natural infrastructure
Overall, we heard that funding available to Councils should be re-prioritised to incentivise nature-based solutions, in line with the ambitions of NPF4, and with a recognition that solutions of this type - while potentially cheaper in the long term than more engineered solutions - could be complex and interdisciplinary, especially at the early planning stage, and that upfront funding to support that early planning could make a huge difference.ivOfficial Report, 21 June 2022, cols 35 (City of Edinburgh Council) and 52 (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) In this connection, one proposal was for a "Susgreens": a nature-based equivalent to Sustrans, the independent body that administers much of the funding for active...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 December 2022
A public health approach to gambling harms - Risk reduction for people who gamble
Messages may be more effective if they are presented in the centre of the screen, or if they require the player's active removal4 Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Bangor University. (2019).
Committee reports
Date published:
31 October 2022
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: Funding for Culture - Increased operating costs
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Dance Base described the reality facing building-based cultural organisations as “dire”, with it facing the potential threat of “significant staff reductions, closure or sale of premises and a cessation of activity”. It called for financial support to bridge into the new long-term funding arrangements from Creative Scotland planned ...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 June 2022
Alternative pathways to primary care - Role specific capacity issues
In this context, the Committee believes urgent action is needed to accelerate planned recruitment and increase workforce capacity across the professions in question and warns that, until these issues have been resolved, the extent to which patients will be able to make use of alternative pathways to primary care, and can be actively encouraged to do so, wil...
Committees
Published:
15 February 2022
NHS Highland submission of 15 February 2022
Working with Schools, Colleges and Universities
We work closely with our local schools and are active participants in the Developing the Young Workforce programme.
Committee reports
Date published:
8 February 2022
Inquiry into perinatal mental health - Annexe A - Summary of recommendations from the written call for evidence
Role of the third sectorIncrease financial investment in third sector support, especially longer-term funding.Build partnerships between the NHS and the third sector to increase collaboration and parallel working.Work with the third sector to increase the number of trained volunteers available from organisations.Increase the recognition of the value and importance of third-sector support.Expand the use of third-sector tools, such as the Sands Maternity Bereavement Experience Measure, into NHS Boards.Closer working between statutory services and the third sector to ensure integration of care, where services overlap.WorkforceUndertake a review of current ways of working in the NHS across primary and secondary care.Commit to reviewing workforce planning in the short, medium, and long-term and to ensuring adequate support for career development, teaching, training, and supervision.Increase the number of staff available – particularly midwives, psychologists, therapists, health visitors, and community mental health nurses.Improve and increase the training available for healthcare professionals, particularly midwives and health visitors, on key topics – such as:Support for breastfeeding
Having conversations around perinatal mental health and active...
Committees
Published:
6 January 2022
Scottish Taxi Federation submission of 6 January 2022
Drivers
The average age of drivers is currently 57 years, and this is increasing year on year.
Active driver numbers have been devastated by Covid, with many licensed holders having decided not to return to the taxi trade in favour of other employment options.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 October 2021
Addressing the nature crisis: COP15 and the global post-2020 Biodiversity Framework - The value of biodiversity to people
The programme aims to increase green health activities - such as physical exercise in the outdoors, and community growing, which are shown to improve physical and mental health - for positive health and social care outcomes.
