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In fact, under Shona Robison as health secretary, there has been a 24 per cent reduction in the number of bed days lost to delayed discharge. That is equivalent to 435 extra beds in our national health service.
Over the past three years, the justice sector has been provided with an extra £20 million to support speeding up the process so that domestic abuse cases are dealt with much more quickly in court.
(S5O-00829) Scotland’s local authorities will have an extra £383 million to support local services in 2017-18, which represents an increase of 3.7 per cent compared to this year.
Should Westminster not be more agreeable, further cuts to offset council debts could affect the £120 million extra that has already gone to local government.
Ross Greer spoke of the lack of evidence and rightly pointed out that the Crerar report is continuing centralisation. Daniel Johnson spoke about the extra bureaucratic layers that Crerar proposes.
Until 31 May 2011 I worked for 5 days per month, and extra shifts as required, as a driver for NHS Lanarkshire out of hours service (of Law House, Carluke, NHS Lanarkshire).
This may well result in lost business for high street premises as customers choose not to make a purchase and pay the extra. Given we are in a cost of living crisis anything that could dent consumer confidence and spend is unwelcome, further jeopardising business and jobs." 395 332.
However, the Westminster Government is intent on removing that crucial extra funding, which will plunge already struggling families into financial turmoil.