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The Scottish Government has encouraged the establishment of Health Board clinical groups and networks so that complex cases can be discussed and expertise and experience shared across Scotland. Involvement of clinicians with non-surgical skills can be recruited as required.
We realise there is more to do, and we are working with all local authorities through Scotland’s Housing Network to have targets in place for all tenure wheelchair accessible housing.
We worked closely with Police Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to ensure the necessary operational procedures would be in place to facilitate victims accessing this right.
In almost every instance, the technology that we need to deliver excellent health and social care in Scotland exists. Therefore, the challenge is to establish the right conditions to put it in place.
Should the Secretary be unavailable, the Committee would ask whether the Secretary of State for Scotland would be available to give evidence to the Committee in her place.