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14 May 2024
SPBill48S062024
SP Bill 48 Session 6 (2024) 2 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill 2 Procedure for determining treatment (1) In making a treatment determination, a relevant health professional must ensure that— (a) they explain to the patient each of the treatment options listed in section 1(5) and the suitability of each to the patient’s needs, 5 (b) the patient is allowed and encouraged to participate as fully as possible in the treatment determination including by being able to give feedback, provide comments and raise concerns, (c) the patient is provided with such information and support as is necessary to enable them to participate in accordance with paragraph (b) and in relation to any related 10 processes, 1 (d) the treatment determination is made following a meeting in person between the relevant health professional and the patient, (e) the treatment determination takes into account the patient’s needs, and (f) the treatment determination is made with regard to the importance of providing 15 the optimum benefit to the patient’s health and wellbeing. (2) The patient may request one or more of the treatments listed in section 1(5) and the relevant health professional must consider the appropriateness of any such treatment requested by the patient in making the treatment determination. (3) Where the relevant health professional determines either that no treatment is appropriate 20 or that a treatment requested by the patient is not appropriate for the patient— (a) the relevant health professional must provide the patient with a written statement of reasons for that decision in a form prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in a code of practice under section 6, and (b) the patient has the right to consult another relevant health professional who must 25 make their own treatment determination following the procedure set out in subsection (1). (4) A written statement of reasons under subsection (3)(a) must include an explanation of— (a) the patient’s right to consult a second relevant health professional as provided by subsection (3)(b), and 30 (b) the procedure for consulting a second relevant health professional. (5) A relevant health professional consulted by a patient under subsection (3)(b) must make a treatment determination in accordance with this section save that subsections (3)(b) and (4) do not apply to that treatment determination. 3 Provision of treatment 35 (1) The treatment described in section 1(3) is to be made available to the patient as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than 3 weeks after the treatment determination is made. (2) A treatment described in section 1(3) may not be refused to a patient on the basis of any matter, other than an assessment by a relevant health professional of the best interests 40 of the patient, including— (a) the cost of the treatment, (b) any medical history of misuse of alcohol or other substances, 3 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill (c) any criminal record involving misuse of alcohol or other substances, (d) any other matter concerning any involvement by the patient in the criminal justice system, (e) any ongoing misuse of alcohol or other substances, 5 (f) any medical history of mental illness, (g) any existing prescription for opioid replacement, or (h) the patient being in receipt of substitute prescribing services, regardless of the volume of prescription. (3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations add to the matters listed in subsection (2). 10 Duties of Scottish Ministers 1 4 Duty to secure delivery (1) The Scottish Ministers must secure the delivery of the rights conferred by this Act. (2) Within 2 months of this section coming into force, the Scottish Ministers must lay draft regulations before the Parliament setting out the arrangements that are in place, or are 15 to be put in place, by the Scottish Ministers to ensure that they comply with the duty under subsection (1). (3) Draft regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision in connection with conferring functions on the following bodies— (a) a Health Board, 20 (b) a Special Health Board, (c) the Agency, (d) a local authority, (e) an integration joint board. 5 Duty to report to Parliament 25 (1) As soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish, and (b) lay before the Scottish Parliament, a report setting out progress made in the reporting period towards achieving the provision 30 of the treatments described in section 1 to patients in accordance with this Act. (2) A report prepared under subsection (1) must— (a) set out how any powers conferred by the provisions of this Act have been exercised, (b) set out the steps the Scottish Ministers have taken to meet the requirements in 35 this Act, and (c) specify in respect of each Health Board area— (i) the number of patients in the Health Board’s area, 4 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill (ii) the number of patients in respect of whom a treatment determination has been made, by reference to the type of treatment specified in the treatment determination, (iii) the number of patients receiving the treatment specified in the treatment 5 determination made in respect of them, by reference to the type of treatment specified in the treatment determination, (iv) the number of patients who have made themselves available for but are not receiving the treatment specified in the treatment determination made in respect of them, by reference to the type of treatment specified in the 10 treatment determination, 1 (v...
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20 December 2023
HealthProtectionCoronavirusRequirementsScotlandAmendmentNo6Regulations2021
Section 2 was amended by section 54 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10). 2 (d) persons in attendance at an event or activity which relates to a funeral, marriage ceremony or civil partnership registration (e) the person responsible for the premises, an employee of that person, or a person providing services (voluntary or otherwise) at the premises, and any other person, (3) In this regulation— “carer” includes a person who provides care for the person assisted whether that care is provided— (a) by a carer within the meaning of section 1 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016(a), (b) on a paid basis, or (c) on a voluntary basis, ”relevant leisure premises” means— (a) amusement arcades, snooker or pool halls, (b) bars, including a bar in a hotel or members club, (c) bingo halls, (d) bowling alleys, (e) cafés and canteens, (f) casinos, (g) cinemas, (h) concert halls, (i) conference or exhibition centres and any other place at which an exhibition takes place, (j) discotheques, nightclubs and dance halls, (k) function halls and event venues, (l) hotels, hostels, boarding houses, and any other place providing overnight accommodation for leisure purposes (m) indoor fitness studios, sports halls, gyms, swimming pools, and other indoor sport, activity or exercise facilities, (n) indoor funfairs, (o) indoor snow sports centres, (p) indoor skating rinks, (q) indoor visitor attractions, museums and galleries, (r) museums and galleries, (s) public houses, (t) restaurants, including a restaurant or dining room in a hotel or members club, (u) sexual entertainment venues, (v...
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27 October 2023
SPCB 2023 Paper 59
The Advisory Audit Board will review and advise the Principal Accountable Officer and, where appropriate, the SPCB on: i. the adequacy of the arrangements for ensuring robust governance and internal control, including those for the assessment and management of risk; ii. the planned activity of Internal Audit and the results of its work; iii. the planned activity of Audit Scotland and the results of its work; iv. the major findings of audit reports, insofar as they affect the overall performance of the Parliament; v...
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12 October 2023
Annual Return 2022 to 2023
A BS Individuals Amanda Catto Amy McNeese-Mechan Andy Henry Andy Robertson Angela Adams-Gray Anna Stapleton Archippus Sturrock Ariel Killick Ashley Smith Hammond Brendan Moon Brian O hEadhra Bryan McDowall Callum Beesley Caroline Brown Catherine Findlay Catriona Patterson Chantal Guevara Clare Gunn Claricia Parinussa Conor Joseph David Nicholson David Francis David Stevenson Donna Heddle Douglas Chalmers Duncan Bremner Emma Jayne Park Erinna McElhinney Eve Nicol Frances Davis Frazer MacDonald Hay Freya Taylor Gary Kerr Hester Parr Jane Humphries Janie Nicoll Jean Cameron Jean Urquhart Jen McGregor Jennifer Hunter John Cairns Julien Pierrefeu Kate Seiler Kirstie Jamieson Kirsty Miller Kirsty Keay Laura Black Lisa Cowan Lizzie Smith Lori Anderson Lyndsey McLean Matt Brennan Matthew Ward Matthew Whiteside Morvern Cunningham Mairead Nic Craith Nicola Walls Nicole Smith Orchid Liu Paul Cockburn Rachel Kareem Rebecca Finkel Rosie Al-Mulla Sarah Harbison Saskia Maxwell Saoirse Sweeney Susan Garnsworthy Trudi Collier Ullrich Kockel Veronique Lapeyre Active Inquiry Organisatio Art27 ns ART27 SCOTALND CIC Art27 Scotland Artlink Central Artlink Edinburgh Arts & Business Scotland Arts Culture Health & Wellbeing Scotland Association of British Orchestras ATLAS Arts Board na Gaildhlig Bunbury Banter Carey Tourism Ceangail Collins and Goto Studio Community Archives Heritage Group Scotland Network & Scottish Council on Archives Community Enterprise Community Leisure UK Community Policy Forum Corps Consulaire Creative & Cultural Skills Creative Edinburgh Creative Lives Creative Scotland Creative Services (Scotland ) Ltd Culture collective Culture Commons Culture Counts Culture Counts Culture Counts Culture Perth and Kinross Culture, Heritage and Arts Assembly, Argyll and Isles (CHARTS) Cutting Edge Theatre Director, V...
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23 August 2023
GlasgowAllotmentsForum
(iv) 111 (2) The list may be established and maintained by the local authority in such form as the authority thinks fit - Consult with allotment associations and other relevant groups to provide a clear, transparent way of establishing and maintaining the waiting lists. (v) Clarify that allotments reports should be published on the authority’s website in a ...
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16 March 2023
Shelter Scotland written submission for Civil Justice session
In relation to the Cost of Living Act in particular, tenants are often misunderstanding the emergency legislation to mean they aren’t at risk of eviction, which may not be the case due to the exemptions within the Act. 4 X v Glasgow City Council [2023] SLT 163 para 38 As we highlighted in our briefings on the Act, a large-scale rights awareness raising prog...
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10 August 2022
Annex C Briefing from Prof Aileen McHarg
It is important to understand that a convention is not a mere description of constitutional practice, but rather a rule which prescribes constitutional behaviour, in order to uphold important constitutional principles, albeit that rule may be subject to exceptions. 1 HL Deb 21 July1998, vol 592, col 791. 2 R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the Eur...
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24 March 2022
Notes from Engagement session Miners Bill
I became aware of a convoy coming towards me – 2 police cars and a van and then 2 more cars. Gave them the v sign and was slung into the car. The officer who grabbed me spoke to the other officer.
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10 December 2021
Annex A Draft Scheme 9 December 2021
.—(1) Payments may be made under this scheme for— (a) the cost of qualifying mesh removal surgery (see paragraph 7), and (b) the costs set out in sub-paragraph (2) where those costs have been incurred in connection with that surgery. (2) The costs referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) are— (a) travel (see paragraph 8) (b) accommodation (see paragraph 9) (c) subsistence (see paragraph 10) (d) the following other costs that are specified under section 1(4)(d) of the Act - (i) cost of surgery for any complications arising directly from the mesh removal surgery (see paragraph 11) (ii) cost of pre and post-operative appointments (see paragraph 12) (iii) covid testing and hotel quarantine (see paragraph 13) 6 (iv) cost of a visa or an approved travel authorisation (see paragraph 14) (v...
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3 February 2022
Annexes Pre budget Scrutiny 2022 to 2023 December 2021
See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot and prudent reserves policy 2(v) Statutory partners The Chief Financial Officer Network remains in place (virtually) and improvements continue to be made to ensure must ensure appropriate appropriate support is provided. support is provided to IJB S95 ...
