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In order for practices to get paid, which is on an item-of-service basis, they will need to code their intervention with the patient in a particular way.
How does the sector distinguish what is a social enterprise and what is not? Is it driven by the voluntary code? Do people need to have signed up to that code in order to qualify technically as a social enterprise?
We have certainly been frustrated by the slow progress in developing the code. Ideally, most people in the industry would have liked to see a code in place by now.
The focus of the code will be governance. What specific issues would you like guidance on in relation to the UK code before the Scottish code is finalised?
If you look back to the recession, you can see that the percentage projection for income tax and national insurance receipts was way below where it was expected to be.
We are also keen to ensure that people who are in receipt of DLA for the over-65s, who are regarded as terminally ill and who are not in receipt of the highest rates receive higher awards from the point that they transfer to the Scottish system.