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Further to that the Committee heard about the challenges people have experienced in getting their GP to recognise that private diagnosis or to agree to provide "shared care”.
Mandatory training: A programme of mandatory training on neurodevelopmental conditions for all health and social care staff in patient-facing roles, as well as for those responsible fo...
On the subject of innovative approaches to reducing emissions, the Committee acknowledges the work done by the National Green Theatres Programme and welcomes further dissemination of similar good practice across the country to support more sustainable delivery.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
The Scottish Government’s 2025 CCP monitoring report undertook to seek, within budgetary constraints, "to extend the landfill gas capture programme to increase the number of sites undertaking investigative or development work, to optimise and increase the amount of landfill gas captured in Scotland and minimise environmental and climate impacts of closed la...
The Scottish Government's aim is to build on the existing LHEES, standardise them where possible and create a streamlined and investible delivery route to underpin its Heat in Buildings Programme. The CCP goes on to say that the process of developing LHEES was designed to be iterative and cumulative, and the Scottish Government has now begun developing the ...
A Scottish Government official told the Committee that over the 10-year period of the programme, “Glasgow city region estimates that it will secure, I think, £363 million of match funding from the private sector, and in the north-east the figure is expected to be around £260 million, with 10,000 and 18,000 jobs respectively being supported in these investme...
More widely, we recommend that the Scottish Government ensure employability and education pathways for prisoners linked to recovery programmes and social enterprises. As such, peer-mentoring schemes should be placed on secure, multi-year funding and integrated into statutory throughcare frameworks.
The Committee also highlights that anyone who considers that further consideration needs to be given to reform of other aspects of contract law may wish to make their views known to the SLC through their consultation on their next programme of law reform, which will be carried out in 2026, as a possible vehicle for other reform in this area.
Reform aims to, over time, address issues of accountability of public bodies, the content of the national outcomes and indicators and aligning and embedding the NPF into the budget, the Programme for Government and Public Service Reform (PSR) strategy.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025
Co-opted members may also be useful for some transitional activities or time-limited such as appointing a change management expert to oversee the merger or restructuring of institutions or programmes. This approach allows for a measure of impartiality and enables interrogation by the Council as a whole.