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It is not that the outcome is wrong or that the measures that you have been reading out are wrong. They are only part of the story—a small part of the story—but they identify where we need to dig deeper.
We will take forward work on the four-day working week pilot as part of the 2023-24 programme. That will obviously be part of the wider agenda of improving the productive capacity of the Scottish economy, on which the national strategy is focused.
If a person who is not the patient has directly paid part of the cost of surgery, evidence of that expenditure can be submitted and considered for reimbursement as part of the patient’s claim.
Direct engagement by ministers and our officials with sectors of the economy to ensure that they are playing their part has been a consistent part of the strategy that the Government has taken.