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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the 76 recommendations from the Best Start report on maternity and neonatal care in Scotland, which was published in 2017.
Our review of maternity and neonatal services, The Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland, recommended that all women receive continuity of maternity and obstetric care.
:When I was giving evidence at stage 1, I absolutely agreed with the committee that parents, carers and guardians should be informed as quickly and efficiently as possible whenever incidents occur. The question was how best to capture that in legislation. As the bill is currently framed, it requires that that is done no later than 24 hours after the inciden...
In males, we cannot do that, because if we do, we will kill the testicle. That might not be the best approach, because we do not want someone who comes in for a hernia repair to lose a testicle.
We have got what we have got. Let us make the best possible use of it and make sure that we are using everything we have—every person and every resource, be it physical, monetary or human—to get the best for our young people.