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I understand perfectly the need to try to separate out and give greater clarity to who is responsible for what, but if there is a major outbreak, who among the several parties listed in section 21 is ultimately in charge of co-ordination? Is there a mechanism in the bill that makes it clear which body would assume that co-ordinating responsibility?
In Justice, Scottish Resilience also supported the Pandemic Flu Co-ordination Team and used specialists to support delivery of an effective chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response strategy in the event of a major terrorist attack in Scotland.
Basketballscotland have continued to promote basketball participation across Scotland through the deployment of four regional co-ordinators funded by CashBack, including one in East-Central Scotland.
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Date answered:
28 August 2008
NHS QIS recently appointed a national falls manager, for a period of two years, who will scope, lead, co-ordinate and manage a multi-agency project on the prevention and management of falls in Scotland.
Many sectors are already well advanced in their preparations for a pandemic, and multi-agency planning is being taken forward by Scotland's strategic co-ordinating groups, with the full support of the Scottish Government.
Case study 3 is West Lothian Council’s considerate contractor scheme. Does the scheme try to co-ordinate the activities of the various utility companies?
There are examples from what the EU already does on some of those questions of regulatory alignment, particularly in relation to Japan, that might be helpful in addressing the question that I raised earlier of regulatory co-ordination. I will come in on that briefly.
I welcome the witnesses on our second panel: Lynne Tammi, interim national co-ordinator for Article 12 in Scotland; Suzanne Munday, Gypsy Traveller programme manager at the Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project; and Claire Frew, policy and impact manager at Homeless Network Scotland.