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Colin Beattie
My final question is on monitoring and support. Just before paragraph 37, in the subheading on page 20, you conclude that...
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Colin Beattie
Will the Government come to you once that is in place, or will it just publish its strategy?
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Colin Beattie
You said that the Scottish Government has accepted the recommendation. Did it give any indication of the timescale? I realise that it is probably quite a big task.
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Colin Beattie
I will move on to estate management. For a number of years, the capital budget that has been available to the NHS has been fairl...
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Colin Beattie
Staying on the issue of staff, the increases in the use of agency and bank staff—which is a favourite topic of ours—are pretty eye-watering. In paragraph 26 of yo...
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Colin Beattie
It is pretty much impossible to tell much from such a crude figure, because we do not know how it is made up. Not all of the increase in staff will come from nurs...
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Colin Beattie
You are waiting to see the direction of travel regarding what will happen down the line with the 1 per cent, given the reduction in the working week and so on.
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Colin Beattie
Is the 1 per cent that is referred to entirely arbitrary, or is it based on need?
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Colin Beattie
My first question is about staffing. Paragraph 25 of your report, on page 14, refers to the commitment to increase the NHS workforce by 1 per cent over the next five years, which equates to ...
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Colin Beattie
Would the board have approved that policy?
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