Chamber and committees

Will you give us a couple of examples of the type of detail that you would like to see?

I will wind back a bit. How do we ensure that people who are receiving support are kept central to the evaluations that we are talking about? Would the national performance framework be helpful, and would it be part of that in your view?

My first question is to Henry Simmons and Dr Manji. Are there parts of the bill that you would like to be enacted immediately and are there other provisions about which you think that more time should be taken to co-design them?

I was panicking there, convener, because I have two questions.

My question is for Mark Hazelwood, too. Palliative care brings so much comfort and reassurance to families—in fact, it is priceless—but how well are things working in relation to keeping people at home as much as possible? You talked earlier about one in three hospital beds being used by someone in their last year of life and increased admissions and discharges. How can we improve that situation, and how could the national care service help in that respect? I am wondering about the ability to quickly step up and step down care at a local level. What are the important factors that should be considered?

Yes, and then I have a quick follow-up question.

That is fantastic. I will just mention the Blantyre care hub, which is absolutely fantastic at some of the stuff that you are talking about.

So, it is about continuing the co-design, if you like, through the process so that it keeps impacting on delivery and policy.

I could not agree more, and I think that most people will feel exactly the same.

My next question is for both Susan Webster and Mark Hazelwood. Is there anything specific that you would like to see in the bill to support what you have been talking about?

I will go to Mark Hazelwood first, because he has mentioned a couple of times having the data to be able to make decisions. I realise that we have a wide range of experiences here—different types of people with different challenges—and we have always spoken about lived experience being central to the national care service. Across the board, for different people in different situations, what should we consider measuring and how do we measure that? What are the things that really matter, which we should focus on?