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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
One of the issues would be sanctions for services that fall short of what is in the charter. Is that something that any of you would like to comment on? What sanctions should there be, if the charter is not complied with?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
Thank you. I barged in there a bit, Emma—over to you.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
I am interested in what you said about assets. Where in the bill does it say that assets are going to be taken away from local authorities? That is not clear to me at all. The bill is about ministers being accountable for setting the standards that you have just welcomed. What part of it talks about assets being transferred?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
Thank you. Paul, do you want to come back in?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
That leads on nicely to a question from Gillian Mackay about fair work. Gillian has to go soon, so I will bring her in now.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
Because it is a framework bill—
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
Emma Harper has a brief question, after which we must wrap up.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
Welcome, everyone, to the 30th meeting in 2022 of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. I have received no apologies from any members. Stephanie Callaghan will be joining us online.
Under agenda item 1, we continue our consideration of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. We will have two evidence sessions this morning. The first session will focus on a human rights approach and legislative considerations.
I welcome to the committee our three witnesses. Jennifer Paton is a policy executive with the Law Society of Scotland; Isla Davie, King’s Counsel, is from the Faculty of Advocates; and Frank Jarvis, is legal officer with the Scottish Human Rights Commission.
One of the principles that is set out in the bill—it is one of the first things in the bill—is that the services provided by the national care service
“are to be regarded as an investment in society that ... is essential to the realisation of human rights”.
Do you think that the provisions in this very high-level framework bill have the potential to address issues in the current system that have led to inconsistencies in relation to equity and the issues that we have heard about, particularly over the past couple of years, where there may not have been a consistent approach throughout the country to people’s human rights? Can this framework bill be a springboard to addressing people’s human rights when accessing care services?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
I think that Tess White has a question on that.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting date: 1 November 2022
Gillian Martin
When you say “centralisation of services”—you have used that phrase a couple of times—the impression that is given is that services will be run from a central position, when, in fact, the framework sets out that it is about ministerial accountability for standards and that services will still be local. Do you not agree with that? Do you still want clarity on it?