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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 24 November 2024
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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

Were they literally in the same building, or were they part of a virtual team?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

Okay.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

I was going to ask you about that, because you described Inverness as rural and I was not really sure about that.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

I will come back to talk about housing and other structural issues.

Two weeks ago, Derek Laidler from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy told the committee about the challenges of being located in general practices and reported that there was some pushback from GPs about hosting people physically in their premises. Will you tell us a bit more about what your members say? Why might that be the case? What are the difficulties?

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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

In the Ayrshire constituency that I represent, one general practice in an urban setting has co-located in a community hub. The staff are not there all the time, but they go in and out. Could such a model work for multidisciplinary teams in rural areas?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

The community hub was a new build. When we look at renewing community facilities, is there an opportunity to consider wider needs?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

Do you want me to leave my next questions until later, convener?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

I just want to press you a little bit on that. We have heard that some of the challenge is to do with the availability of housing. I appreciate that affordability might be an issue for individuals, too, but this is literally about the supply of housing across the country in rural areas. I have to say, though, that Skye is an area I am familiar with.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Healthcare in Remote and Rural Areas

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

Do you and your members feel that there is a place for health boards, local authorities and the Government to work together to provide that infrastructure and housing, or to find solutions to how they get built?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Scottish Football Association

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Ruth Maguire

Further to that, the Scottish Football Alliance recommends that Scottish football season ticket holders be allowed to vote for the president of the SFA. The alliance argues—forgive me, but this is quoting directly—that that would replace the

“antiquated and undemocratic process of ‘procession to office’ and ‘blazer procession’”

with a fair voting structure. How do you respond to that?