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Thank you.

Okay, thanks.

Curling is good for people who are in wheelchairs, too.

I have a final question. We will come on to the theme of children and young people later, but I am interested in evidence that we took last week. Basically, there was a plea for a review of the national performance framework in order for it to include specific outcomes related to the physical, mental and social benefits of sport and physical activity. Would the Government consider making a specific target for that as part of the national performance framework? Would that help us to refocus or focus further on the importance of physical activity and sport for physical and mental health and wellbeing?

What key things would you ask for that would really help to shorten the recovery period or to enhance recovery?

Good morning, Robin. I am interested in some of the key performance indicators that the State Hospitals Board for Scotland publishes. When I was on the health committee in the previous parliamentary session, we talked about patients being offered an annual physical health review. It looks as if the target is 90 per cent but that only 51.78 per cent is being achieved. What actions have been taken to address that specific key performance indicator in relation to the annual physical health review?

Do you measure the activity of individual patients in the state hospital?

I will be brief. I want to go back to what you said about induction, orientation and ways of welcoming, developing and retaining new staff. Previously, I was a clinical educator and I was responsible for developing and delivering an induction programme for all new staff. Do you get to work with other boards and see how they are delivering certain programmes? I am talking about training and induction not necessarily for mental health staff but for other practice, too, because it feels, sometimes, that the state hospital is quite separate. What do you think about connecting with other health boards?

Good morning, everybody.

I want to pick up on Kim Atkinson’s point about availability of facilities. Gillian Martin, our previous convener, used to say that in Iceland they would basically hand the keys of the school over to the kids, because they trusted them just to get on with things and access the facilities. We do not do that sort of thing, but is that something that we should progress? Do you have data on use of the school estate after, say, 4 o’clock in the afternoon? Should we be looking at what other countries do and pursuing the models that they have in place? David Ferguson mentioned what is being done in Denmark, I think, and I have been looking at what the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has been doing in America to encourage young women into sport and athletics. We could look at best practice in other countries; should we pursue that?

Can I—