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I want to pick up on that point. In Scotland, radiologists are like hen’s teeth and the NHS is under huge pressure. Is there any way that pathologists could be trained in post-mortem scanning in a shorter time? Could that form part of the training that pathologists do?

I support everything that my colleague has said. Could we also write to ScotRail to seek information on its evaluation of the options for upgrading the infrastructure to support the use of contactless bank cards on the rail network?

I wonder whether we could write to the Commissioner for Fair Access to seek his views on the actions that are called for in the petition.

Thank you for that.

I have a final question. Given the pressures on pathology post-mortem and forensic services, to what extent does use of post-mortem computed tomography scans reduce those pressures?

Like you, convener, I have visited the area and seen the measures that were put in place. We need to take the issue forward, because this has gone on for far too long. Officially, there are still 14 days of spring left, but I do not think that a report will be done in that time.

We should write to the Scottish Government, highlighting the issues raised in the written submissions from PoTS UK and Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and asking whether it has received feedback on or evaluated its implementation support note. In particular, we should ask whether the implementation support note has increased knowledge of long Covid and PoTS.

We should also ask how diagnostic and treatment pathways for people with long Covid are monitored and tracked to ensure appropriate care is provided in a quick and co-ordinated way, including to people with dys—we have both got problems pronouncing this word, convener—dysautonomia. Further, we should ask whether it will request that training is provided to GPs on dysdyonomia—

Yes. Thank you.

So, no post-mortem imaging training was given to the pathologists at all.

In evidence to the committee, Dr O’Kelly acknowledged that communication and information could be improved. Why is the website for the national service, which has been running for a number of years, still a work in progress, and why is there no hyperlink from the NHS NSS website to the website for complex mesh surgical services?

What more work is required to be done for women who are following the NHS route on communication with their GPs about appointments, surgery and follow-up treatment? Is a standard letter enough, or can that be improved?