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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 4 April 2025
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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

I have a couple of questions on the creation of a national social work agency and a chief social work adviser. What do you think the purpose of a national social work agency would be?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

The issue is complex. Remote and rural care and urban care might be delivered differently, and there are issues around accepting and valuing what social workers and the multidisciplinary team that we heard about earlier do. It is complicated, and the bill is part of addressing that. It is looking at how care is delivered, to prevent folk from going into hospital in the first place, for instance, or to address delays in discharging folk from hospital. That is what I am saying. The whole system is complicated and the bill is part of the process of better supporting care in Scotland.

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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

Good morning to the witnesses. I have a couple of questions about the establishment of a national social work adviser and an agency. It is proposed that the national social work agency would be an executive agency, closely aligned with the Scottish Government, to deliver on Government policy. Is that the right way to proceed? During an earlier session and during last week’s evidence taking, we talked about non-departmental Government bodies versus the establishment of a new agency. What are your thoughts on that?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

A new agency could take the lead in further collaboration, co-design and co-working with other agencies. Earlier in the session, we spoke about how NHS Ayrshire and Arran is one health board, but there are three local authorities—East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and North Ayrshire—and they do things differently. For example, some of them are performing well in relation to delayed discharge. Is there a potential role for the national social work agency in considering what is working really well and supporting the dissemination of best practice through collaboration with other agencies?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

Good morning. I am thinking about the aims of the national care service, including improving the prevention of admissions to hospital, supporting reablement to improve delayed discharge and so on, and I am thinking about how integration is supposed to work. For example, East Ayrshire Council, South Ayrshire Council and North Ayrshire Council are all under one health board but they are three different local authorities. One of them—East Ayrshire Council—is absolutely amazing at reducing the level of delayed discharge, but the others are not so good at that. Would the aims of the bill help us to look at, for example, how East Ayrshire is doing really well and the others are not doing so well or could do better, so that we can learn from other areas? Is that part of the intention behind the bill?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

The “Standards in Social Work Education in Scotland” document talks about the principles of innovation, co-production, taking a person-centred approach and empowering people. There are standards for ethical principles such as partnership and participation, and for

“promoting the full involvement ... of people receiving the services”.

Would the creation of a national social work agency with an adviser in the lead role enable the creation of a Scotland-wide standard for education, which would create parity of esteem and provide support, as Julie Murray said?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

Would you like a social work agency to help to support allied health professionals, and would you like those services to work together?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

I forgot to say that I am a former clinical nurse educator for NHS Dumfries and Galloway, so I am interested in the standards of education that would be delivered across the whole of Scotland.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 1 October 2024

Emma Harper

Thank you.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Meeting date: 25 September 2024

Emma Harper

Good morning to the cabinet secretary and the other witnesses. I am interested in finding out a wee bit about leveraging additional funding. Given the current fiscal constraints, cabinet secretary, are you considering any options for raising additional revenue to support the delivery of the policy ambitions for fisheries? We heard evidence about considering a review of landing levies, or exploring options for leveraging private investment from offshore renewables. Are you considering those?