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Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Future Agriculture Policy
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Emma Harper
I want to pick up on Jim Fairlie’s questions and ask about emissions in other countries. In debates in the chamber, we have talked about how much water it takes to produce a litre of almond milk. It takes about 101 gallons of water to make a cup of almond milk, which is not even made in this country. In comparison, we grow grass really well in this country, and that can support our diet.
At the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Alice Stanton, an expert witness, talked about the misinformation that consuming red meat causes cancer, as there is now evidence that that information is not quite accurate.
How can we support food production and emissions reduction? How do we compare with other countries on those issues?
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
United Kingdom Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 1 March 2023
Emma Harper
I know that I am not a regular attendee of the committee—I am here as a substitute—but I would like to comment. In the notification, it says that the SI is to
“adjust the level of European seabass that may be caught within British fishing limits”.
I am aware that only one licence has been issued for catching sea bass in Scotland, so, when the notification talks about adjusting, does that mean both up and down?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
Good morning, everybody. I have a quick question about the remit of the patient safety commissioner. Sometimes the impact of care or—I should say—unsafe care is not directly or overtly evident. I note that Dr Williams suggested that the commissioner’s remit should include advocating for patients. I am thinking of groups or populations in which harm has occurred as a result of, say, a lack of compassion or some other issue that is not directly related to safety. Would you expect the patient safety commissioner’s remit to be wide enough to cover the patient population to whom overt harm might not have been caused?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
It is for Dr Williams.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Petitions
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
I did not think that I would be talking about roads in Dumfries and Galloway—the A75 and the A77—at a meeting of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, but the issue is relevant to the many challenges with recruitment and retention.
We must remember that we have the Scottish graduate entry medicine programme. It would be really good to hear how that is working. What is the retention level? Where is that programme doing well? That is part of it. There are also programmes for trained general nurses to become midwives and vice versa, although that is not happening in my part of the South Scotland region because Dumfries and Galloway was not selected for the dual training approach.
Work is being taken forward, but it will not be an overnight fix. I support doing whatever we need to do to look at rural health and social care.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
I welcome the witnesses to the Scottish Parliament—it is good to have you here. I am interested in how your remit and role compare with the proposed remit of the patient safety commissioner for Scotland, which seems to be a bit wider. Do you have an opinion on whether there would be any benefits or drawbacks of the remit being a bit different in Scotland? Has your remit given you enough to work on, without considering wider issues?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
What Matthew McClelland said is pretty clear. I do not like the idea of a patient safety commissioner who would create an adversarial and defensive environment. I agree that a patient safety commissioner should promote patient safety.
Are there any additional powers that might need to be included in the bill, for example around naming a health board, company or business? Is anything like that missing from the bill?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
Okay, thank you.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
People have also intimated that the patient safety commissioner’s role should be about healthcare, not health and social care. However, if we move towards having a national care service, which would encompass the whole of a patient’s care journey, would you expect the remit to be wider and to include social care down the line?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: 21 February 2023
Emma Harper
I asked the previous witnesses about the commissioner not focusing only on safety, because care and compassion are at the heart of how we support a patient’s journey—whatever care they are in receipt of—and determine whether harm has occurred. Do you have any comments on whether we should focus only on safety aspects or whether we should consider the whole patient journey in relation to care and compassion?
