Category: Health
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Evaluating Change: Key Themes in Scotland’s Proposed National Outcomes
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A look at cross-committee themes highlighted during the scrutiny of the proposed National Outcomes.
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Tracking legislative consent at the Scottish Parliament
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SPICe has developed two tools that can be used to track legislative consent at the Scottish Parliament. This blog provides background information on legislative consent,…
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The Human Rights Bill – why has the Scottish Government not legislated and what happens next?
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The 2024-25 Programme for Government didn’t include the Scottish Government’s flagship Human Rights Bill. Like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child…
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Labour market update: November 2024
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Sources: UK Labour Market: November 2024 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: November 2024 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the…
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The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: devolution and the UK Internal Market
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This blog focuses on how the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill interacts with the devolution framework and considers how the Bill may sit with the…
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The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill – a path to EU alignment?
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The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill includes provision to allow UK Ministers to align with EU law. This blog focuses on the relationship `between the…
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Public Health/Planetary Health – how key is the NHS in bringing the emergency home?
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This blog will consider some reports that have been published looking at health and public health in relation to climate and sustainability. The blog also…
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Intergovernmental activity update: Quarter 3 2024
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SPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 3 (July to September) of 2024. You can find previous updates on our…
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How Robust Are Scotland’s Elections? Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of Scottish Parliamentary Elections
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The blog looks at how elections in Scotland compare to those internationally, using data collected by the Electoral Integrity Project.
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What’s in the UK Budget? Ask Reeves.
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This blog provides a summary analysis of today’s UK Government Budget, and what it means for the Scottish Budget.
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What we know about the third sector’s contribution to Scotland’s economy
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Everyone values the third sector but there is a real lack of data available which demonstrates the third sector’s contribution to Scotland’s economy.
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Long COVID: Update October 2024
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This blog provides a further update on long COVID, including services, funding, research and recent parliamentary business.