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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Tracy Carmichael

New bid to improve toilet provision for complex disabilities moves forward

A move to ensure more widespread availability of specialist toilet facilities for people with complex needs has taken a step forward.

Labour's Shadow Health Minister Paul O'Kane has welcomed the news that his bid to create a cross-party group to mastermind the delivery of more Changing Places provision has been rubber-stamped by Holyrood's Parliamentary Standards Committee.

The specialist toilet settings provide more spacious facilities for people who find current standard sanitary provision inadequate, such as those with multiple or complex disabilities who require assistance from one or two carers.

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