Good afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is portfolio questions on health, wellbeing and support. As ever, in order to get as many people in as possible, short, and succinct questions and answers to matching would be appreciated. Question 1. Lewis MacDonald. To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in filling consultant vacancies at Aberdeenroylan for summary in the last 12 months. Cabinet Secretary, Shona Robison. Consultant vacancies in NHS Grampian have decreased by 27.9 whole time equivalent, or 41.5 per cent between December 2014 and December 2015. The Scottish Government increased NHS Grampians resource budget by 6.7 per cent to 830.1 million for 2015-16. That is above inflation and the largest increase of any mainland board having previously increased by 4.6 per cent in 2014-15. The Scottish Government works closely with all boards to support their staff recruitment efforts. The progress that has been made in filling consultant vacancies, does the cabinet secretary recognise that her Government's apparent decision to back away from its commitment to a major trauma centre at Aberdeen royal and family is causing great concern among clinicians there? Will she undertake to consult and listen to the views of clinicians in Aberdeen about the potential impact of this decision on their ability to recruit and, indeed, to maintain existing services? There is no backing away from anything, and clinicians from all four proposed major trauma sites have been involved in the work of the national planning forum from the outset and continue to be involved. It is important, however, that we try to reach a consensus among the clinical community. I am optimistic that that will happen, but we need to allow them to get on with the good work that they are undertaking. I will keep a very close eye on those matters as they go forward. 2. Richard Simpson I ask the Scottish Government what average number and percentage of hospital beds was unavailable to new patients in 2015. How is that compared with the average number of bed-occupied days occurring because of delayed discharges? The official statistics show that just over 18,100 hospital beds in all specialties were occupied on average in the quarter ending of September 2015. In that quarter, the average number of beds occupied because of delayed discharge was 1,570. The average number of beds occupied because of delayed discharge has reduced by over 100 beds on the same time in 2014. Of course, tackling delayed discharge is one of the key priorities of this Government. Our latest figures published last week show significant progress has been achieved with an 18 per cent reduction in delayed discharge in December 2015, compared to the year before. That reflects the significant investment that we have made into tackling delayed discharge and improving the availability of social care, not least with the £250 million that is announced by the Deputy First Minister as part of next year's budget. Dr Simpson I thank the cabinet secretary for that response and for the welcome of the fact that the trend is once again downward. In July 2011, at the beginning of this Parliament, the monthly figure of bed-occupied days was 20,000. The last available figures were 46,000—they are below last year—but they are still 46,000. Moreover, the total of bed-occupied days in England is 160,000. In other words, our bed-occupied days are three times as much as they are in England. Since we are celebrating the anniversary of the cabinet secretary's promise to end delayed discharges, how does she feel that progress is going to be made over the next period? Dr Simpson We absolutely remain committed to eradicating delayed discharge. I am glad that Richard Simpson recognised that progress is being made. In January this year, 606 patients were delayed over three days. That is a reduction of 19 per cent from 752 at December 2015 and a reduction of 21 per cent from 766 in January 2014. Standard delays over three days were never lower under the previous Labour administration. That is a tough issue to tackle, but the integrated joint boards and the lead agency in Highland are committed to doing. We have seen progress already, for example in Glasgow and the progress that they have made there. We want to see everywhere. That is why the investment in social care of £250 million is so important. Richard Simpson mentioned the issue in England. I do not know whether he has seen the College of Emergency Medicine material that has recently been produced, but it has been monitoring on a week-by-week basis some of the challenges in English hospitals. One of the big challenges is the availability of care. Of course, it has not invested the resources in social care that we have invested here. I would not use England as a model to emulate. I think that they have huge problems and will continue to have huge problems with the availability of social care. 3. Mark MacDonald To ask the Scottish Government what training is available for health professionals to provide healthcare to people on the autistic spectrum. A priority of the Scottish strategy for autism is to improve the understanding of autism, focusing on effective education and training for all healthcare professionals in partnership with NHS education for Scotland. The Scottish Government has published an autism training framework. The framework enables all professionals working in the national health service to identify the level of autism expertise that is required for their role and their after-access appropriate training to meet that need. 4. Scottish Government funding for training in diagnostic tools has increased. The number of practitioners involved in autism diagnosis to over 200 in Scotland. NHS education for Scotland is soon to publish a good practice guide for supporting intervention autism. The good practice guide will assist those who are working across health and social care to plan, adjust and adapt their services for people with autism. 4. Mark MacDonald Many individuals on the autistic spectrum can struggle with certain healthcare interventions as the intrusive nature of examination can trigger a sensory meltdown. In light of what the minister has just said about the various packages and support measures that are available, can he advise what steps are taken to ensure that health boards promote those appropriately to those individuals working in their area? I thank Mark MacDonald for his question. I acknowledge his interest in those matters and his assidious campaigning to raise awareness of autism inside the Parliament in order for people with autism to be met with understanding that all healthcare professionals need a knowledge of autism appropriate to their role. The NHS education for Scotland has a learning space on autism in a range of resources that help to support our workforce development. There is the training framework that I referred to in my initial answer, which outlines the knowledge and skills that are required of healthcare professionals from generic services through those working in specialist autism services. It is my clear expectation that all NHS territorial boards should ensure that the staff who need to have that training should be made aware of that opportunity. I hope that my initial answer reassured Mr MacDonald and all members of the chamber that there is plenty of work under way, but I am always happy to hear from Mr MacDonald or any other member about suggestions on how we can make further improvements as well. I ask what proportion of the 6,000 rejected referrals to CAME services were from where of young people suffering from autism? I cannot give that specific figure to Rhoda Grant just now. What I can undertake to do is look at that further and get back to writing. I shall do that. My clear expectation is that where any individual has been referred to CAME and has had their referral rejected, that some form of support should be put in place and that I recognise that there is more for us to be doing in that regard. That is why, as part of the £150 million additional investment over the next five years that we have announced into mental health services, that is going to be one of the key focuses for us through that investment. Many thanks minister. Question number four, Leslie Brennan. Can I ask the minister, the cabinet secretary, to ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met representatives from the Dundee integration joint board? On 28 January this year, the Dundee integration joint board was represented at a development and networking session that took place for all integration joint board chairs and vice chairs at which I participated. Last Thursday, the Scottish National Party Administration at Dundee City Council cut £3.5 million from the health and social care integration joint board budget. Dundee City Council is expecting to receive £7 million from the additional £250 million funding for social care. The chief executive has noted that £4 million of that is already earmarked to cover planned staff costs, such as the living wage. Can I ask what reassurances has the cabinet secretary sought regarding care packages, especially given the £0.5 million cut to care packages for people with learning disabilities? Dundee IJB's share of the £250 million will be £7.65 million. After allowing for living wage and existing local authority social care costs—for example, the NI and pay increase costs of their own social care workforce—the IJB will have an additional £3.8 million to fund its investment in additional social care capacity and in the reduction in the charging thresholds. Of course, the important thing about the living wage element will be the number, the thousands of social care workers in the city of Dundee who will receive the living wage. The living wage will apply to around 40,000 care workers across Scotland and many thousands of those will live in the city of Dundee and will benefit from that. I would have thought that the member would welcome that. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to alleviate pressure on the Queen Elizabeth university hospital. There have been some challenges at the new Queen Elizabeth university hospital. We should remember that this was an unprecedented migration of four hospitals to one campus. It took place on time and on budget. I want to pay tribute to local staff, some 10,000 of whom are working at the new facility for that achievement. Clearly, unscheduled care performance at the new hospital has not always been at the level that either the health board or I would have wished. Nonetheless, local staff have been working extremely hard with the full co-operation and support of the national unscheduled care team. As a result, the latest published weekly four-hour A&E performance was 91.9 per cent for the week ending on 21 February, up over 11 percentage points from the previous week. In comparing the 12-week period to the 21 February with the equivalent period last year, the new hospital has performed nearly 14 percentage points better than the previous sites. The health board remains committed to meeting and maintaining the national four-hour standard, and we continue to provide all the support that we can to that end. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. Could she confirm whether the establishment of the new hospital has led to an increase or a decrease in emergency and assessment capacity in Glasgow? There has been an increase in capacity. Of course, the new hospital has developed as it has gone on for the first few months of its existence. For example, one of the innovations that they have developed is the ambulatory care unit, which adds capacity to the assessment unit at the front door of the hospital. Winter period has been a testing time for all the hospitals across the whole of Scotland, and it is a testing time for those in Glasgow as well. However, as the figures that I gave to James Dornan in my original answer show, they are performing at a much more sustainable and improved position than they did this time last year. Jackson Carlaw Thank you, Presiding Officer. I ask the cabinet secretary to pursue two relatively trivial matters, which I believe would improve both the patient experience and that of my constituents visiting the campus. First, there is rather poor signage on exiting the hospital. Lots of signage telling you where to go when you arrive, but not telling you how best to leave with the result that many people are actually not necessarily departing from an exit, which would afford them the sweetest route home. I think that that could be improved. Secondly, there is a rather swanky discharge lounge that has been prepared, but unless you are being uplifted by an ambulance, there is no provision for a patient to be uplifted outside the discharge lounge, with the consequence that many patients are having to be wheeled some distance in all weathers to the multi-storey carpark or to a taxi rank. I think that, with some subtle alteration, the patient experience could be significantly improved if that could be attended to. Cabinet Secretary, I will certainly look into both of those suggestions and get back to the member. Briefly again, Stuart McMillan. I am seeking some clarification from the cabinet secretary that there could be an opportunity for other hospitals in the NHS greater Glasgow and Clyde area to help to deliver services in conjunction with what CUNAL is with hospital. Well, Stuart McMillan raises a good point. Of course, the new national clinical strategy really points towards that of hospitals working together on the basis of a network. That is something that we want to take forward through the strategy. Many thanks, question number six, John Scott. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to reduce waiting times in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The Scottish Government is taking a number of actions to support NHS Ayrshire and Arran to deliver waiting times such as providing £2.6 million in 1516 to deliver outpatient and diagnostic test standards as well as the legal treatment guarantee. Of course, the board has also received £1.3 million from the national unscheduled care fund and over £433,000 to help to deal with winter pressures under the current financial year. John Scott. I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer and the cabinet secretary will be aware that exactly 10 years ago I organised and led the march of 5,000 people in Ayr to keep the A&E unit open at Ayr hospital and so I welcomed the new facility opened last week at Ayr hospital. However, the cabinet secretary will also be aware of occasional but regular spikes in numbers presenting at A&E at Ayr and Crosshouse as well as the 35 consultant vacancies in NHS Ayrshire and Arran as well as recent difficulties in meeting government for our waiting time targets. Is she confident that, even with the new facility but given the lack of staff and the lack of available beds, that NHS Ayrshire and Arran will be able to meet its waiting time targets in future in A&E and other areas such as orthopedics? Can I also join with John Scott in recognising that the A&E unit at Ayr hospital was saved by the efforts of those locally but also by the efforts of this Government and has led to a £27.6 million building for better care project that has led to the new combined medical and surgical assessment units at both of the district general hospitals and the new emergency department at university hospital Ayr. John Scott raised issues around spikes at A&E and he is correct to point to that. Some A&E departments have more of a challenge with that than others. Ayr hospital has a particular challenge and he outlines some of the reasons for that. However, it is operating still, having said that, at a better position this year than it had last year but there is more work to be done and what we want to do once we are through the winter period is to look at what more can we do to further improve the performance, particularly of those units which do spike and have more challenge in delivering a consistent service. I am very happy to keep John Scott informed of that. To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to community services in the Clydebank and will guide constituency. We are planning a single and new-built facility in Clydebank, delivered through the HUB programme with an overall funding envelope of £19 million. A new integrated facility for Clydebank already has widespread stakeholder support, including from local politicians and the local community planning partnership. Such a replacement health and care centre build would enable the co-location of multidisciplinary services, including integrated health and social care teams, in a new facility, giving one-stop access and improved accessibility for patients to an increased range of improved quality services. I thank the minister for that answer and say that I very much appreciate the fact that £19 million has been provided for the new health centre in my constituency at Clydebank. It is extremely well welcomed by the community in general. Can the minister outline to the Parliament what next steps will be or an update to bringing this much-needed facility into fruition for my constituents in Clydebank? The initial agreement has recently been submitted to the NHS capital investment group for review, and that will be considered later this month. Subject to approval being received, it is anticipated that financial close will occur in late 2017 and construction will begin in 2018. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent child and adolescent mental health waiting time stats, showing that around half of patients in NHS Grampian waited over 18 weeks before being seen. Minister Jamie Hepburn. There has been a significant improvement in the waiting times over the past few years, despite a significant increase in the number of people being seen. However, the Scottish Government is determined to continue to see improvements with all health boards, including NHS Grampian, to meet our targets. The Scottish Government has invested significantly to develop mental health services with increased staffing numbers and training and in post, and long waits are being addressed. We have announced that the additional £150 million for mental health service over the next five years to help bring down waiting times and deliver sustainable improvement to services. Through the substantial funding award, we will be able to extend capacity and improve access to services and promote innovation and new ways of treating children and young people with mental health conditions, as well as psychological therapies for all ages. I thank the minister for his response, but it will be of little comfort to the young people facing and agonising weight for treatment in my region. Over the last year, the minister has responded to my concerns by first telling me he had a new improvement programme, and then, six months ago, a detailed recovery plan for NHS Grampian. Perversally, those have both resulted in a continued decrease in performance. Given that, perhaps I should be reluctant to ask the minister what he plans to do next, but I will give it a go. Just what is the minister planning to do to drive down those waiting times? I am bringing about the drastic change that is needed in waiting times in Grampian itself. First of all, let me focus on what has happened in the most recent quarter. Focusing on the figures that were just referred to, the total number of people starting treatment in the quarter ending in December 31, 2015, has increased by 7 per cent in the same period last year. That means that more children and young people in NHS Grampian are being seen. I would accept that the figures that had previously been published were not good enough. I am determined that we see improvements. There have been improvements in the most recent figures. It is very encouraging to note that performance against the 18-week target improved month-in-month during the final quarter of 2015, with 76 per cent of people being seen within 18 weeks during December. There has been significant work to try and tackle the longest waits. I have set out the range of investments that we have. I know that NHS Grampian takes that responsibility seriously. We have seen the response, we have seen the figures continuing to improve, and it is my clear expectation that that improvement will continue so that the target is met. To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that front-line patient and carer support from alternative care providers can be maintained in light of the reduction in local authority budgets. Integration of health and social care is one of Scotland's major programmes of reform at its heart. Health and social care integration is about ensuring that those who use services get the right care and support whatever their needs at any point in their care journey. That is why our 2016-17 budget sets out our plans to transfer £250 million from the NHS to health and social care partnerships to protect and grow our social care services. That is on top of the £500 million that we are already investing over three years to support integration of health and social care. In 2016-17, we are allocating over £8 million for carer support. That includes £3 million for the voluntary sector shop breaks fund and £4.75 million for health boards for carer information strategies. Much of the funding to health boards is distributed to the third sector, including carer centres. The Scottish Government funding proposed for the coming financial year to deliver a strong financial settlement for local government. I thank the minister for that response, but is he aware that the SNP Council budget in Clackmannanshire has imposed across-the-board cuts of 7.1 per cent cash or 8.4 per cent in real terms on third sector providers, including SAMH and many children's organisations? That is at a time when organisations have been asked to pay a living wage and to implement the employer's pension contributions at least 2 per cent. Does that not fly in the face of the Government's stated commitment to the health and wellbeing of children and young people? No, I do not think that this Government has a strong record and commitment to children and young people. I note the original question relates to the area of carers that we have just collectively as a Parliament passed. I think that there is excellent legislation in relation to the carers Scotland act, with a strong focus on the position of young carers who have set out the range of direct funding that we have passed on to local government through the health and social care partnerships from the NHS through the £250 million allocation. Again, that is a strong commitment. We remain committed to delivering on the ground for all of Scotland's people, including Scotland's vulnerable. Thank you. Before we move on, I am afraid that we will not make much further progress unless questions and answers are much prefer. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is and whether there is a satisfactory level of support for older people in North Angus with dementia. The new integrated authority is responsible for assessing, planning and commissioning the right level of support for all people with dementia in its four localities, including North Angus, as part of the additional £250 million units for social care. Angus will receive an additional £5.34 million, including resources that support the growth in social care and support implementation of the living wage and other social care cost pressures. Angus is taking a strategic approach to moving resources to its enhanced community sport initiative, which has now been adopted as the new model of care for older people across Tayside. That approach reflects one of the Scottish Government's key themes in the new national clinical strategy in moving resources and services into the community and towards primary care. The minister may be aware that, as a result of local circumstances, elderly, mentally and firm care in the Mentosyn district area is no longer available for those who live in that community. Given the importance of ensuring that such care can be found within individual communities, is there anything that the minister can do to ensure that this situation is rectified as soon as possible? I thank Alex Johnson for raising the issue. I recognise that it is an important one. Local service planners were already aware that increasing rates of dementia were challenging the capacity of services in Angus and that arrangements needed to be reviewed. Consequently, a multi-agency review of residential and nursing care will commence in April and report the Angus integration joint board on completion. There is already a range of activity under way to support the challenge and agenda. There are, for example, three community mental health teams for older people in each locality. There has been support from the change fund enabling Angus to enhance the dementia liaison team. Angus has had a post-diagnostic support service since 2004. There are more than 110 staff in health social care in the voluntary sector as dementia ambassadors, but I recognise the particular issue that Alex Johnson has raised. It is on the radar of the decorated joint board and the work is under way. I will be reported back to him soon. To ask the Scottish Government when the last met representatives of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what matters were discussed. Ministers and Scottish Government officials regularly meet with representatives from health boards, including NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, to discuss matters of importance to local people. I attended a meeting of the SAVE late-burn campaign group on Monday of this week. I also say that the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow was also invited into decline to attend the event. Does the minister share my concern that an official paid to the tune of a reported £190,000 per year can take trouble not to attend this event? However, when you look at the hospitality registered by Mr Calderwood, you can see that a round of golf is something that is quite keen to attend, but it cannot take the time to attend an event in the east end to assure local people that their local hospital will not be closing. Well, I am not going to get into issues about individuals, but, as I have said to Paul Martin, before I know local people very much value the local hospital, I also know that from the correspondence that I have had from Parkinson's UK, which I have responded to, assuring them that the contents of the draft discussion paper have not in any way been accepted as concrete proposals by the board and none of which have come to me for approval. I have also made it very clear to Paul Martin previously that there would have to be some material change to the position when Nicola Sturgeon was the health secretary in 2011, when she rejected what was a formal proposal at the time to close Lightburn hospital because she had heard repeatedly, not least from local patients and clinicians, that the hospital provided a high-quality service that was greatly valued by the local community. I did note that in the Parkinson's UK submission for the debate today that they were stressing very much that they did not want this to become a party political issue and that they wanted support from across the world and did not want it turned in to a party political issue. I think that that is something perhaps we should all take notice of. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in tackling delayed discharge in NHS Grampian. Grampian has seen a 35 per cent reduction in bed days loss to delay in December 2015 compared to December 2014, the lowest level since April 2015 and the 35 per cent the lowest level since April 2015. The partnership has received £2.73 million from the three-year delayed discharge funding and I expect the partnership to utilise this money to develop community services aimed at reducing unnecessary emergency admissions and delayed discharges. What impact have junior doctors had in bringing this welcome reduction and how much the protection of the existing deal for junior doctors we have here is helping NHS Grampian recent success? The reduction in delays in Grampian is the result of the continued hard work and dedication of all health and social care staff across the partnership, including junior doctors, to ensure continued success. It is essential that professionals across health and social care continue to work together as part of a multidisciplinary team to maximise people's wellbeing and ensure that they receive the right care in the right place at the right time. The cabinet secretary will be aware that I introduced an amendment into the Carers Scotland Bill to the effect that discharge planning should start as early as reasonably possible on the patient's hospital journey. Does she know if any hospitals in Scotland are already adopting this approach? I think that if it was successful, that would contribute significantly to the way in which we must do this. As I understand it, Dumfries and Galloway have been looking and trialling this and I think we will hopefully provide some good practice models for boards elsewhere, but I am happy to write to the net mill with a bit more detail on what Dumfries and Galloway have been doing. There is a continuing issue around high levels of cancelled operations in Grampian in which the cabinet secretary will be aware of. How far is that related to continuing levels of delayed discharge? Of course, cancelled operations due to capacity issues remain a very small percentage in the recent statistics. There was around 2.8 per cent, which has remained pretty consistent over the past few months. Of course, any cancelled operation is to be regretted, but there are circumstances when emergencies come in that will need to take precedence over planned procedures. That is why we will be investing £200 million over the next five years to develop further elective centres along the model of the Golden Jubilee hospital. To ask the Scottish Government how it seeks to identify and acknowledge outstanding practice and contribution in the NHS. We are committed to rewarding the outstanding and hard-working contribution of NHS Scotland staff to the delivery of high-quality patient care services for the people of Scotland. Unlike in the other UK countries in 2015, we accepted the recommendation of the pay review bodies of a 1 per cent across the board uplift and pay for all NHS staff from 1 April 2015, thereby ensuring that NHS Scotland staff remain the best rewarded in the UK. That pay increase was supplemented by additional measures for the lower paid. Over the past couple of years, my family has been very grateful for the professional healthcare provided by hospital staff. NHS Lothian organises anual event to recognise outstanding healthcare practice. There is one category that offers patients, carers and relatives the opportunity to nominate a healthcare worker who they believe is a true health hero. Will the cabinet secretary join me in encouraging people in the Lothians to nominate a hard-working healthcare professional who has provided exceptional patient care? We should welcome any opportunity to recognise the hard-working dedication of staff across the NHS. That is why the Scottish Government works in partnership with the daily record every year to deliver the Scottish health awards, which recognise the outstanding achievement of staff across a range of roles and disciplines. To ask the Scottish Government whether the new East Lothian community hospital will be fully operational by 2019 and provide at least all of the services that are currently delivered at Rudlands general hospital. The timeline for completion of the new hospital remains unchanged and we fully expect NHS Lothian to welcome their first patients in 2019. The new hospital will be the home to a range of services, including inpatient continuing care beds, mental health and patient beds, orthopedic and rehabilitation beds, as well as shared therapies, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and music therapy. NHS Lothian will have its full business case to the Scottish Government later this year. In the process of doing this, some options and proposals for surgical services are being discussed with staff. That work links directly to the issue of maximising all of NHS Lothian's assets and ensuring the effective use of resources. NHS Lothian's local clinical objectives is to improve services in the local community, and I am confident that the project will deliver on that. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. I am afraid that the timeline is not unchanged since this hospital was due to open in 2009, but I am glad to hear that there should be no further delay. However, there are discussions under way to reduce day surgery services, eliminating day surgery under general anesthetic and to cut bed numbers, too. I have talked to staff about those already. They reject those proposals. Will the cabinet secretary tell Lothian NHS that a new hospital should provide more, not less, services? There will be surgical services at the new hospital. No final decisions have been taken on this matter, but a group has been established, which brings together clinical and leadership experts, including surgeons, anesthetists, endoscopists and theatre nurses, as well as union colleagues. As part of the review, they will work together to ensure the best outcome for patients. However, although Lothian NHS's business case is yet to be finalised, we are currently looking at 60 per cent increase in inpatient beds from around 78 to around 132. I hope that that will provide Ian Gray with the assurance that inpatient beds are increasing, not decreasing. 15. NHS boards have made in recruiting extra specialist nurses and whether the resources allocated for that purpose have been fully spent. In 2015-16, the Government invested over £2.4 million of recurring funding to improve specialist nursing and care, including the appointment of additional specialist nurses. NHS boards are responsible for ensuring that those funds deliver maximum benefit for patient care and are submitting regular progress reports on how those funds are being invested. NHS boards are in the process of recruiting additional specialist nurses or increasing the hours of existing nurses and patients are already benefiting from those changes. I welcome the MND nurses that we know about and hope that additional specialist nurses have been recruited for relatively common conditions such as MS and Parkinson. In this week, when we mark rare diseases day, can you say whether any rare diseases have benefited from additional specialist nurses using models such as the single gene complex need specialist nurses that operate in Edinburgh and other cities? The specialist nurses will cover a range of conditions. I am very happy to write to Malcolm Trism with some of the detail, but I can see from the list of different specialist nurses employed by different boards that there is a wide range of specialties that are covered by those nurses. I am very happy to write to Malcolm Trism with the detail, because it runs to quite a lot of detail here, but I am happy to furnish him with that. To ask the Scottish Government what progress there has been on the review of neonatal and maternity services. Since the launch of the review last year, a chair has been appointed and the review group established. The review group has now met on five occasions and is supported by four subgroups, which were established in January this year. The subgroups focus on maternity models of care, neonatal models of care, workforce and evidence and data. In total, around 100 NHS staff, academics and other professionals and service user representatives are involved in the review main group and the subgroups. The review has a strong focus on engagement with events taking place, with service users and with maternity and neonatal care professionals in each of Scotland's 14 territorial NHS boards. In addition, further engagement is planned with other interested stakeholders, including professional bodies, academics and third sector representatives. A communications plan, which includes a regular newsletter, blog, Twitter feed and website, is in place to inform a wide range of interests. I thank the minister for that detailed answer. What recommendations are likely to be made for upskilling nurse practitioners and extra training for local GPs to back up maternity services in rural and remote centres? Our review group has set up a subgroup to specifically consider workforce issues in relation to maternity and neonatal services. The subgroup will provide recommendations to ensure that we have a modern, flexible and efficient workforce that can deliver safe, effective and high-quality maternity and neonatal services that puts mothers and babies and families at the centre of care. That will include consideration of the roles of workforce in remote and rural locations. I ask that, as part of the review, the variation in stillbirth levels, which were highlighted, particularly for Ayrshire and Arran recently, should be looked at very closely to determine why the significant variations occur. That is already under way. Thank you very much. That concludes questions this afternoon. We note on to the next item of business.


My name is Delina Hadea, and I'm presently in St. George's because we are offering five-day camp programs in Newfoundland to bring back the language. I've been very successful. And where I'm from, my father says, I'm from Indian Rock, Muscovite. Yes, that's where I'm from. So, to tell you something about the program, I'll just say that Miigama Heritage Research and Restoration Association is a not-for-profit society registered in Nova Scotia since 2004. The board is made up of five directors, which includes also a chair. I'm the chair and director of the Miigama Language programs, culture programs, Miigama Language and Culture programs. All MHRA boards positions are volunteer. We're not for profit. However, the directors and chair are reimbursed for travel that is specific to delivering our programs. Ten years ago, in a visioning workshop, we decided to focus on bringing Miigama Language and Culture camps to the communities. To do this, the first step was to create a cohesive team guided by the director from MHRA's Language and Culture programs. We approached some of the best in the field. Dr. Bernard Francis and Curtis Michael came on board for they believed in the importance of teaching families together. When families learn at camp, they go home and they speak together. And so we began to deliver five-day Miigama Language and Culture programs throughout Miigama. Dr. Francis is a linguist who worked to complete an orthography system known as Smith Francis. And this orthography is recognized as a language learning system in Nova Scotia and other Atlantic provinces. Dr. Francis has written several books on culture and our spirituality. And of course language that goes without saying because he is the linguist such as Francis. He is well respected in Miigama communities and the academic world, well respected. He is an accomplishment musician and advocates for social justice also. It's wonderful to have him on board with us. From his youth, Curtis Michael has devoted his life in teaching our precious Miigama Language and he has developed an expertise in Smith Francis orthography. Curtis won an Inspire Award for Miigama Education a few years ago. He continues to be passionately devoted to teaching Miigama. His down-to-earth demeanor gives him the ability to teach all age groups. MHR, I should say because we are an association, has several Miigama under their wing. They are passionate in their apprenticeship through the language culture camps and continue to teach basics in Smith Francis orthography and daily expressions. In Nova Scotia, we have Heather Knockwood and Simon Francis from Subnaugedy. And in Newfoundland, we have Marcel Williams from St. George's, Shane Snook from Flat Bay, Indian Bend and Gail Hickey from St. George's. When I arrived here a few years back, there was such a rumbling about learning the languages and I would visit some of the homes and they had wallpaper studio and Miigama Expressions all over the living room and the kitchen, you name it, it was all over the place. That's so great. So I'll just continue here because there's a lot to say. We hire a manager and coordinator every camp season and they work alongside the chair, director of programs in guiding optimum quality delivery of the MHRA Miigama language culture camps. These people are, they're so wonderful, they just know what to do and the energy is so great, you know, it just works very well. Additionally, there are many volunteer hours that go into planning and helping delivery of the camps. MHRA's first camp was in Bear River in Nova Scotia. Participants were from Bear River, of course. And some were from Bridgewater, Newenburg area. MHRA receives requests every year to deliver five-day camps. We received a request from Elder Victor Muse, who lives, who was born and lives in Newfoundland. So in 2014, with funding in place, we came to St. George's, Newfoundland. And I can remember of some of the people that were involved in that that came over to teach and they looked at me and they said, thank you for allowing me to be part of making history because we brought the language back. So that was, it was wonderful. Since then, MHRA has delivered five-day camps in different communities. Flat Bay, the Flat Bay Indian Bay. And then we went on to DeGraw, the MHRA First Nation, to Cornerbrook and exploits Grand Falls. Additionally, in Nova Scotia last year, we had a five-day camp in Debert and also Shubinagadie. In 2018, we applied for funding to continue requests in Stephenville, Newfoundland. And in Nova Scotia, Milford First Nation, Acadia First Nation and Pictu Landing First Nation. Also, in 2014, we created an online Megamot language site and was administered by me up until two years ago because we had so many irons in the fire that we approached Chief Lisa Saga. She was Chief of the Flat Bay Band at that time. And we said, we invite you to take it over because we had people in place by that time that could do that. And so she said yes. Her vision is very, very astute for moving forward with the language, so it's wonderful. Since then, we oversee, like I do it on little smidgens, right, in little smidgens. And Shane Snook, who is a member of the Flat Bay Band, administers the site, administers the site. So there are about 800 people. Through the work I've done in social media, we try to really do a stat.  So anyone that wants to learn Megamot are able to do that now through our work and many others. I mean, we have to understand there are others doing good work. So also, we had a practicum last year that was online. And there were participants from all over the Atlantic that participated in that. So they had to complete a video to show they could teach the basics of Smith Francis' orthography and speak to some daily expressions. And then, you know, they go out into the community. It's like maybe talking about what Jesus said, go do your thing, right? So that's how we see as soon as you learn the basics and you can do some daily expressions, and then by all means go do it. And, you know, be with your family, be with your friends. Have, you know, potluck get-togethers. We promote all that and it's working. It's just a wonderful thing. And then we did a Mother Rees program in Subinagogy. And we did that. We lost Elin Siliboy and it was hard on many of us. And she was just such an instrumental, you know, in helping anytime. You called upon her, she was there. And so we did it.  So that was a very positive thing and very nice to honor someone who had done so much for the Miigamon language. As a young woman, I was an entrepreneur. I had coffee shops, eateries. And I also had an office overload where I did income tax for entrepreneurs in small business, unincorporated small business and personally income taxes. And there was a life change that happened for me. And so what I did is I sat for a time and decided how I would move forward with my life. And I had really, I'm a lifelong learner and I want to tell you I'm 73 years young too. So at I was in my mid fifties, I think when I decided to, you know, kind of do some training, although that I had been trained in alternative counseling and child abuse and different things.  I decided that I would go back to school and, you know, get some academics. And so I went to the Justice Institute and became a certified family mediator. And also through Simon Fraser University, I did a professional course and became a community economic development officer. So it really complimented my lifelong learning, right? It gave me some credentials to when I spoke, you know, people kind of would listen, right? So in my off time in winter right now, I presently take online courses with Memorial University. So basically that's kind of something about me. One of my hobbies is that I administer and facilitate an online traditional knowledge site that has about 1,800 people participating. Yeah. So yeah. So that's what I do. So I just want to paraphrase Elder Dr. Brittany Francis. And what he says is it's important to learn Megama. However, it's just as important to know about our language. And its relationship to our spirituality. From my perspective, my involvement with the Megama language culture programs is a breath in my heart. That's what it is. It is part of my every morning and night prayer. And I'm going to say something in Megama. And it's un kalamundi, un kalamun, which means the breath in the heart go together. So really knowing about your language and learning about your language is un kalamundi, un kalamun. So from MHRA's perspective, there are several initiatives that are essential for indigenous education to thrive. First, we must discard books that are written from an about indigenous history from a lopsided non-indigenous perspective. And I'll repeat that. The first most essential thing that we discuss is the books that have been written from a lopsided non-indigenous perspective need to be discarded. Second, it is essential for indigenous education to have its very own primary education in the immediacy of each First Nation community and funded on basis of optimum quality results. For capita systems are a miss to what is necessary to achieve best results from a healthy community perspective. In fact, in a recent CBC article, Andrea Bear Nicholas emeritus emeritus emeritus emeritus emeritus emeritus emeritus emeritus emeritus. I think it is at St. Thomas University who spent most of her career as the chair of native studies at St. Thomas University says, and I'll put my glasses on to read this and I'm quoting her directly, no paraphrase. If Canada says it really cares about languages, the idea of immersion schooling or of schooling conducted entirely in our language is really the Cadillac of how one will revive and revitalize a language. And then the third point, indigenous education is also indigenizing our colleges and universities on an equal footing and we'll put a fourth one, how to do that. To do this on equal footing, it is essential for lens of indigenous knowledge to be directed by indigenous scholars, grandmothers and knowledge keepers. Over the next 10 years, MHRR aspires, indigenous education moving forward on an equal footing with other educational systems. Indigenous nations are astute in making decisions for themselves. Moreover, it is incumbent upon Canadians to let go of a myth created over 500 years ago at the Doctrine of Discovery. Indigenous nations never needed fixing or wanted to be controlled by another nation. They were thriving nations who had successful governing systems in place before Columbus and Cartier set foot ashore in the North Americas. It is incumbent upon Canada to take a backbench approach and controlling what inherently belongs to indigenous peoples. And absolutely, it is totally unnecessary for Canada to make decisions for indigenous nations. Indigenous peoples know how to do this for themselves. Indigenous nations have a tried and true system of governing themselves. This system worked for thousands of years and some indigenous scholars such as Victoria University's professor, Taya Taya K. Alfred thinks part of these systems must be revived. MHRA would like to give honorable mention to Band Manager, Liz Lasaga of Flat Bay Indian Band, Chief Bob Glode of Indian Brook, First Nation Band, and Chief Mike Sack of Subnaugedy First Nation. Their support has been heartfelt in our continued work.


Welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I'm Goldpony as you new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2022 Jeep Renegade courtesy of Stetler Dodge Jeep Ram in York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because it's been a couple years since I have reviewed the Renegade. So wanted to check it out again. This actually has a very affordable starting price point right around the mid $20,000 range. And I'll be touching on the pricing here in a second. There is plenty of changes actually for the 2022 Renegade including one major change. So I'll be going over those for you guys as well. And ultimately in this video we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering field, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2022 Renegade. First one being the sport starting at $24,695 latitude for $29,540 altitude for $30,140 red for $30,985. The limited starts at $31,145. And lastly, the trailhawk starting at $31,340. And so for all trim levels, but that first one, everything comes standard with four-wheel drive. But for that first trim level being the sport, if you wanted to add all-wheel drive, simply add $1,400. Otherwise, that one is going to come with front-wheel drive. But here's the major change, though, for the 2022 Renegade. Previously, there has been a couple engine options available for this one. However, there is now one standard engine that comes on every single trim level across the board. And so, powering the little beast is a 1.3-liter turbocharged inline-four cylinder, putting out 177 horsepower at 5,700-ish RPM, 210 pound-feet of torque coming in at right around 1,700 RPM. Powercentre of the front wheels are all-wheels through 9 speed automatic. 0-60 time is going to come in at approximately 8.9 seconds. But we'll be giving that a go here in a little bit. But MPG numbers for the Renegade come in at 24 in the city, 32 on the highway for the front-wheel drive, 23 in the city, then 29 on the highway for the all-wheel drive. And then if you were to go with that trailhawk, it's going to lessen even more to 22 in the city, 27 then, on the highway taking regular unlit and fuel. But so, before we do any kind of fun acceleration here in our Renegade, I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes that drive mode buttons are located directly in front of the shifter. They will include auto, sport, sand, and mud, snow, and then rock. If you go with the trailhawk, that rock driving mode is only going to be for the trailhawk. But essentially, that's going to adjust things like the shift points, the throttle response, and the suspension settings then as well. So, now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the acceleration here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2022 Jeep Renegade here up to speed. And here we go. There it is. Not bad. All right, it's not the coin... Okay, yeah, it's going. It's not the quickest thing in the world, but it'll certainly get you merged onto the highway without any issues. I mean, on papers zero to 60 in 8.9 seconds definitely isn't the quickest and it's certainly no hellcap, but it does its job. It'll get the job done. I'll just put it that way. And if you're driving a car like this, you're not going to be racing it on the track anyways. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. So, as expected, we'll find four-wheel disc brakes coming standard on the Renegade. As far as that 60-zero stopping distance goes, that is going to come in at 126 feet, which is pretty average. It's pretty on point for the segment. As far as braking feel goes, it's actually really nice. I don't mind it. It kind of leans towards the firmer side of things, which you don't usually expect in SUVs. A lot of SUVs will have a softer braking feel and less emotion and it's boring, but honestly, the braking feel is really nice in the Renegade. I will say that. Again, it leans towards the firmer side of things, so it instantly brings me to a stop. So no issues there for me. In touching on suspension and handling, you will find a four-wheel independent suspension coming standard, but I do want to mention though, if you go with the Trailhawk, that is going to add a substantial bit to the suspension components, including, well, a front skid plate that's going to protect underneath, fuel tank skid plate, hill descent control, transfer case skid plate, and a transmission skid plate then as well. So Trailhawk is really built for off-roading, so all these skid plates is going to protect the undercarriage from being damaged, so you don't have to worry about that. So that is definitely pretty impressive. Overall, as far as ride quality goes, it's actually been decent. It's kind of pretty much as I expected, so it's certainly not a bad ride quality. It's not the very smoothest in the world, but it's pretty much as you would expect the Renegade to ride like so. No issues for me. As far as steering feel goes, that's really good actually. I kind of expect whenever I get into an SUV, I expect the steering feel to be super loosey-goosey and unemotional, but in this one, it kind of leans towards a heavier side of things. I mean, it's nothing too crazy, but it certainly leans towards a heavier side of things, which I personally like because it better helps you point you in the direction that you want to go. It gives the driver a little more confidence in my personal opinion. I guess you could say so. No issues with the steering feel for me. As far as cabin noise goes, we're going to whop in 18 miles per hour right now, so you're probably not getting a whole lot of anything. But overall, cabin noise is pretty subdued, so I haven't had any issues there either. The touching on visibility, I can see 100% perfectly fine out the back, and that's due in part because of the shape of the Renegade. The more boxy of the shape of an SUV, better visibility in the back you're going to have. Essentially, that's the way it works, so I can see perfectly fine out the back. I did want to also mention though, we have an optional package here today that gives us rain sensing windshield wipers and a ton of other things as well. But rain sensing windshield wipers is going to add the visibility as well. Essentially, what that is is whenever the Renegade detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on this windshield wipers for you. So just one less thing you've got to worry about there. And that actually comes standard on the trail hawk, but we have it as an option here on our particular trim level here today. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 Jeep Renegade. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2022 Jeep Renegade finished in Sting Gray clear coat. In case anybody was curious of our exterior color. I believe this is an optional color. It goes for $395 as well by the way, but pretty darn good looking in my personal opinion. But as always, let's go ahead and start up front on the Renegade here. Of course, you have that iconic signature Jeep front grille. Looks dang good up front. Of course, Jeep lettering found on the front hood. You guys can see that just above that front grille. To the sides, halogen headlights do come standard for all trim levels across the board. Automatic feature then coming with the latitude trim level and up, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, those headlights will turn on automatically then for you. Fog lights again, coming with the latitude trim level and up, you guys can see those down below there. Daytime running lights will come standard on all trim levels across the board. And if you were to go with that trail hawk, you will find two bright red tow hooks found in the front of this thing as well. So overall, actually good looking front. I'm actually a fan, but that pretty much rounds out the front end. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the Renegade. Sipping out, making our way to the side of this one, black roof rails will come standard for all trim levels across the board. Rear privacy glass also coming standard for all trim levels across the board. You will find some matte black windows surrounds coming standard for all trim levels yet again. You will get some Renegade badging found on the front doors unless you go with the trail hawk because that's going to replace that Renegade badging with trail hawk badging. Of course. So that's pretty darn cold. Take a look at the side mirrors. Power adjustable gloss black side mirrors will come standard. But if you go with the latitude or altitude, typically you're going to get body colored side mirrors. So I wanted to mention that as well. Side mirrors will be heated and integrated turret signals are going to come on the limited and trail hawk trim levels. But then take a look at the wheel setup. They are going to differ pretty substantially depending upon the trim level that you go with. 16 inch steel wheels coming with the sport, 17 inch aluminum alloys coming with the latitude and trail hawk trims, 18 inch alloys coming with the altitude and limited and then 19 inch granite painted aluminum alloys coming with the red trim level. And of course you have that matte black cladding surrounding the wheel wells as well as on the side skirts there too. But again, that pretty much rounds out the side. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back of the Renegade. It's open now. Since we are around to the back, you will find a matte black antenna found all the way on the roof of this thing there. Just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper. You will get some trim level badging. If you go with the trail hawk trim, we don't have the trail hawk obviously. So you don't have that there today. You will get the 4x4 badging though if you go with basically every single trim level but the sport front wheel drive obviously. Just below it all you will find a gloss black kind of accent to that rear bumper. And then to the sides there you will get a single exhaust outlet tucked away. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. All right. So now since we are around to the back of the Renegade, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is a manual tailgate for all trim levels across the board. There is a button of course on the tailgate itself. But once it opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 18.5 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course, those rear seats do fold down, bumping that then up to 50.8 cubic feet. I did want to also mention though in the cargo area, there is of course cargo lighting as expected but also chrome plated tie-down acres. That was pretty cool. You do have some storage to the sides as well. There is actually grocery bag hooks back there as well. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you're going to actually find some compartmentalized in-floor storage which I thought was super cool as well. So you never know when you're going to need like an ice scraper or a tire inflator kind of device back there. Words can't come to me right now, but plenty of storage space within the cargo floor is what I'm getting at. So that was pretty cool to find. Then making our way up to the rear legroom, that is going to come in at 35.1 inches. So for reference, I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Did want to also mention though that center portion, if you pull a little lever, it does fold down giving you two cup holders for the middle. If that center seat wasn't in use. Did want to also mention the rear passengers look forward. They're not just going to find a USB charging port, which is pretty cool in itself, but a 115 volt power outlet back there as well. That is very surprising to see, especially at this price point and in SUVs in general, you typically don't get 115 volt power outlets out. That was pretty darn cool. But now let's go ahead and make our way up to the front seats here. Manual adjustable claw seats do come standard heated seats coming with a limited trim level and up two way power lumbar coming with a limited trim level and up eight way power adjustable driver seat again, limited trim level and up. Did want to mention though, we do have an optional convenience group package. It goes for $1,595 on our altitude trim level that we have here today. And that does give us a ton of these things like power adjustable front seats, like the power lumbar as well and plenty of other things as well. So we do have those power adjustable front seats. So that was pretty nice. Leather seating then is going to come with the limited trim level only, but overall as far seat comfort goes was actually plenty fine. And I think the reason being was because we do have the power adjustable front seats and the power lumbar as well. So 100% did not have any issues with finding my perfect driving position probably because of that. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the steering wheel because it's actually really nice. It is tilt and telescoping manually adjustable, of course, but leather wrapped coming for the limited trim level and up, or if you go with that convenience group package, because we do have a leather wrapped steering wheel with us here today, heated steering wheel also with the limited trim level and up. But the 10 of two grips are definitely bolstered on the thicker side of things, which I always appreciate. So it's definitely a very nice feel to the steering wheel in my personal opinion. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You do have your Jeep logo on the one side of the key then when you flip it over lock unlock and that times two button is going to be a remote start, which by the way comes on the latitude trim level and up. But overall it is all keyless entry, but they push button start for every single trim level across the board. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button, which is kind of located attached to the tilt and telescoping steering wheel column here. So wanted to mention that. But anyways, once started up tachometer is all the way to your left speedometer is then all the way to your right. And there's a fairly large digital display front and center to control what is on that digital display. There are steering wheel mounted controls found on the left side of the steering wheel.  Of course, a cool picture of the renegade front and center for your safety features. That's pretty cool. I like that. How many miles you have left to to hit empty, of course, when you need your next oil change, radio information and the list goes on. So pretty much everything you could possibly want on the digital portion of the gauges up there. Now making our way to overall interior quality, there is a dual pane panoramic sunroof that is available for I think all trim levels, but the sport we don't have that unfortunately today though, but ambient led interior lighting coming with the latitude trim level and up don't have that today either. Unfortunately, dual zone climate control coming standard for all trim levels across the board. By the way, you can adjust that dual zone climate control with the infotainment screen, which we're going to get to here in a second. Overall, I like the little grab handle just above the passenger side glove box and typical Jeep fashion there. I like how these center air vents above the infotainment screen kind of pop out of the top portion here. That's pretty cool. A nice little design element. There's tons of Easter eggs in this thing. I want to mention the speaker covers. They have little Jeep grills on them. I thought that was pretty darn cool as well, but just in front of the shifter here, you've got to find a decent amount of rubberized storage. There's an auxiliary port, USB charging port, 12 volt power outlet. Just behind the shifter, you've got an electromechanical parking brake, a little place to put your cell phone, dual cupholders. And within the center armrest, although it's not that wide, it is pretty darn deep. So decent amount of storage within that center armrest as well. But overall, it's finished more on the basic side of things, but I personally don't mind it. It's perfectly fine for me. But now let's go ahead and make our way to that infotainment screen because this is pretty cool actually. 8.4 inch color touch screen display comes standard for every single trim level across the board. That didn't used to be the case. So I like that. Bluetooth and audio streaming also coming standard Android Auto Apple CarPlay, meaning just hook your smartphone up to the Renegade via USB cable and you got free navigation up there as well. By the way, factory navigation system does come standard for every single trim level across the board. Didn't expect that either. That's pretty darn cool. Radio information, of course, you can check out up there as well. And so when it comes to the sound system, six speakers is going to come standard for every single trim level across the board. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. All right, gotta be honest, this one sounds like six speakers. So it's honestly, this isn't a huge SUV, so it probably will get the job done. But it's not the best sound system I've ever heard, but it'll get the job done. Like I said, but anyways, last thing I want to mention guys on that infotainment screen is when you do put the Renegade in reverse, who will find a review camera actually taking up the entire screen, which you don't always get. So that's pretty nice. Certainly lets you know who or what is behind you, not the most high definition review camera I've ever seen, but you'll still be able to see it. But anyways, that as always is going to lead us into safety. And so to start, front side side curtain airbags do come standard. There is a driver's knee airbag up front as well. In the back, you're going to have latch, aka lower anchors and tethers to children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard for collision warning, lane departure warning and blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert as well. Then if you were to go with the latitude and up, that is going to add to that an auto dimming rear view mirror then as well. So overall, what it comes to my final thoughts here of the Renegade Fun Easter Eggs throughout, that's one of my favorite parts. Jeep always tends to do that and I love that. Even like the Jeep logos in the mirrors, that's pretty cool. Jeep grill logos on the speakers, like I was saying. So there's plenty of Jeep logos throughout this thing. Another thing is the trailhawk, although we don't have it today, I did review the Renegade trailhawk in the 2019 model year. And that thing is very off-road capable not just because of all the transfer cases underneath to protect itself, but there's actually decent amount of ground clearance and there's some added suspension components to the trailhawk as well. So that's definitely the one you're going to want to be at if you want to go off-roading in this particular Jeep. Also a decent starting price point honestly, a mid $20,000 range is a good starting price point, although it does tend to get a good bit higher than that if you go with one of the upper trims, but still good starting price point there. As far as room for improvement goes, it does lack some of the advanced safety that I typically will find on its competitors, but so it depends on what you're looking for there and I definitely wouldn't mind seeing a full digital gauge cluster up here like the new Volkswagen Tals for example as well. But overall let me know what you guys think of the Renegade in the comment section below and that is about it for this one you guys, thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before I guest to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold!


This led to a highly publicized trial that captivated the media and the public's attention. Blake was eventually arrested and charged with her murder. The trial lasted for several years and garnered widespread media coverage. He would be acquitted of criminal charges in 2005. Public opinion regarding the verdict was mixed, with some feeling that Blake was guilty, though many felt that there was not enough evidence to convict him.  On November 18, 2005, a jury found Blake liable for the wrongful death of his wife and ordered him to pay $30 million. On February 3, 2006, Blake filed for bankruptcy. Blake died from heart disease in Los Angeles on March 9, 2023 at the age of 89.


Hello friends and how are you all today? My name is Priyanka and I shall be helping you with the following question. It says find the mean and variance for each of the following data. Now here the first data which is given to us is 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4, 8 and 12. Now to find out the mean and variance let us firstly be well versed with their formula. We can calculate mean of a data which is denoted by this symbol by dividing the sum of observations by the number of observations. That is x bar is equal to 1 upon n summation xi where i is equal to 1 to n where n is the number of observations and observations are the given values which we call as x1, x2, x3 and so on. And then for calculating variance that is denoted that this symbol is equal to 1 upon n summation xi minus mean the whole square where i is equal to 1 to the number of observations that we have. Right? So the knowledge of these two formulas are the key ideas to work this question. Now let us start with the solution. Here the observations are let us put them into a tabular format. Now here we have the xi that is the observation as 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4, 8, 12. What we need to do is first of all we need to find out the sum of these observations and not adding them we have the sum as 72. Right? So let us firstly find out the mean that is equal to 1 upon n, n here are. So we have 1 upon n that is 8 summation xi that is 72 and on solving it we have the mean equal to 9. Right? Now to calculate the variance firstly we need to subtract the mean from, now here we have 9. So we need to subtract from each observation 9 and we have the answer as minus 3, minus 2 and 10 minus 9 gives us minus, sorry plus 1. Then we have further as first we had minus 3, minus 2, 1, 3, 4, minus 5, minus 1, then 3. Now we need to find out the square since we need to find out summation xi minus mean the whole square. So let us first find out xi minus mean the whole square and then we will find their sum. So we have here minus 3 the whole square as 9, minus 2 the whole square as 4 and so on. Now let us find out the sum and the sum is coming out to be 74. So we have the variance as 1 upon n that is 8 summation xi minus mean the whole square and that is 74. Where n is equal to 8 in summation xi minus mean the whole square where i is equal to 1 till 8 is equal to 74. So on calculating here we have the answer as 9.25 as the variance. So let us write down the answer one again. This is one again it is mean is coming out to be 9 whereas variance is equal to 9.25. This completes the session hope you understood the construction of this table and the procedure well bye for now.


Sean's free nil, it's finished here to do. What are your thoughts on that? I think it was a good team result and I think everyone's happy we kept a clean sheet and everyone was buzzing over it. Obviously we've got a game on Tuesday now, a quick turnover and we've just got to recover right and get ready for that. Your first goal for City, how was that? I must have enjoyed that. Loved it, how was it? I know it was absolutely shattered as well but as soon as the plates played me and I had just a shoot and a shot, I obviously went in by buzzing. In front of the cup as well, in front of all the fans, it's the sort of thing that dreams are made of having been here for a year. It's great to get that behind your back, presumably. Definitely, yeah, and obviously last season the injury and that disappointment with the injury and things like this season, I just want to get going. On the fans, you seem to have quite a good relationship with them and seem to stay out extra long and put in extra effort with them. Is that appreciated by them? Do you think and do you appreciate the support you get off them? Yeah, I love the support I get off them. That's why I take my time off the games and I stay out and make sure I say thank you to everyone. Come in and play into a 4-4-2 formation today after obviously starting on Tuesday against Preston. How much do you enjoy playing in this sort of system that Gary's putting together? I love it and obviously I'd run out of manager like this gives me confidence to go. That's why this season I was looking forward to each game because I know the manager is going to give me the confidence to get goals and assists. And do you think the way we're playing specifically suits to the way that you like to play and the way that you want to play this season? Yeah, definitely. Especially today, when you've got two strikers like Clayton Borny, it's got to get the crosses and I say I'm training and we drew every session now. They're working on my crosses because when you've got two people like that in the box, you've just got to put the ball in because like the first goal, they're always hungry to get goals. And I suppose they bring the best out of you as a player as well, fitting into what you aim to do on the pitch getting forward and putting crosses into the box for them. I suppose that makes you play better in a sense. Yeah, definitely. And two experienced players as well that I played with Borny for the hardest one I played with in that palace as well. So I know exactly what Borny wants and Clayton just tells me to get the ball in the box because he'll be there and if they're not, it's like their fault. And speaking on the experience, obviously you're moving into that category slightly as well now. Are you looking to bring the best out of your teammates in turn? Of course, every session I was going to help whoever I can help and work as hard as I can to help the team perform and that's why I just can't wait until every game comes. And like we mentioned coming back into the team, how much are you looking forward now to continuing that momentum over the course of the season? I can't wait for it and obviously the good thing about it is the game comes so quick on a Tuesday. It's not like you've got to wait another week for a game. Tuesday comes and you're straight back out there again. On Tuesday it goes straight back out there to Stevenage. How much are you looking forward to getting back out on the pitch and what are we looking to do there? Obviously this game is finished now so we'll probably be training Monday now and then from Monday we'll go through everything and what will be the plan and how we're going to go down to Stevenage and beat them.


She sees a pregnant beggar, but then realizes something is off. Melissa Smith from San Diego, California, was on her usual errand routine when she spotted the panhandler again.  Melissa decided to trust her intuition and investigate a little further.  But when she saw where they went, she was incredulous. Her first instinct was to whip out her phone. This beggar had to be smart the center, where she reserved her favorite spot was at a shopping plaza called East Lake Village Center. This upmarket shopping center contained restaurants, Goodwill, hair stylists, dentists, grocery stores and expensive clothing stores. The woman knew that this place would be crawling with people willing to spare some extra cash for a penniless woman with an enormous baby bump. But she had a huge flaw in her plan she could never have suspected that one woman was onto her scheme. California may be famous for its balmy weather, pristine beaches, and glamorous residents, but it is also notorious for its large number of homeless people. And people also have to be aware that some of them are imposters. Melissa was no fool when it came to con artists, but she just felt uneasy about this woman in particular. But when she began to see her every weekend in her usual spot, she dismissed her gut feeling. I felt bad. There's a pregnant lady with a little boy who is down on her luck, she recalls. Little did she know, she should have trusted her first instincts. The beggar would stand out in the scorching sun for quite some time, but she wasn't always on her own with her son. Melissa recalls seeing who she assumed was the little boy's dad standing with them on more than one occasion. The trio had become notorious in the area, it's not every day you see a pregnant beggar. This pulled more than a couple of heartstrings and sure enough, passers-by tended to give them more than usual often dropping dollar bills into their collection cup and handing them hot drinks and sandwiches. But one day, Melissa couldn't contain her curiosity. Smith hadn't questioned the beggar's motives until one particular day, and couldn't help but feel pity for her. She had seen the pregnant woman in the same spot for over two months. She must be desperate, Melissa thought. Being heavily pregnant and standing in the scorching Californian sun for hours must have been excruciatingly uncomfortable for the poor woman. But then, something happened that stirred a deep suspicion in Melissa, and she couldn't let it go. The pregnant woman seemed to have mastered the art of begging. She knew she would be pitted by shoppers walking in and out of the shopping center, so she did her best to stir their emotions. Consumers saw a pregnant beggar with a little boy by her side, and couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt. Her cardboard sign that she held above her baby bump said please help, and of course, people who walked by felt terrible for the young woman and took out their wallets. But was it all an act, or was she genuine? Melissa had to find out, but she had no idea just what she was getting herself into. Although Melissa lived just a short drive away from the shopping center, she had never been there at this particular time before. She would usually run her errands during an hour at mid-morning, but today, she decided to break her routine and stop for a smoothie before closing time. Immediately noticing that the pregnant beggar was conspicuously absent from her usual spot, Melissa couldn't help but worry for the woman. She hoped she was okay. Upon starting her car, she realized that she was running low on gas. So she swung around to the gas station opposite the East Lake Village Center, and pulled over to fill her tank. Then, something odd caught her eye that would lead to an investigation. As Melissa was pumping gas into her car, she noticed a familiar face. The pregnant beggar was waiting behind the shopping center, holding her sign up in hopes of getting a few more pennies before she went home. But as Melissa continued to watch, she noticed a car heading straight for the pregnant beggar. Was she in trouble? The vehicle stopped right beside the woman, and Melissa's suspicion started to grow. Had she seen too much? Melissa couldn't believe what she was witnessing. She crained her neck to get a better look and her mouth opened in complete disbelief. The driver was the woman's partner. But the most surprising detail was what the man was driving. The car was a Mercedes-Benz, a well-known luxury brand with all the bells and whistles. It was obvious, even to Melissa, that it cost a lot of money.  Melissa jumped into action, but never expected to make headlines. They were leaving, and I noticed they went in a Mercedes-Benz. I thought, wow, a Mercedes-Benz explains Melissa. Not only that, but the car also appeared to be brand new. Melissa jumped into her car and followed the couple. As she documented the whole process with her phone, her car rolled up beside the couple, who were laughing.  Here they are counting money, laughing. Their little boy is not in a car seat or a seat belt. He's all the way in the front seat with them, Melissa said. She couldn't have felt more betrayed. She knew that she needed to get to the bottom of this and warn everyone. But she could never have known how deep this case really went. Melissa followed the car to another shopping center, not far from the first. It seemed like this couple had everything carefully planned out. The vehicle came to a halt, and to Melissa's amazement, the pregnant beggar got out, and started to fool everyone again. She sits there with the sign. He goes and, parks the Mercedes. They put up the sign and not less than five minutes. Here she is getting money from all these people, Melissa said angrily. Now, she had caught her, but she couldn't have known that the authorities would soon be involved. Melissa was scratching dangerously at the surface of something much more sinister. As Melissa got closer to the woman and her little boy, she started snapping pictures. But when the pregnant beggar spotted her she grew vicious. She started yelling and screaming, lifting a huge rock threateningly. Next thing I know, she picked up this big boulder, Melissa said, I don't know if pregnant people can do that, but it was pretty big over her head and coming at me with this rock.  What the woman didn't know was that Melissa wasn't about to let what she had seen go. Melissa decided that she wasn't going to let the woman get away with bamboozling the public so easily. She called the news station and posted everything on social media. She wanted everyone to know how they had been deceived, and to warn everyone in the area not to fall for this master beggar's plan. The news station was so intrigued by the story that they decided to run the plates from the car Melissa had taken pictures of. To their surprise, it stated that the car was in a woman's name and also, there was an address that was undisclosed. She had no idea that others had their eyes on this particular panhandler too. Journalists quickly followed the lead, and this began an exciting spiral. The apartment complex where the woman resided was called Encinitas Heights Apartments, and residents said rent is $2,500 a month. After a couple of attempts, no one answered the door. But then, they received a phone call. The couple living in the apartment had just moved in, while the couple before them had just picked up and left. Smith had documented everything. Social media and the news had become rather interested in the mysterious pregnant beggar and broadcasted the story for everyone to see. I feel bad. Don't give these people money. They don't need it. They're driving a Benz, Smith said. But while the investigation was still infuriating people, one call made journalists spring into action. Another witness had spotted the panhandler. Rebecca was doing her shopping when she thought she recognized a beggar at another shopping center. She called the bro-adcasters and were quickly informed. Minutes later, Emily Valdez arrived at the center. Valdez while S told that the beggar was still in the area, she quickly got to her feet and searched the center for the mystery woman. But when she found her, she was perplexed. Was this woman supposed to be pregnant? Only two days had passed since Melissa Smith had taken the pictures, but this lady in front of her was holding a baby. The camera crew and Valdez approached the woman. Is this you, begging? Valdez asked the woman as she held up her phone with the picture of the pregnant beggar. The woman looked at the picture for some time and then said she didn't speak English. Had they just caught her? The woman who was holding the baby was also with a little boy who looked exactly like the one in the picture, and then the father arrived. He dismissed the camera crew and took his family through the parking lot. The camera crew documented them going inside a minivan with dealer plates. But they had another plan up their sleeve. They ran facial recognition on both women, and the results matched them at an 80%. But something made Valdez think that there was more to the whole situation. He had first spoken in Spanish, but then briefly said something to the panhandler in a second language. Little did he know that this detail was about to blow the whole case wide open. Valdez replayed the recording and listened carefully when she heard the language and immediately got on the phone to call in the experts. Leslie Albright watched the video that had been taken by Valdez and her camera crew intently. She had retired recently from her post as a detective at the San Diego Police Department, where she had served as a specialist in underground crime rings for 25 years. But there was something about this case that had her nodding her head, and it suddenly hit her that this was no ordinary panhandler. The woman whose actions had infuriated millions on social media was about to have her scam exposed, but there was more to the story. There was an indication that there was a growing problem in the community. Underneath California's slick and hip exterior, there was a dark under belly growing bigger by the day. One redditor was determined to expose what was really going on at great risk. Leslie had seen a lot of crime in her life, and when she heard the man speak, she suspected that something was up. She recognized the language that he had spoken in the recording taken by Valdez's camera crew right away, and their modus operandi fitted many that she had seen before perfectly. But what else was the couple hiding? According to Albright, the couple is tied to an organized crime ring in California. They and had entered the country illegally and commit crimes on a daily basis. They are known to reside in expensive apartment blocks and have numerous cars to enable them to pull their scams on their unsuspecting targets. It is likely that the couple is not a couple at all, and the panhandler's pregnancy was used as a tactic to elicit sympathy from the kind-hearted locals. But what other crimes is the ring heading? There is more to the story than meets the eye. The problem with this particular group is that they rarely stay in one place for long, and this makes it difficult for the authorities to pinpoint them. As soon as they get wind that someone is onto them, they pack up and move on. This is exactly what had happened with this particular pair of suspects. But one unnamed man was about to shine a light on the mysterious couple and endanger himself in the process. One man came forward after seeing the video of the panhandler on the news and revealed all the details on Reddit. I had a friend of a friend tell me that they knew them and that they're just a hustling pair of con artists whose families conned their way into the country. He also went on to say that he knew the details of the woman's dark past and that her life had not been a pleasant one. She had been forced to work within the crime ring from a young age. After he leaked the information, he removed himself from Reddit for fear of what would be done to him if the men who ran the crime ring ever found out his identity. It was also revealed that the woman seen in the footage often pretends to be pregnant with a foam prop hidden under her shirt, and this helps her to collect over $500 per day, and there are many other women like her. The inner workings of the organized crime ring are complex, with men who had the operation from the top. They promise food and shelter to the women who are dispatched all over the country each morning, and their illicit panhandling practices ensure that they have enough money to live lavish lives. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. They'll use the babies, children, any way they can. The children will not go to school because their job and their future is the family business, Albright said in an interview. These children grow up into a life of crime. The unnamed redditor also wrote, people should know, there's plenty of service and organizations that exist to help people, and especially for women with children. They're taking advantage of them all as well as scamming people at the parking lot entrances. Neither of them are reporting the money they're making from her begging and both are claiming poverty to get state and federal assistance. Shortly afterward, the informant started to receive strange and threatening phone calls, but he had one more thing to add before he disappeared off Reddit. They might be up and trying to scam again, or it might be another woman, either way, call the cops on them, making sure to tell the dispatch that they're the BMW scammers, so they're identified and the state can start the proper deportation proceedings against them. Don't help any of them or give money to any of the panhandlers you might see. The unnamed redditor cautions. Investigators are still trying to find the head of operations and people have become more careful of the people they give their money to since the story went viral. Who knows what other crimes are tied to this Californian crime ring?