Community link worker posts are set to be reduced from 64 to 42 in Glasgow from next year. This week, one Glasgow general practitioner told the BBC that those cuts could result in lives being lost. I understand that the Government has put a funding offer to the health and social care partnership in Glasgow, but that that was rejected.

Can the First Minister please provide an update on discussions with the health and social care partnership and advise what options remain to save those critical and cost-effective roles in some of our most deprived communities?

I join Paul Sweeney in recognising the importance of community link workers. All of us who have community link workers in our constituencies have seen the invaluable service that they provide. Every single GP practice that I have spoken to sees them as valuable and critical members of their staff.

Paul Sweeney was right to recognise that the Scottish Government has offered additional funding, but that does not seem to be enough, according to the Glasgow city health and social care partnership, to continue the full provision of community link workers. We are continuing to engage with the partnership, and I expect to be able to update Paul Sweeney and others in Parliament who have an interest in the issue at some point next week.