I think that we would all acknowledge that social care is critical if we are to reduce waiting times at A and E. COSLA has calculated that there is a £15 million funding gap in meeting the cost of delivering the real living wage to adult social care workers. That appears to be because the Scottish Government has taken the baseline as £12.71 per hour rather than £12.60, which is the current level of pay. The shortfall will have a devastating impact on social care services. Will the minister clarify whether that was intentional? If it was not, will he move to correct the error?

