Independent review of Caithness maternity services won in Parliament
The Scottish Government has today agreed to back a Scottish Liberal Democrat amendment in Holyrood calling for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
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The Scottish Government has today agreed to back a Scottish Liberal Democrat amendment in Holyrood calling for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
Almost 40,000 days of staff time for nurses and midwives have been lost across NHS Highland over the last five years due to a growing mental health crisis, the Highland Liberal Democrats have said.
The Scottish Government is being urged to urgently step in to find a replacement for lifeline services from Wick airport in response to Eastern Airways facing administration.
Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, and Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, are co-hosting a conference on adult social care in Fort William on Friday 24th October.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is being urged to reconsider and broaden its current ‘Access to Cash’ policy to include an ‘Access to Banks’ provision following the recent mass closure of local bank branches across the UK.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have called for a new law to strengthen rural communities, accusing the SNP government of “a broken relationship with rural Scotland” that has left many rural areas forgotten and left behind.
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