Highland patients are waiting almost a year for hearing tests
The independence and autonomy of Highland patients is being chipped away by waits for hearing tests and hearing aids lasting the best part of a year, according to David Green MSP.
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The independence and autonomy of Highland patients is being chipped away by waits for hearing tests and hearing aids lasting the best part of a year, according to David Green MSP.
The Scottish Government did not assess the potential impact of its £2 bus fare cap on its own publicly owned rail services across the Highlands before rolling out the policy, it has been revealed.
New figures show there were 11 times as many wind farm Special Order movements in the Highlands in the last two financial years as in the previous five, raising concerns about the pressure on Police Scotland’s resources.
Thrombectomy services should be available around the clock in Scotland, as they are in Northern Ireland, according to Far North MSP David Green, who raised the issue in the Scottish Parliament ahead of World Stroke Day on 29 October.
The Scottish Government was urged to intervene after Highland Council confirmed a 40% cut to funding for Caithness and Sutherland Women’s Aid (CASWA), the only specialist domestic abuse service covering the area.
Far North MSP David Green has raised patient concerns with the Scottish Government over the loss of chronic pain management services in the Highlands, including the withdrawal of pain-relieving injections and other clinical interventions.
Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish Government to take action to bolster Police Scotland after the force's latest statistics showed its officer numbers still dramatically below their peak.
Scottish Liberal Democrats are calling on the Scottish Government to redouble its support for fire and flood safety after the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) released its annual Fire Safety and Organisational Statistics for 2025-26.
Scottish Liberal Democrats are calling on the SNP to heed the findings of a major new report that identifies serious cause for concern about the standard of living in Scotland, with the population suffering persistent inequalities and a serious sense of d
Susan Murray, Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dunbartonshire and Scottish Affairs spokesperson, has called on the UK Government to test fireworks more often, after it confirmed it has carried out no national noise testing of fireworks in the last three years.
Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged the SNP government to respect the will of parliament and make a ministerial statement setting out its plans for introducing a learning disabilities, autism and neurodivergence bill after MSPs voted for the legislation
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the Highlands and Islands Morven-May MacCallum has accused the SNP of letting CalMac’s ferry fleet “fall into disrepair” as she revealed that at least 8 vessels of the CalMac fleet are currently running with obsolete syst
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