All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
A young patient in the Highlands was forced to wait 1,189 days - more than three years - before they started mental health treatment in the last year, it has been revealed amidst calls for new specialist beds for young people across the North.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have launched a wide-ranging survey on health services across the Highlands and are encouraging the public to participate and “make your voice count.”
Former Great Britain Judo Champion and Commonwealth Games medalist, Connie Ramsay, says she will “take the fight to the Highland Council” following her selection as the Highland Liberal Democrat candidate in the Tain and Easter Ross by-election.
The public is being urged to back a campaign launched this week by the Highland Liberal Democrats to break up Highland Council - the largest local authority in Scotland.
The Scottish Government is being urged to “increase investment in mental health services” after new statistics show over 1500 patients were admitted via an Emergency Department across NHS Highland with a self-harm diagnosis in the last five years.
At a meeting with the Scottish Government’s Public Health Minister Jenni Minto MSP at Wick General Hospital, campaigners warned that mums-to-be in Caithness “need action, not warm words” concerning local maternity services.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Skye Lochaber and Badenoch and rural affairs spokesperson Andrew Baxter has today said he will convene a cross-party summit to examine fresh measures for preventing and responding to wildfires and to learn from the fire i
Ex-leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and former Deputy First Minister Lord Nicol Stephen, a fellow Aberdonian, said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has today revealed new figures showing the long waits that Scottish kids are facing to access dental services and said that the Scottish Government must end ‘dental deserts’ by giving dentists
As the Cairngorms wildfire enters its tenth day, Liberal Democrats MSPs have called on the Scottish Government to convene its Resilience Room and look at declaring a national emergency.
With the Commonwealth Games set to kick off tomorrow in Glasgow, the Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to ensure that millions of sports fans can watch the events free-to-air.
Commenting on Anas Sarwar’s decision to quit as Scottish Labour leader and his appointment to the House of Lords, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.
The UK must once again stand tall, leading on the world stage and working closely with those who share our interests – including, above all, our partners in Europe.
No child should ever have to experience sexual abuse. These are horrifying crimes that cause so much harm to the children who are victims. We will keep up the pressure so that the action needed to make our communities safe all children finally happens.
Government must deliver the change people are yearning for
A new charity single to support young carers
Pippa Heylings reports from the global climate summit in Baku