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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the government to tackle dental health inequalities as new figures showed those from the most deprived backgrounds are now more likely than ever to lose out on NHS dental care compared to those from the least deprived backgrounds.
Responding to new figures showing that last week only 64% of patients in Scotland's A&E departments were seen within the four-hour target time, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton criticised the SNP-Green government for taking staff and patients for granted.
Speaking on International Day of Education, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today called on the government to take urgent action to support Scotland’s education sector and tackle "pressure cooker classrooms" as he revealed that 310,739 working days among school and nursery staff had been lost to mental health in just eighteen months.
Responding to representatives of the EIS union branding the Scottish Government's discussions on teacher pay as "disingenuous" and "stubborn" and their warning "The cold, hard truth is that, despite all their public claims of ‘working tirelessly’ and ‘turning over every stone’ to reach agreement, their entrenched position and refusal to offer any compromise at all leaves teachers, children and young people, and their parents facing the prospect of continuing and escalating strike action in Scotland’s schools", Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
Responding to the report in the Daily Record today that Glasgow City Council is drawing up plans to axe free school meals during the school holidays despite rising demand, Scottish Liberal Democrat communities and education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today criticised the government’s “unacceptable failure” to support the dental sector as he revealed that in the first eight months of the year, the number of dentists providing NHS services fell by 8% compared to pre-pandemic numbers.
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
