All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
Opposition to Tain losing its only swimming pool is growing as the SNP-led administration at Highland Council is urged to “go back to the drawing board” or risk letting down a generation of young people in the Easter Ross community.
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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has called for an immediate pause on the Scottish Government’s revaluation of business rates, as he warned of the pressures facing small businesses across the country.
The public spending watchdog reported that delayed discharges cost the NHS alone at least £440 million a year, with the full cost to the health and social care system likely to be much higher, only the SNP Government no longer calculate it.
Responding to comments made by the Auditor General that it will be “really challenging” for the SNP government to eradicate year-long health waits by March, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Jamie Greene said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Jamie Greene has today revealed that since the nationalisation of the ScotRail franchise the service has paid out more than £3m in payments to passengers whose trains have been cancelled or delayed.
Responding to the finding of an independent investigation that Justice Secretary Angela Constance broke the ministerial code, Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said the SNP are disastrous for your health after figures showed that 834,073 are on NHS waiting lists.
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