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Jackie in Parliament

Nursing and Midwifery Vacancies

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

Just yesterday, the First Minister promised women more support from pregnancy through birth, yet, in the past few weeks, my office has been inundated with emails from distressed midwifery...

Nursing and Midwifery Vacancies

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to reports that newly qualified nurses are unable to find employment in the national health service despite...

Programme for Government

Scottish Parliament debates

No. [Interruption.] That will impact on front-line services and staff. The Cabinet Secretary for Finance said that essential staff would be protected. Why, then, are vacancies for...

Programme for Government

Scottish Parliament debates

Thank you so much, Presiding Officer. Waiting lists are now at a staggering 864,000 people, or one in six of our fellow Scots, which is the highest number on record, although the...

Programme for Government

Scottish Parliament debates

—and on everything from the failure to close the attainment gap to the removal of hundreds of teachers from classrooms. The First Minister also told us about changes that he is...

Programme for Government

Scottish Parliament debates

I say as gently as I can to the health secretary that he should spend more time listening and reflecting than on trying to interrupt me. [Interruption.] Pam Duncan-Glancy highlighted...

Programme for Government

Scottish Parliament debates

Presiding Officer, it is safe to say that it has been a long summer—one that should occasion a period of reflection for the SNP. We would, of course, expect to see recognition of that in...

Gender Identity Healthcare for Young People

Scottish Parliament debates

I thank the minister for early sight of her statement and thank the chief medical officer and his team for their work on the “Cass Review: Implications for Scotland” report. ...

Pre-budget Fiscal Update

Scottish Parliament debates

In a letter to health boards, Caroline Lamb, the chief executive of the NHS, warned that there is a £1.1 billion black hole at the heart of the NHS budget for this year. The documents that...

Decision Time

Scottish Parliament debates

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not connect to the app. I would have voted yes.

Social Services (Cuts)

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

Across Scotland, national health service and social care partnerships are facing a combined budget gap of almost £1.4 billion, which means that there will be severe cuts to social care...

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

Is it any wonder that the people of Scotland are crying out for change from 14 years of Tory chaos and 17 years of SNP incompetence?

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

Last year, Kate Forbes attacked Humza Yousaf and said that continuity would not cut it, but she seems to have failed to learn her own lesson, because all that we have heard today is more of the...

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

Her attack is straight out of the Tory playbook. Is she not aware that the people of Scotland can see right through that very desperate spin from the SNP? People are tired of the chaos. They are...

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

That was a desperate response from the Deputy First Minister. She had no answer to the £5 billion of waste generated under her watch, and she knows that she is misleading the chamber,...

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

Given the real challenges in the country, can the Deputy First Minister explain to the people of Scotland why the SNP is wasting their money, because that is utterly indefensible?

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

That includes agency spend costing the national heath service more than £1.6 billion, delayed discharge costing more than £1.3 billion and ferries now £330 million over...

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

Wait for it. That analysis reveals that the SNP has wasted £5 billion since it came to office. [ Interruption .]

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

It unforgivable that the SNP is wasting taxpayers’ money. The scale of the incompetence goes even further. New analysis published by the Scottish Labour Party today reveals that the...

Funding and Expenditure

First Minister’s Question Time

Scottish Parliament debates

It is interesting that the clawback in Scotland is going to be greater than anywhere else in the UK. The scale of return in Scotland is likely to be 28 per cent; in Wales, it is 9 per cent; in...