SNP U-TURN ON DENYING OLDER PEOPLE SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER 30 Nov 2023 Jackie Baillie has declared a victory for older women after the SNP government back-tracked on…
HEARTBREAKING DEATH TOLL REVEALED AS HOUSING EMERGENCY CAUSING MISERY IN DUMBARTON, VALE OF LEVEN, HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND 29 Nov 2023 Jackie Baillie has declared a housing emergency across Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven after…
BANK OF SCOTLAND URGED TO CONSULT RATHER THAN ENFORCE KILCREGGAN BRANCH CLOSURE 29 Nov 2023 Jackie Baillie has urged the Bank of Scotland to consult with local communities after they…
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 19 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I am afraid that my app would not connect and therefore I did not manage to vote no. Read more →
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 19 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I am not sure whether my app connected. I would have voted yes. Read more →
Accident and Emergency Waiting Times 14 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I thank the First Minister for his response, but in NHS Ayrshire and Arran, one patient waited at A and E for 122 hours—that is five days. At Borders general hospital, the wait was 88... Read more →
Accident and Emergency Waiting Times 14 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates 6. To ask the First Minister what urgent action is being taken to address long waits in A and E departments, in light of reports that over 7,300 patients waited for more than a day in 2023, with... Read more →
National Health Service Waiting Lists 13 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Will the minister take an intervention? Read more →
National Health Service Waiting Lists 13 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Will the cabinet secretary give way? Read more →
National Health Service Waiting Lists 13 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I move, That the Parliament is concerned that almost 825,000 patients are stuck on NHS waiting lists for tests and treatment, whilst long waits have continued to rise, despite the current First... Read more →
National Health Service Waiting Lists 13 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I thank all staff who are employed in the NHS. We know that they work incredibly hard to care for us, but they are being let down by the Scottish National Party Government. It has been two years... Read more →
Health Budget 13 Mar 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Patients and staff have been promised state-of-the-art national treatment centres for many years now, specifically to increase capacity and tackle the waiting list backlog. As a result of the... Read more →
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 29 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates The minister has managed to join together all the trade unions—Unite the union, GMB, the STUC and Unison—in a common view: they want all of that in the bill. Why will she not do it? Read more →
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 29 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I understand that the member has been asking for the target operating model for some time. Does he think that it is acceptable that it appeared only yesterday, when there was no time for... Read more →
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 29 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Social care is in crisis right now. Care packages for some of our most vulnerable people are being cut, almost 10,000 people are stuck waiting to receive assessments and care, and providers are... Read more →
Eljamel and NHS Tayside Public Inquiry and Independent Clinical Review 29 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I thank the cabinet secretary for advance sight of his statement and welcome him to the health and social care portfolio. I welcome the announcement of the chairs of the public inquiry and the... Read more →
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Referral Back to Lead Committee at Stage 1 28 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Will the minister take an intervention? Read more →
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Referral Back to Lead Committee at Stage 1 28 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I absolutely do. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee made the point that it is not good legislative practice to stick substantive decisions on spending into secondary legislation. An... Read more →
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Referral Back to Lead Committee at Stage 1 28 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I come to the chamber more in sorrow than in anger to move a motion to ask the Parliament to send the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill back to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee for... Read more →
Budget (Scotland) (No 3) Bill 27 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Will the Deputy First Minister give way? Read more →
Budget (Scotland) (No 3) Bill 27 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Will the member take an intervention? Read more →
Budget (Scotland) (No 3) Bill 27 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates Will Stuart McMillan take an intervention? Read more →
Budget (Scotland) (No 3) Bill 27 Feb 2024 Scottish Parliament debates I always endeavour to do so, Presiding Officer, and I learned everything that I know from John Swinney, so I am grateful to him for the reminder of behaviour. I am genuinely long enough in the... Read more →