Responding to new figures which show that Scotland continues to have a higher avoidable mortality rate than England and Wales, with 1 in 4 deaths considered avoidable in 2024 and the rates in the most deprived areas quadruple those in the least deprived,
Responding to the news that the SNP will miss a key target to eradicate long waits for treatment on the NHS, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that Scotland deserves a government that will “move mountains for cancer patients”, following a drop in the survival rates for certain types of cancer.
A year after Sevenoaks Town Council’s landmark 20mph speed limit scheme came into force, the evidence is clear: our roads are safer and traffic is slower.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today said that new government plans to tackle “constraint payments” for renewable energy producers, announced today, could be the way to deliver an “isles tariff” and cut energy bills.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has presented a petition in the House of Commons raising serious concerns about the proposed closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s hyper-acute stroke unit (HASU).