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Drug-related deaths are avoidable tragedies.
Data published this week showed that 155 drug related deaths occurred last year in the Lothians, an increase from 2018. Scotland continues to have the highest drug-related death rate in Europe and a rate almost 3.5 times the UK rate as a whole. Every drug-related death is an avoidable tragedy. The scale of the crisis …
Joint Letter to the First Minister Calling for our Rail Passenger Services to Be Taken Into Public Ownership
In April 2020 and given the unprecedented decline in passenger numbers, the Scottish Government allocated a six-month funding to allow ScotRail to continue to operate. This emergency funding agreement has been extended until January 2021 – what will happen after this period, it’s for the Scottish Government to decide. That’s why I’ve signed this joint …
Support for the Caring for Carers campaign by Unite
I’m supporting the Caring for Carers campaign launched by Unite. Time to support staff who have put themselves on the line for months now during the pandemic. They deserve safe working conditions, decent pay & our support.
Buy Local!
This Saturday, don’t forget to support your local businesses. Our local businesses are vital to our economy and we need to support them now more than ever. #buylocal #localbusiness
Maria Fyfe
Maria Fyfe passed away earlier today, a terrible loss for both Scotland and Politics. She was the only Labour female MP from Scotland, when she was first elected in 1987 and proudly represented Glasgow Maryhill for the following 14 years. She led the way for so many women in politics. In her career, she fought …
New Data from Public Health Scotland show that Scotland is facing a tidal wave of health problems
According to new data from Public Health Scotland, in September 2020, there were 14,443 on the waiting list for key diagnostic tests, with 7,680 waiting more than four weeks and 6,265 waiting more than six. This is compared to 2,995 people waiting more than four weeks in the same period in 2019 and 1,913 people …
World AIDS Day
At the end of 2019, over 6,000 people in Scotland and 38m globally were living with HIV. I support HIV Scotland in their #GenerationZero campaign to end HIV. Find out more here: https://www.zero.hiv.scot/ From Covid-19 to AIDS, overcoming any global health crisis requires all of us to work together to guarantee everyone is able to …