MSP for Central Scotland, Graham Simpson has criticised plans by the SNP for a National Care Service after new statistics revealed the reduction in local authority run care homes in Lanarkshire.
The statistics from Public Health Scotland show that since 2012, the number of local authority care home
Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for Central Scotland, Graham Simpson, says that the SNP Government’s over-reliance on agency and locum staff in NHS Lanarkshire sums up their “gross mismanagement” of the NHS.
Mr Simpson’s comments come after figures from the NHS Workforce showed that over £42
I was privileged to join colleagues from across The Scottish Parliament in commemorating The Queen.
No doubt all of you were as moved as I was by her funeral yesterday.
You can watch my contribution in full above.
Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for Central Scotland, Graham Simpson, has warned of a “ticking timebomb” when it comes to patients in Lanarkshire waiting on key diagnostic tests.
Mr Simpson’s call comes after new Public Health Scotland Statistics revealed 157,289 patients across Scotland are
Central Scotland MSP and Shadow Minister for Transport, Graham Simpson, has this week visited local bus and coach operator Whitelaws to hear about the challenges facing their industry.
He met with Whitelaw’s Managing Director, Sandra Whitelaw, at their depot in Stonehouse who updated him on operati
I travelled down to Newcastle from Edinburgh with the team from Lumo to visit their head office.
This all-electric service, which has been in operation for nearly a year, is going from strength to strength.
On the journey back I was fortunate enough to rid in the cab with the driver.
Had a fantastic visit to Falkirk Distillery earlier today which is going to be an important tourist attraction for the #falkirk area.
It was great to hear about their plans for the future - especially the 80 new jobs which they hope to create.
Many thanks to Rebecca Kean from the distillery and Su
Central Scotland MSP, Graham Simpson, has described recent statistics which show that the number of sexual crimes in Lanarkshire have risen sharply as ‘deeply troubling’.
The Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP’s comments come after new statistics from the Scottish Government’s Recorded Crime da
NHS Lanarkshire have announced today that all young people waiting for a first assessment with a clinician from Lanarkshire’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) will be offered a first appointment in the coming weeks.
The CAMHS team will be making contact by phone meaning people are
Figures published today show that Scotland’s ‘Union dividend’ grew to the highest sum on record in 2021-22.
The figure, which combines the value of Scotland’s higher spending and lower revenue compared to the UK as a whole, reached £12billion last year – £2,184 per person.
The annual GERS re
