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Cole-Hamilton comments after Scottish Budget
Commenting after the Scottish Budget, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
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Operations activity stagnating below pre-pandemic levels
Responding to Public Health Scotland figures published today which show that the number of planned operations is still falling short of pre-pandemic levels, with 14.9% fewer operations planned…
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Mental health treatment targets missed as 2,130 people wait over a year
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton today said Scotland needs world class mental health services after new figures showed the mental health waiting times targets being missed yet…
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Highest ever number of people stuck in hospital
Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures which showed 2,030 people were stuck in hospital in October due to their discharge being delayed, the worst on record, Scottish Liberal Democrat…
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Worst October on record at A&E
Responding to new figures showing only 66.6% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in October 2024, the worst on record for the month, while 16,002 people waited over 8 hours and…
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Cole-Hamilton responds to Auditor General NHS Report
Responding to the Auditor General’s embargoed report which finds the Scottish Government has no clear plan to address the operational pressures on the NHS or reform services, Scottish Liberal…
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Liberal Democrats will vote against NICs rise to protect small businesses
Ahead of the vote to raise employers’ National Insurance today (3rd December), Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
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Public trust in decline after two decades of SNP failure
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has today said that people “feel like nothing works anymore” under the SNP after a new official survey found that trust in the Scottish Government dropped…
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Key mental health targets breached for 168,000 people
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton today marked ten years since Scotland’s mental health waiting targets were introduced by revealing that they have been breached for at least…
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Scot Lib Dems reveal 27,954 empty homes across Scotland
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry has today accused the SNP of a “massive failure” to tackle the housing crisis after new research by his party uncovered that almost 28,000…
