Following the interest generated around his family when local Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton had to resuscitate his 4 year old daughter when she swallowed a coin, Alex organised 3 pop-up first aid training events in West Edinburgh to offer people the opportunity to get basic life saving skills. In total, over 40 local people were trained by local volunteers in first strike emergency care.

Local Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has received widespread praise for forcing the Scottish Government to bring forward a national ‘Falls and Fractures’ Strategy to reduce falls among older people and other vulnerable groups. On three occasions he secured a Parliamentary majority to defeat the government on this issue. 

Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement of details of the Scottish Child Payment, Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:

Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today branded new statistics showing a dramatic rise in the number of suicides in Scotland in 2018 “startling and heart-breaking” as he demanded new investment in mental health.

Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the Scottish Government to take urgent steps to support struggling substance misuse services, after new figures showed NHS Lothian breaching the waiting time target for alcohol and drug treatment.

Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has branded current waits for cancer treatment a “scandal”, as new statistics show quarterly performance against the 62 day target is at its worst since the standard was introduced in 2012.

Volunteers at Edinburgh School Uniform Bank are receiving requests for back-to-school packs at an alarming rate, with twice the number of referrals coming in compared to the same period last year.

Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today revealed new figures showing almost ten times as many patients are now waiting over 12 weeks for hospital dental treatment as there were four years ago. 

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has today expressed concern that plans for a second consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act will lead to no legislation being passed in the current parliament.

Scottish Liberal Democrats have today announced that they will vote against the Planning Bill again at Stage 3, the final parliamentary hurdle, blaming “SNP timidity and Tory obstructionism” for the failure to radically overhaul planning in Scotland.