I called on the Scottish Government to explore all options to ensure that men convicted under long-abolished laws that criminalised homosexuality are pardoned.

The Royal College of Nursing has warned that nurses are facing a perfect storm on staffing levels.

It emerged that the Scottish Government do not know how much money is spent by Scottish NHS boards on outsourcing.

I've called on SNP Ministers to give doctors and nurses on the frontline the support they need as new weekly A&E statistics revealed the worst performance against waiting time targets since March.

It was great to meet the guys from the Health and Social Care Alliance and hear about the great work they do championing the third sector. You can find out more about what they do here.

I write this with a sense of elation following the massive turn around for my party in the Richmond Park by-election, in which we made a positive case against a hard, blank cheque Brexit and our continuing membership of the European single market. It’s been an incredibly busy few weeks:

Alex Cole Hamilton has agreed to become an ‘Arthritis Champion’, and is asking his local communities to get involved in the fight to beat arthritis.

The MSP is backing Arthritis Research UK in their efforts to prevent and cure arthritis, and transform the lives of people that live with the pain of arthritis, and has signed up to their ‘Prevent, Transform, Cure’ agenda.

It was great to meet the guys from Age Scotland when they came to Parliament last week and lend my support for their Let's Get Moving Campaign. You can find out more here.

I recently met with the guys from Dogs Trust when they recently visited Parliament. 

I've raised concerns that the prescription of drugs to treat mental health may be being used to cover up shortages in other kinds of therapy.