Wholesale budget cuts will hurt frontline NHS services following reports that health boards are currently axing £400m from budgets.

I've urged that all funds received from the UK Government’s sugar tax should be used to encourage an active lifestyle.

The board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) have approved a consultation on plans that would see maternity units and other NHS facilities shut their doors.

Following revelations this morning that nearly 200 responses to Edinburgh Airport's flight path consultation have been permanently lost due to an IT problem. Lib Dem MSP for Edinburgh Western, Alex Cole-Hamilton has written to the airport's CEO, Gordon Dewar, asking for a full restart of the consultation process.

Alex's letter reads:

The Scottish Government to dramatically change its approach to mental health after recent figures showed a shortfall of mental health officers in local authorities.

The Scottish Government must bolster NHS funding across Scotland so that hospitals are able to meet local needs.

The Scottish Government needs to get a grip on the integration of health and social care services after an increase in the number of patients kept in hospital after they were clinically ready to be discharged. 

Since the announcement of the delay in the completion of the new Forth Road Bridge crossing, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have put in a series of Freedom of Information requests to ensure that the reasons for the delay are fully understood.

I recently visited Barnton Pharmacy to meet I Love My Pharmacist Award regional finalist Sally Arnison. 

More needs to be done to help paramedics save lives.

New figures revealed an estimated 672 Scots died as a result of suicide last year.

So it seems the Health Secretary is incapable of giving straightforward answers to basic questions over plans for NHS health board reforms.

Today the Scottish Government announced plans for GP trainee bursaries, but where is the long term solution?

I've put pressure on the Scottish Government to ensure that the quality of care stroke patients receive is not determined by where they live, after a report showed key targets are being missed.

Following the news that the number of regional health boards could be reduced from 14 to 3 or 5 I decided to press the Scottish Government to reveal its plans.