Cole-Hamilton: Action needed to reverse the trend on cancer waiting times
Scottish Liberal Democrats have said action is needed to reverse the trend of missed cancer waiting times after figures released today showed they have been missed again.
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Cole-Hamilton: Delayed discharge figures show scale of challenge
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today said the fact that 1 in 12 occupied NHS bed days are due to delayed discharge shows the scale of the challenge facing the new integrated health and social care bodies.
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Cole-Hamilton: action needed to cut physiotherapy waiting times
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today called for action to cut waiting times for physiotherapy and other musculoskeletal services provided by allied health professionals.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton backs BMA health funding calls
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton today said reducing pressure on the NHS services starts with boosting investment into Scotland’s health services.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton: Devil will be in the detail of NHS staffing plans
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today warned that the devil will be in the detail as the First Minister announced proposals to put minimum staffing levels in the NHS on a statutory basis.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton: RCN survey confirms overburdened health service
In reaction to the results from the survey issued by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said investment is needed in an overburdened health service.
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Alex Cole Hamilton – drug addiction must be treated as a health issue
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today said that treating drug addiction as a health issue is vital to helping users stabilise their lives.
Mr Cole-Hamilton was speaking after the publication of a report from The Royal Society for Public Health and the Faculty of Public Health which called for the possession and personal use of drugs to be decriminalised.
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Lib Dems: Urgent action needed on socially rented housing
Scottish Liberal Democrats today called for urgent action on socially rented housing as new figures revealed that the SNP missed their 2011 manifesto target by 7,500 homes.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton: SNP have not got to grips with GP challenges
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton today said that calls for extra support for primary care have fallen on deaf ears as new figures showed a fall in the number of GPs working in Scotland.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton: Queensferry Crossing claims from FM ring hollow
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Edinburgh Western Alex Cole-Hamilton today said claims from the First Minister that the first the SNP government heard about potential delays to the Queensferry Crossing project was in May ring hollow.
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