Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called for the SNP to be transparent with the public about whether Margaret Ferrier met with other SNP parliamentarians and staff and what her travel details were.

Responding to new figures which found that the negative impacts of shielding were more common among socio-economically vulnerable respondents, with 48% reporting they were coping okay with shielding (vs 71% for all respondents) and 88% reporting a negative impact on their mental health (vs 72 % for all respondents), Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: 

Responding to the news that the NHS will remain on an emergency footing until 31st March 2021, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

Today the First Minister agreed with Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton that it is important that local people’s point of view is taken into consideration, in sweeping road changes that will affect 3,500 homes, and she urged Edinburgh Council to do just that.

Responding to the news that the opening of the delayed Sick Kids has now been delayed from the autumn to 25^th January 2021, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson and Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton said: 

Responding to new child and adolescent mental health waiting times statistics for April to June showing a record 1,520 children waiting more than year for treatment, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:

Responding to new reports that a spreadsheet error set in motion a series of events that delayed the opening of the Sick Kids hospital in Edinburgh, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:

Commenting on new statistics which show close to 100,000 patients are waiting for key diagnostic tests and 65% of patients waiting longer than the target time of six weeks, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: 

Responding to reports of faults with the coronavirus test-booking system, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: 

Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the Health Secretary to explain the "glaring gap" between the number of people requiring to quarantine that the National Contact Tracing Centre is unable to contact and the number of cases being passed to Police Scotland.