Young Carers Festival
I left the Young Carers Festival totally inspired and just a little exhausted by the bouncy castle! We need to do so much more to first identify and then get support to Scotland's young carers.
Muirhouse Community Shed
Recently I had such an inspiring morning at Muirhouse Community Shed, learning about their work teaching nearly 200 members of the community, woodwork skills, climate literacy whilst tackling poor mental health and social isolation. They even let me have a go!
March for Europe
Amazing energy from the thousands I had the privilege of speaking to at the #MarchforEurope in Edinburgh in September. We've been marching for 3 years and will not give up.
Champion for Bronchiectasis
It's a great honour and privilege to have been nominated to be the British Lung Foundation 'Champion for Bronchiectasis'. I will be working to do all I can to raise awareness of the illness, how it's diagnosed and treated.
A&E weekly performance hits worst rate since March 2018
Performance against the A&E waiting time target has fallen to its lowest level since March 2018, with only 85.4% of patients treated within 4 hours compared to the 95% target.
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Cole-Hamilton calls for large fines for defibrillator vandalism
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called for the implementation of an offence aggravator, in the form of additional fines, for people who damage automated external defibrillators (AEDS).
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Sick Kids has been an “extremely poorly managed project”
Minutes of the meeting of NHS Lothian’s board specifically overseeing the Sick Kids project revealed there were over 2,000 snagging issues identified at the hospital in May.
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No-deal will be devastating
Alex has responded to the government's statement setting out preparations for a no-deal exit from the European Union.
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Breast screening uptake rate on prolonged “downward slide”
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today criticised the Scottish Government for allowing the breast screening uptake rate to take a “downward slide”, as new official figures confirmed uptake has been consistently falling on the SNP’s watch.
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GRAB A GRANT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
I would encourage groups to apply for Volunteering Matters Action Earth grants of between £50-250 to run environmental activities in Scotland’s green spaces.
