Public equally divided on Liam McArthur's assisted dying bill
WEB10 hours ago · Early analysis of public views on Liam McArthur’s assisted dying have shown a near equal split between those that support the legislation, which would give the terminally ill the right to choose when to die, and those that do not. Introduced by the Liberal Democrat MSP earlier this year, the bill aims to give people with “an advanced and ...
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WEBAssociate feature: Community Nurses Preventing Cardiovascular Disease. Scottish charity, the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS), has recently supported four community clinical nurse experts to become Queen’s Nurses and to deliver lasting change in the health of local people to prevent CVD. by Chris Kenny, Chief Executive, MDDUS.
Foysol Choudhury: 'People do not feel safe and the community is …
WEB11 hours ago · It’s the first week back from summer recess at the Scottish Parliament and it’s been a busy one. The first day was packed with five ministerial statements, followed by the Programme for Government on the Wednesday, and then First Minister’s Questions.. For Foysol Choudhury, who has only been an MSP since 2021, it is business as usual.The recent riots in England have sparked concerns and ...
John Swinney: We must ‘start focusing again’ on what Scotland …
WEB2 days ago · Scotland must “start focusing again on the things that we can” do, First Minister John Swinney has said as he marks a decade since the independence referendum. Labelling the last ten years as a “long, dark decade”, Swinney is to tell a group of independence campaigners that the referendum left an “overwhelmingly positive legacy”.
‘Our priority is to build support for independence’ – John Swinney
WEB2 days ago · First Minister John Swinney has said his “priority” is to build support for independence by encouraging people to see it as a “solution to the challenges” Scotland faces. Addressing a group of SNP activists and the media in Edinburgh on the 10-year anniversary of the independence referendum, Swinney said new powers devolved to …
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WEBAssociate feature: Importance of wind developers leaving a lasting STEM legacy and how the community and industry can benefit from STEM investment. Holyrood.com is the website of Holyrood , Scotland's fortnightly political and current affairs magazine that keeps Scottish politics informed with its award-winning and thought-provoking editorial.
Associate feature: Inequalities in the breast cancer pathway in ...
WEB12 hours ago · Breast cancer is a devastating disease: there are 4,500 breast cancer diagnoses in Scotland every year, which equates to a third of all cancer diagnosis in women in Scotland. 1 However, certain groups of women in Scotland experience significant disparities in access to breast cancer care. A recently published white paper from Pfizer UK Ltd on “Inequalities in Breast Cancer Care” sheds ...
Where did all the hope of 2014 go? - holyrood.com
WEB2 days ago · Alamy. In the couple of years that followed, that enthusiasm and optimism about creating a better world continued. Many Yes campaigners I knew accepted the vote had not gone their way but were determined to use the energy of the referendum to improve Scotland as a part of the UK.
Live: First Minister's Questions - Holyrood Website
WEBMay 27, 2021 · Live: First Minister's Questions. Share this page. Welcome to the first FMQs of the new parliamentary session. We'll bring you all the latest updates from 12 noon.
Live: First Minister's Questions - Holyrood Website
WEBSep 2, 2021 · 12:12pm: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says NHS staff were under-resourced and overworked before Covid, before criticising the government’s record on waiting times.The First Minister points to the waiting times recovery plan, which she said was having an impact before Covid. She says the pandemic has placed significant pressure on the NHS and before Covid, it was changing demographics ...
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