I have raised my concerns over the use of £427,323 in funding intended to support patients suffering from Long Covid as a recent FOI showed NHS Fife is one of five NHS Scotland health boards that have failed to establish a pathway to refer Long Covid patients at all. The response to the FOI confirmed NHS Fife does not […]
I have called on the Scottish Government to honour its long-term commitment to funding new health centres in Lochgelly and Kincardine as the Cabinet Secretary for Finance announced new capital funding for NHS projects in the next budget. Funding has been announced to replace Monklands Hospital in NHS Lanarkshire, the Belford Hospital in NHS Highland, […]
I am urging the public to make Christmas merry for retail workers by being kind, considerate and respectful to the people who are working hard to ensure shelves are stocked and parcels delivered this festive period. I am raising this as trade union Usdaw have reported over two thirds of retail staff have experienced verbal […]
I am calling on the Scottish Government to remove free bus passes from young people using them to engage in violent, abusive and antisocial behaviour amidst a rise in reports of bus drivers being subjected to verbal and physical attacks. I also took the opportunity to call for the Scottish Government to engage with Unite […]
I raised the concerns of teaching unions that there is a “lack of response and action” on disruptive pupil behaviour in Fife in a question to Education Secretary, Jenny Gilruth MSP, in the Scottish parliament. I asked when the Education Secretary will move beyond plans and guidance and start to look at what resources are […]
I have raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament and written to the Scottish Government calling for more to be done to provide greater transparency on food origin labelling. Conclusions from a recent widespread consumer survey, conducted on behalf of National Farmers Union (NFU) Scotland found that “the current regulations, policy, and practice in relation […]
Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop MSP has confirmed she has told ScotRail management staff that “the situation in Fife must improve as quickly as possible” as Fife commuters’ service “does not yet meet standards required from ScotRail.” The Transport Secretary was responding to a letter I wrote to her raising my continuing concerns that Fife rail […]
I have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance MSP, raising my concerns that members of the police force will be taken advantage of as service police officers prepare to work to rule in “withdrawal of good will” action over pay negotiations. The Scottish Police Federation have called on Scottish […]
I recently wrote to the Scottish Government calling for more to be done to tackle the increasing scourge of fly-tipping across Fife following correspondence from the National Farmers Union Scotland reporting a significant spike in fly-tipping across the Kingdom in the last few weeks. I wrote directly to both Fife Council and to the Scottish […]
Modern Slavery can take many forms and it can be hard to spot, even though it’s often happening right where we are, but hidden in plain sight. Many people are tricked, traded and trapped into modern slavery by criminals as they try to escape poverty, persecution and conflict. The Salvation Army provide specialist support to […]