All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have launched a wide-ranging survey on health services across the Highlands and are encouraging the public to participate and “make your voice count.”
Former Great Britain Judo Champion and Commonwealth Games medalist, Connie Ramsay, says she will “take the fight to the Highland Council” following her selection as the Highland Liberal Democrat candidate in the Tain and Easter Ross by-election.
The public is being urged to back a campaign launched this week by the Highland Liberal Democrats to break up Highland Council - the largest local authority in Scotland.
The Scottish Government is being urged to “increase investment in mental health services” after new statistics show over 1500 patients were admitted via an Emergency Department across NHS Highland with a self-harm diagnosis in the last five years.
At a meeting with the Scottish Government’s Public Health Minister Jenni Minto MSP at Wick General Hospital, campaigners warned that mums-to-be in Caithness “need action, not warm words” concerning local maternity services.
Almost 60,000 people have waited more than four hours in A&E since the last time the Scottish Government's target was hit over four years ago, figures have revealed, prompting Scottish Liberal Democrat demands for action.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton is continuing his tour of key target constituencies for the election, as he campaigns today (Monday 16th March) on the Isle of Bute with local candidate Alan Reid.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that under the SNP people are facing “abominably long” waits for urgent care, as he revealed that more than 12,000 people waited over 24 hours at A&Es in 2025.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today warned that malicious calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service are “reckless and life-threatening”, as he revealed there have been 11,774 of these calls over the past
Speaking ahead of SNP conference, Scottish Liberal Democrat election campaign chair Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
Liam McArthur has today thanked MSPs for their constructive contributions and urged them to back his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults bill as the legislation completed a fourth and final day of parliamentary scrutiny.
Responding to the Educational Institute of Scotland calling off strike action, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
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