All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
The Scottish Government and NHS Highland are being urged to set out a timetable for collating the information required for Scottish Ministers to make a decision in response to calls for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Far North, David Green, says it “stinks” that the Scottish Government has no plans monitor 100% of overflows despite sewage concerns raised by Caithness campaigners.
Scottish Liberal Democrat politicians from across the Highlands have come together to urge the Bank of Scotland to think again following the bank’s decision to close branches in Dingwall, Gairloch, Nairn, and Tain next year.
A petition has been launched to save the under-threat Tain Royal Academy Community Complex (TRACC) facilities that serve the Tain and Easter Ross community.
Opposition to Tain losing its only swimming pool is growing as the SNP-led administration at Highland Council is urged to “go back to the drawing board” or risk letting down a generation of young people in the Easter Ross community.
A young patient in the Highlands was forced to wait 1,189 days - more than three years - before they started mental health treatment in the last year, it has been revealed amidst calls for new specialist beds for young people across the North.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the SNP cannot be trusted with another term in government, as parliamentary questions confirmed that they have abandoned a pledge to deliver 1,000 extra mental health workers.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to the Highland Swing in Killiecrankie to outline how Highland seats are swinging towards the Liberal Democrats and away from the SNP after years of neglect from the Scottish Gover
Responding to Lord Malcolm Offord’s comments about the Golders Green attack, Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Inverclyde Jamie Greene said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to Babcock’s Rosyth site to set out his party’s commitment to keeping the UK safe and creating skilled jobs across Scotland by putting defence at the heart of new industrial and sk
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has pledged to roll out a national lung cancer screening programme, as part of a wider package of support to cut waiting times for cancer patients and save lives.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the SNP “cannot be trusted with your health” as he revealed that a key standard for providing follow-up care is being breached for thousands of psychiatric patients.
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