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Expert: not enough transparency from SNP on testing

A leading public health expert has criticised the SNP’s lack of transparency over Test and Protect data.  On today’s Good Morning Scotland (Thursday 14 August), the Edinburgh University professor, Linda Bauld, said the SNP government’s lack of transparency over the Test and Protect f

Comment from Donald Cameron on his appointment as Shadow Health Secretary

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that he is both humbled and proud to have been appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport by Scottish Conservative Leader, Douglas Ross.  Mr Cameron said: “It is a very great honour to have been entrusted with this position, p

Edward Mountain MSP column on NHS Highland Treatment Backlog

As the lockdown restrictions on hospitals and GPs are eased the top priority for NHS Highland and the Scottish Government must be dealing with the treatment backlog. What is only now becoming clear is the scale of the challenge that faces NHS Highland as they remobilise and recover. The latest fig

Edward Mountain MSP raises concerns about healthcare treatment backlog crisis

Edward Mountain MSP said: “During the pandemic we have seen operations reduce by 75 per cent compared to 2019, and a huge reduction in referrals from GPs as patients followed the advice and stayed at home. “So as NHS Highland seeks to recover and rebuild post pandemic, they face an increasing backl