Shadow Health Secretary Donald Cameron is taking action to force the Scottish Government to begin an inquiry into why Covid patients were sent to care homes.
Mr Cameron, a Highlands and Islands MSP, has submitted a parliamentary question following a Sunday Post investigation that found dozens
A new scheme which will help distilleries cut carbon emissions is being enthusiastically backed by Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron.
The £10m Green Distilling Fund, funded by the UK Government, and launched today, will help distilleries harness energy sources such as low-carbon hy
Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that evidence of growing anti-English sentiment in Scotland is deeply worrying following the release of a poll showing that four in ten Scots do not want English tourists visiting Scotland without a period of isolation.
Mr Cameron said: “This p
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
Edward Mountain MSP today criticised the SNP Government’s lack of action in helping a group of sixty recently qualified teachers secure permanent contracts within the Highland Council.
The Highlands and Islands MSP first raised the issue with the Cabinet Secretary for Education in an email on 15 Ju
School children are set to return this week, however, pupils in the Highlands will be unable to benefit from the UK Government’s Eat Out to Help Out Scheme in their school canteens.
Moray Council and Aberdeenshire Council have registered their schools for the initiative, however, Highland Council h
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
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 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
