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A seriously concerned constituent informed me about an elderly lady with dementia who required a home visit to get new dentures but who had to wait nearly two months for approval, during which time she was unable to eat.
Those are being implemented with on-going support from Health Protection Scotland.The new health care environment inspectorate, which was scheduled to visit NHS Tayside on 11 November as part of its programme of visits, visited yesterda...
We have just established the survivor support fund, which has 26 partners, all with expertise in the different domains of trauma and the requirements that survivors have.
However, to touch on one example that was used recently, misinformation was reported in relation to what happened in advance of a visit to a fish farm by members of a Parliament committee last week.
I thank Foysol Choudhury for highlighting the issue at East Calder, which I visited with local representatives Hannah Bardell MP and Angela Constance MSP earlier this month.
I understand that there is a requirement that within 72 hours of discharge they be visited by a mental health nurse. It is difficult to deliver that for a Friday discharge, given the Monday deadline, especially in rural areas such as my constituency where there are long distances to be covered.
For example, one of the events that I visited during the fringe was the made in Scotland programme, which we have been funding through our expo fund since 2008 at an annual average of £513,000, with an additional £550,000 this year.
That is why I was pleased this week to visit Castlebrae community campus and meet not just young people but parents and families who have been impacted and helped by the Scottish child payment.