Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, Strathspey Conservatives
David Cameron: The real choice in British politics
David Cameron has spoken at the Scottish Conservative Party Conference about the real choice facing Britain at the next General Election:
Some people say there are no real choices in politics anymore. They think it doesn’t matter who you vote for, because whoever gets in, they won’t make a [...]
Mary Scanlon MSP, Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing, is demanding an apology from the Chair of NHS Highland after he lobbied her on behalf of the SNP.
Garry Coutts, Chair of NHS Highland, wrote to Mary Scanlon urging her to support the ‘radical legislation’ on minimum pricing put forward by the SNP Government.
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Just a little update on local issues that are ongoing at the moment in Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh Council are attempting to force vulnerable adults with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, mental health problems and hearing problems to transfer to new care & support providers against the will of many and with negligible consultation. Service users, their [...]
Commenting after receiving a response to two parliamentary questions on Free Personal Care, Mary Scanlon, Shadow Health Secretary for Scottish Conservatives, said:
“Many constituents have contacted me over recent weeks regarding payments for Free Personal Care. In many cases local authorities have assessed the individual, confirmed they are entitled to Free Personal Care and then told [...]
NHS grampian recorded 334 blunders over five years
Hundreds of botched operations revealed
By Cameron Brooks – Press & Journal
Doctors accidentally punctured or cut the organs of 731 patients during operations in the north and north-east between 2004 and 2008.
The blunders were among 1,200 made by [...]
In his first major outing as shadow secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs, Nick Herbert will today today go to the National Farmers’ Union conference and launch the Tories’ “Honest Food” campaign.
He asserts that current rules allowing meat imported from abroad – and merely processed in the UK – to [...]
Mary Scanlon, Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, has commented on the performance of Dr. Grays Hospital, Elgin where only 35% of stroke patients are admitted into a Stroke Unit within one day against a NHSQIS quality indicator which has a minimum of 70% for this target. [...]
Glasgow east voters will go to the polls on 24 July
In full: Glasgow East candidates
Campaigning in the Glasgow east by-election will take on a health theme as Scottish Conservatives limber up for a “stretch and tone” session.
Leader Annabel Goldie will join the party’s Mary Scanlon and candidate Davena Rankin at a leisure [...]