Scottish GPs are still facing a crisis according to the latest figures released yesterday. Continue reading Slight increase in GP numbers “too little, too late”:
Tag: Holyrood
Safeguarding Scotland? Budget to support ‘transformation of essential public services’.
The 2019-20 Scottish Budget will seek to strengthen Scotland’s economy and deliver long term investments to transform public services, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said. Continue reading Safeguarding Scotland? Budget to support ‘transformation of essential public services’.
News from Multi-Cultural Family Base
Leith-based project Multi-Cultural Family Base marked its 20th anniversary with an event at the Scottish Parliament named Transitions into Primary School last month.
The event, hosted by Angela Constance MSP, was an opportunity to hear about the experiences of migrant and refugee children starting school as well as showcase MCFB’s work in a new documentary film called “Dreaming, Perseverance, Resilience – the story of Multi-Cultural Family Base”, created by film company duo, Written In Film. Continue reading News from Multi-Cultural Family Base
Edinburgh faces social care financial crisis
Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board have reported an overspend of 4.7m for the period to the end of July 2018, and that this is projected to rise to £11.9m by the end of the financial year. Scottish Conservatives are urging the Scottish Government to step in ease the pressure on Edinburgh’s IJB. Continue reading Edinburgh faces social care financial crisis
GIC’s pioneering work celebrated at Holyrood
A reception to mark Granton Information Centre’s pioneering work in establishing advice provision in healthcare settings was held at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday. Continue reading GIC’s pioneering work celebrated at Holyrood
Lothian Children’s Mental Health Neglected in Year of the Young Person
Miles Briggs MSP has said that young people in Lothian are being failed in mental health support in what is 2018 Year of the Young Person. Continue reading Lothian Children’s Mental Health Neglected in Year of the Young Person
Music tuition: Greer challenges Swinney on private subsidy
Green MSP Ross Greer has challenged Education Secretary John Swinney to justify his Government’s long-running subsidy of around £1.2 million to the fee-paying St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh, at a time when many councils are axing free music tuition in schools due to budget cuts passed down by the Scottish Government. [1]
In an exchange during a meeting of the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee, Mr Greer argued that by grant funding a small number of places at a private school, the Government risked exacerbating a deep sense of inequality – highlighting the evidence previously given by one young person who said the situation was ‘approaching Victorian levels’ of inequality. [2]
Scottish Greens Education spokesperson, Ross Greer MSP said: “We’ve heard countless stories about how cuts to council budgets are driving young people from less privileged backgrounds away from learning an instrument, with one young woman telling us this is approaching Victorian levels of inequality.
“So I just can’t see how the government justifies giving over one million pounds of public money every year to a small private school, without any clear assessment of whether that is value for money. Instead, for example, it could increase funding for the four centres of musical excellence that serve local authority schools.”
[1] http://www.parliament.scot/par
[2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Scottish Parliament rejects Brexit deal
Ben Macpherson votes against ‘damaging deal’
The Scottish Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected Theresa May’s ‘false choice’ of a bad Brexit or No Deal.
May tells Sturgeon: “Listen to the voices”
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to change course to avoid an “utterly disastrous” no-deal Brexit if the Prime Minister’s plans are rejected by MPs in a crunch vote on 11 December – but Theresa May says the First Minister should listen to Scotland’s business leaders. Continue reading May tells Sturgeon: “Listen to the voices”
Granton goes to Holyrood: GIC’s pioneering work to be celebrated at Scottish Parliament
Granton Information Centre’s pioneering work is to be celebrated at an event at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood tomorrow. Continue reading Granton goes to Holyrood: GIC’s pioneering work to be celebrated at Scottish Parliament