This week in the Scottish Parliament, during Health and Social Care Portfolio Questions, SNP MSP Ruth Maguire asked the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that women, who need it, have access to specialist services for advice and support on the diagnosis and management of menopause. Marie Todd, Minister for Public Health,... Continue Reading →
SNP pledge transformational investment for NHS remobilisation
At the heart of the SNP’s Manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election is the National Health Service. The pandemic has placed exceptional pressures on our NHS - and that requires an exceptional response. If re-elected the SNP will undertake a full-scale post-pandemic remobilisation of the NHS and have pledged a transformational increase in frontline... Continue Reading →
Evidence Led Routine Testing of Health and Social Care Staff is Essential
Ruth Maguire MSP has called for evidence led routine Covid testing for Scotland’s health and social care workers. The SNP MSP for Cunninghame South gave her backing for staff working in the healthcare sector to be given access to routine testing while speaking in the Scottish Parliament in a debate on the subject. It was... Continue Reading →
Extra Funding to Help Health and Social Care Services in North Ayrshire Respond to Pandemic
Health and social care services in North Ayrshire are to receive an additional £38 million from the SNP Government to support the local response to the Coronavirus pandemic and prepare for winter. The extra funding has been allocated to help local services meet COVID-19 related costs such as additional staffing or sickness expenditure, enhanced infection... Continue Reading →
Ruth Maguire MSP (SNP) 