If we are to tackle bad health and obesity then we must do more to become a Good Food Nation and I was delighted to catch up with campaigners from the Scottish Food Coalition to hear their views on how we do that. The campaigners are calling for a Good Food Nation Bill, […]
Fife MSP Alex Rowley has teamed up with Age Scotland at the Scottish Parliament to help promote ‘Scotland’s helpline for older people’ offering free and confidential information, friendship and advice over the phone. Mr Rowley said: “This free phone line 0800 12 44 222 is available 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, for older […]
I recently hosted a public meeting in Dunfermline on the overnight closures of the Fife out of hours services. This was a joint meeting with Shirley-Anne Somerville and myself, and featured a presentation from Fife Health and Social Care Partnership. The meeting was well attended and lots of people were raising serious concerns about […]
Kelty needs a new health centre. See my video below on why, and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/p/keltyhealthcentre We need Fife Council to negotiate a Section 75 Agreement that will see a new health centre being built as part of the phased development of 900 new homes in Kelty. That means […]
I raised the £2 million of cuts in the Fife secondary school education budget during Portfolio Questions in the Scottish Parliament, asking the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills what he was going to do to address them, as well as what support the Scottish Government is giving our education system so that it delivers […]
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency have served petrochemical companies ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd and Shell UK Limited with Final Warning letters following an enhanced unplanned flaring event at the Mossmorran complex in Fife, during June 2017. In addition to Final Warning letters, SEPA commissioned a full review of the environmental permits to operate both sites, […]
