Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley has shown his support for WWF’s Earth Hour campaign and urges people across the region to do the same this coming Saturday at 8.30pm by switching off their lights for one hour to raise awareness of environmental concerns and climate change. Hundreds of millions of people around the […]
From May Marie Curie will no longer be delivering end of life care services in Fife. The reasons they outline are in my view of great concern and would suggest that there is a cost cutting exercise taking place by Fife Health and Social Care Partnership. The Partnership has issued a tender for home […]
The Scottish Government have launched a consultation on Electoral Reform. One of the things they are looking at is the question of Electronic Voting and Internet Voting. You can access the consultation and submit a response if you want to add your views by clicking here. I spoke in a debate in Parliament on the […]
I have been contacted by a large number of constituents concerned that Fergus Ewing MSP, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, has reportedly said that Scotland will not participate in any ban on live exports that is proposed in Westminster. If Fergus Ewing has said this, then it is my view he is […]
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley has voiced grave concern over figures released this week showing the number of patients waiting over 18 weeks to be seen for both psychological therapies and child and adolescent mental health services across Mid Scotland and Fife. The latest figures for NHS Fife show that 37.5% of patients […]
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley has raised concerns about the number of GPs in Fife. Currently there are 19 fewer GPs working a full week in Fife than there were eight years ago, at the same time as rising demand on the service. Commenting on the latest figures showing that more than a […]
The Scottish Government are introducing a bill entitled UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill. The text of the speech from the Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland’s Place in Europe is below. I have included a PDF copy of the bill as introduced below as well. The Minister for […]
The Scottish Parliament recently debated the development of a Scottish healthy weight strategy, and, as has become usual in these debates, we saw warm words across the chamber from all parties saying how positive it would be to tackle these health concerns in Scotland. But it is time that we called out Ruth Davidson […]