Responding to a new report on drugs which shows the number of drug-related hospital admissions was 10% higher between April and June 2025 than the previous quarter, while suspected drug deaths increased by 12% between June and August 2025 compared to 2024
Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement that they will allocate more money to GP surgeries over the next three years, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said the SNP are disastrous for your health after figures showed that 865,432 are on NHS waiting lists.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness Angus MacDonald has today said the crisis in social care is spiralling under the SNP after new figures revealed almost one in five care homes for adults has closed over the past decade.
Commenting on reports that the UK Government plans to house up to 300 migrants in the Cameron barracks in Inverness, Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire, said:
Responding to new figures showing only 64% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 19th October, while 3,137 people waited over 8 hours and 1,347 waited over 12 hours, both higher than the previous week, Alex Cole-Ham
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Until the Government treats this crisis with the urgency and seriousness it demands, nothing will change and the vulnerable people caught in the system will continue to suffer.
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