Lisa Smart leads debate on adoption pay
Lisa Smart MP leads a debate on creating a level playing field for self-employed adopters, so that they get the same adoption pay and leave as people who are employed as staff.
Lisa Smart MP leads a debate on creating a level playing field for self-employed adopters, so that they get the same adoption pay and leave as people who are employed as staff.
South Devon MPs, Caroline Voaden, Steve Darling, and Martin Wrigley have accused the government of being “asleep at the wheel” after the latest NHS figures showed there were 820 waits of 12 hours or longer in Torbay and South Devon A&E last month.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the government’s announcement today that the current readiness state for coastguard search-and-rescue helicopters based at Sumburgh in Shetland and Stornaway will be protected at the existing level
Responding to today's evidence session in which the Scottish Parliament's health committee took evidence from various health and disability organisations on his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, Liam McArthur MSP said:
Responding to social sector leaders saying that social care can “ill afford” to wait three years for final decisions on reform, Liberal Democrat Care and Carers spokesperson Alison Bennett MP said:
Responding to Public Health Scotland figures published today which show that the number of planned operations is still falling short of pre-pandemic levels, with 15.2% fewer operations planned between December 2023 and November 2024 than were planned in t