ACTION NEEDED ON SCOTLAND’S BIGGEST KILLER WARNS BAILLIE AS CANCER TREATMENT TARGET MISSED AGAIN

The lives of cancer sufferers are being put at risk as the Scottish Government fails to meet treatment time targets, says MSP Jackie Baillie. NHS boards failed again to meet the Scottish Government’s 62 day target, which demands newly-diagnosed cancer patients wait no longer than 62 days to begin treatment from urgent suspicion of cancer […]
ACTIVE HEALTH CUTS MEAN ‘MORE IN DUNBARTONSHIRE WILL DIE EARLY’

More people in Dunbartonshire face “dying early and living their last years in pain”, as a result of Scottish Government cuts. MSP Jackie Baillie issued the warning after data revealed that the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area tops the table of regions where more people die annually due to lack of exercise. […]