Baillie welcomes new role for GPs in flu vaccine delivery
News that GPs in NHS Highland will once again carry out routine vaccinations has been welcomed, as the SNP Government was accused of “dropping the ball” on flu vaccinations. MSP Jackie Baillie, who urged the Scottish Government to decentralise vaccination programmes under NHS Highland control, has backed the change. It comes after GPs operating within […]
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT PLAYING “RUSSIAN ROULETTE” WITH PATIENTS’ LIVES
The Scottish Government has been accused of playing “Russian Roulette” with the lives of A&E patients as waits rocket. Paisley’s A&E department notched up the fifth worst performance in Scotland this week, as dismal new figures were unveiled. Only 44.4 per cent of patients attending the Royal Alexandra Hospital’s emergency unit were treated in line […]
Baillie: Health board “plotting” over Vale Hospital
Services at the Vale of Leven Hospital are once again under threat, it is feared. The future of the site’s Minor Injuries service appears to be in doubt, as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is accused of bringing in cuts “by the back door”. Fears are rife that the changes are being presented as a […]
FEARS OVER AMBULANCE WAITS RISE
Dumbarton’s MSP has backed Scotland’s ambulance chief who warned that patients delayed outside hospitals will suffer. Jackie Baillie spoke out after data revealed that growing waits at Glasgow hospitals were contributing to pressures on the Scottish Ambulance Service. Figures show that turnaround times for ambulance crews have grown steadily at both Paisley’s Royal Alexandra and […]
BAILLIE BACKS TURNING THE TOWN PINK
MSP Jackie Baillie helped paint the town pink last week, to raise awareness of breast cancer. The politician added a splash of pink at Holyrood, to lend her support to Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink campaign. Jackie was joined by other politicians at the event in the Scottish Parliament, staged to raise awareness of breast […]
BAILLIE PLEADS WITH SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT TO “LISTEN” AS HOSPITAL CORRIDORS RESEMBLE “CRIMEAN WAR”
MSP Jackie Baillie has issued a plea for the Scottish Government to “listen” to medics’ warnings over the country’s looming A&E crisis. The Dumbarton politician slammed the government’s record on healthcare and urged action to save urgent care before winter bites. It comes after Scotland’s NHS notched up its worst ever August figures for A&E […]
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. […]
AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT INCIDENTS AND FAILURES TRIPLE IN FIVE YEARS
The Scottish Government must address spiralling number of incidents involving ambulance equipment failures before lives are lost, Jackie Baillie has warned. The number of incidents involving ambulance equipment and equipment failures tripled in five years, according to FOIs obtained by Jackie’s team. In 2023, there were 1,826 such incidents alone – meaning that on average, there were five incidents […]
THOUSANDS OF DESPERATE SCOTS FORCED TO TURN TO PRIVATE DENTAL CARE SINCE 2021
Desperate Scots across the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area face “handing over their savings in agony” as new figures revealed that at least 16,366 Scots have left NHS dentists for private dental care since 2021. The figures show a huge increase in the numbers of patients going private in just four years, according to the Freedom of Information […]
