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SNP’S TREATMENT TIME GUARANTEE IN DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY CONTINUES TO BE BROKEN

South of Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has condemned the Scottish Government after new figures released last week (25 February) revealed that the SNP’s NHS Treatment Time Guarantee was broken 1,896 times in Dumfries and Galloway during 2019. The Treatment time Guarantee (TTG) specifies that all people waiting for an…

MINISTER’S DELAYS AROUND THE CREATION OF A GALLOWAY NATIONAL PARK ARE ‘DISAPPOINTING’ – LOCAL MSP

South of Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has expressed his disappointment following the news that Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment Mairi Gougeon has suggested a “wait and see” approach to the creation of a Galloway National Park. The campaign, which has been backed all the way by Colin…

LOCAL FAMILIES’ VIEWS ON FUTURE OF ACORN HOUSE MUST BE LISTENED TO, WARNS MSP

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth is urging local families to have their say on the future of children’s respite care in a region at a series of consultation meetings being run on behalf of the local Health and Social Care partnership but has warned that their views must be listened…

APPALLING TRANSPENNINE CANCELLATION FIGURES ARE THE FINAL STRAW, SAYS LOCAL MSP

South of Scotland Labour MSP and Scottish Labour’s Transport Scotland has reiterated his call for First Group to be axed from running Transpennine Express rail services following the publication of figures which show the company one of the worst performing rail franchises in the UK. Quarterly passenger rail performance figures…

LOCAL MSP CELEBRATES FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT WITH A RECEPTION HONOURING BALA SPORT

South of Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has given his backing to Fairtrade Fortnight by hosting reception at the Scottish Parliament celebrating Bala Sport. Bala Sport is a co-operative set up to expand the availability and use of ethically produced Fair Trade sports balls in the UK and beyond. The…

LOCAL MSP CALLS FOR A JOINED-UP APPROACH TO DRUGS AS UK AND SCOTTISH GOVERNMENTS PREPARE TO HOLD SEPERATE SUMMITS IN THE SAME VENUE, 24 HOURS APART

South of Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has called on the UK and Scottish Governments to work together to tackle Scotland’s drug problems, as both governments prepare to hold separate conferences, in the same venue, 24 hours apart. The Scottish Government’s drug conference, organised jointly with Glasgow City Council, will…

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT: LOCAL PEOPLE URGED TO SUPPORT FAIR TRADE ALL YEAR ROUND

ISSUED ON BEHALF DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY REGIONAL FAIRTRADE STEERING GROUP As Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off (February 24 – March 8), the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Fairtrade Steering Group has urged local people to get involved in events over the next two weeks, but importantly – to try and back Fair…

LOCAL MSP TO COMPLETE NEW SCOUTS SCOTLAND YOUTH ADVOCACY AWARD

South of Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has taken up the challenge to complete the new Scouts Scotland Youth Advocacy Award. In the same way that Scouts earn their badges, he will earn the award by completing four requirements that were chosen by young people in Scouting to help MSPs…

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY A&E WAITING TIME STATISTICS WORST IN OVER 10 YEARS

South of Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has branded waiting time figures for Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary (DGRI) as “shocking”, after statistics revealed the hospital’s compliance with the four-hour waiting time standard was 83.2 per cent in December 2019, the worst it has been in over 10 years. For…

NHS AYRSHIRE & ARRAN A&E WAITING TIME STATISTICS WORST IN OVER 10 YEARS

South of Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has branded waiting time figures for NHS Ayrshire & Arran as “shocking”, after statistics revealed the health board’s compliance with the four-hour waiting time standard was 82 per cent in December 2019, the worst in over 10 years. Since 2007, the national standard…

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