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To say that our health and care services have been through an unprecedented shock in the past year and a half would be a triumph of understatement. We are all aware of the impact that the pandemic has had on those services in our communities. As the cabinet secretary said, the health and care workforce has been instrumental in delivering an amazing vaccination programme since December,...
Yes. Is that better? Good. Families have often faced distressingly minimal contact with loved ones in hospital and care settings, staff have had to deal with the physical and emotional exhaustion of a year and a half from hell, and all of that is before we consider the huge stresses on staff of trying to treat individual people with Covid. I mention all that not as a platitude to everyone...
Before I come to the island issue, I will merely say that, understandably, members regularly raise what is referred to as a postcode lottery in services. If we are going to address that, we will have to think about what it implies for how we provide the same high standard of care across the country. As I say, that will mean change. People in the islands who have a family member in hospital on...
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Entered the Scottish Parliament on 3 May 2007 — Election
Also represented Western Isles
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