Former Scottish National Party MSP for Edinburgh Eastern
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish Police Authority’s recent quarterly policing performance report showing that sexual crimes have continued to increase, with recorded rape at the highest level since comparable records began, and with domestic abuse also continuing to rise, what its response is to concerns that its equally safe strategy is failing women and girls,...
Twelve years on from the equally safe strategy, women and girls in Scotland are less safe than ever. Male violence is escalating in homes, on our streets and online. Despite £100 million of equally safe funding having been delivered since 2021, our vital front-line services are overwhelmed by demand from victims of sexual assault, rape, domestic abuse and prostitution. While other nations...
The Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill seems to be a classic example of the way in which the Government has started to make law, which is that it sees that there is an issue and rushes into legislation while, unfortunately, listening to only one side of the argument. Often, it ignores women’s voices—we have seen that time and again—and it is...
I will press amendment 11. The bill will create a situation whereby practitioners who spend more than a year completing advanced aesthetics training will not be able to operate independently. That will mean that women such as my constituent and many others, as non-healthcare practitioners, would need to rely on a prescribing medic in order to operate and supervise a clinic. That is even if a...
I will support Jeremy Balfour’s amendment 5. Injectable aesthetics procedures are not typically taught as part of most undergraduate medical or nursing degrees. As a result, medical practitioners who enter the aesthetics sector often obtain their training in such procedures through separate aesthetics training courses. By contrast, non-medical practitioners, who often receive...
Will the minister take an intervention?
There is a frustration among many of these women, who have spent a lot of time, energy and money building up their businesses and are fearful about what will happen to their businesses, which I think people can understand. The minister seems to be suggesting that it is the Government’s intention to provide a pathway for non-medical providers. Can the minister confirm that that is what she...
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, has failed to keep vulnerable children safe. (S6O-05596)
