Mental health is not a vote catcher. Sufferers are often stigmatized rather than given the assistance they require. Mr Muir said: “Ever since I have been in Dumbarton, it has been alleged that the health board and the council have been corrupt, with officers walking away from the area with large salaries and pensions,whilst covering up mistakes.” He added: “I have found the legal authorities unjust too with it being very rare for a public sector employee to be prosecuted and the police intolerably slow to investigate crimes.”
Like a remarkably high number of people, Andrew considers West Dunbartonshire Council to be a basket case. His views about the Health Board not being fit for purpose appear to have been borne out this week when the Health Secretary, Jeanne Freeman, put that organisation into special measures, which means top officials are being sent in to run it properly. This could happen soon to the Council, which is forever at the centre of controversy, covering up scandals and cutting off communications with journalists anxious to find out what they are up to.
