What a waste of time and taxpayers’ money has been the SNP government’s £3 million corona virus advertising campaign in Scotland’s weekly newspapers. This week
Month: August 2020
News bulletins (and maybe even the weather) could go digital
“There might be one [bulletin] a day, or something. I think there’ll be fewer of them. But … it’ll be in the digital space, it’ll be on, you know, iPlayer. It’ll be on your tablet, your iPhone.”
Podiatry services keep feet looking fit for the beach
Existing patients who would normally attend the service between every five and eight weeks, will be invited to return to for regular treatments from September.
BINGO IS BACK FOR SOME – BUT NOT IN DUMBARTON – AND WEDDINGS CAN GET BIGGER
The old Rialto cinema in Dumbarton where, after church halls, bingo made its debut in Dumbarton 60 years ago. The owners, Carlton Bingo, will not re-open after suffering a downturn in business during the pandemic.
Patients with COPD offered new tools to manage condition at home
The app is so straight forward and keeps my clinical team up to date on my condition. It means you’re looked after every day without having to go and see a doctor. With the messaging service, you have a way of contacting somebody if you’re not feeling well which is a reassuring back-up.
McArthur presses First Minister over bursary support for student paramedics
“Unlike student nurses and midwives, however, those training to be a paramedic are not eligible for a bursary, despite being unable to take up part time work. To add insult to injury, their counterparts in England do receive bursaries.