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Day: March 3, 2021

Technology-led patient care at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde scoops awards

March 3, 2021 heaneymedia

By Rory Murphy Digital technology has been used to transform patient care this past year at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and two projects have

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Tributes paid to former SoE Director Bob Satchwell on his death, aged 73

March 3, 2021 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter The Society of Editors has been saddened by news of the death of its founding executive director Bob Satchwell. Bob had spent the

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GOVERNMENT: Sturgeon continued doomed legal fight with Salmond despite legal advice to withdraw from the case

March 3, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The sexual harassment case against the former First Minister Alex Salmond would have been stopped in its tracks  – and should never

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …
  • STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met
  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children
  • LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats
  • LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people
  • Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

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What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

It may look like Garvaghy Road residents and Sinn Féin are in lock-step. The reality is more complex Mark Hennessy in The Irish Times Tuesday,

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STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

Just how bad are the NHS statistics for Public Health in Scotland? Dumbarton’s MSP laid them out for all the world to see following the

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives will lead a debate tomorrow (Wednesday) in Holyrood to warn of another SNP “tax bombshell” that could hit middle-income

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Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth and Morven-May MacCallum, LibDem MSP by BILL HEANEY Ahead of a parliamentary debate about the Scottish Government’s plans to reorganise

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Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange men on parade – but it’s still no go for them at Garvachy Road in Portadown. 28 September 2026 Updated 1 hour ago The

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