NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) insisted it was impossible to determine the source of Milly’s infection, and those of other children, because there was no requirement to test the water supply at the time.
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NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE APPOINTED IN ARGYLL AND BUTE
By Aileen MacLennan Pippa Milne, Executive Director, will be Argyll and Bute Council’s new Chief Executive from 19 December. Council Leader Aileen Morton: “We had
ALAS POOR NICOLA WAS DISSECTED BY NEIL OVER NHS
The First Minister insisted a separate Scotland would be welcomed into the European Union “relatively” quickly while being able to use the currency of a non-EU state, the pound. However, she failed to provide any detail on how Scotland would cut its huge deficit to the three per cent required by the EU, while raising the tens of billions of pounds of currency reserves it would require. Ms Sturgeon also struggled to defend her government’s health record amid a slew of missed waiting times targets and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital scandal.
JOURNALISTIC INVESTIGATION BY THE FERRET
“I’ve had the misfortune of spending time with women who’ve had to give up breastfeeding after six weeks due to malnutrition, because they’re getting so few calories they’re not able to produce breast milk. I’ve had the misfortune of sitting with a father of four who attempted to take his life twice within a period of 18 months because of a 14 per cent deduction to his housing benefit, because of a spare bedroom. I mean, that is how brutal it gets,” says Gurr holding on to a bunnet he’s wearing so it doesn’t blow away.
FIGURES FOR ABUSED CHILDREN WERE WRONG
Justice Ryan said “it appears that the total given in the report was derived by adding the yearly figures for the population in the institutions but that did not take account of the fact that children were counted in each year of detention”. While it was not possible to establish a precise figure, he said, “the department’s calculation of the number of children in Industrial Schools and Reformatories from 1930-1970 and beyond is approximately 42,000 or somewhat higher.” The question of how to handle historical cases of child abuse will be discussed at the Joint Committee on Education and Skills on Tuesday, when a number of survivors, lawyers, historians and archivists will voice concerns about the Retention of Records Bill introduced by Minister Joe McHugh.
USE BOTH SIDES PLEASE, GREENS’ PLEDGE FREE BUSES
The Scottish Greens have launched their manifesto for December’s snap election with a target of phasing in free public transport and a four-day working week. The party’s platform is focused chiefly on tackling the “climate emergency” and building a “more sustainable economy”. The Greens also want to set up regional banks and nationalise transport firms, energy companies and the national grid.