PICTURE BY ROBERT BEACON
Category: West Dunbartonshire
DUMBARTON ON A COLD AND FROSTY MORNING
PICTURE BY TOM GARDINER
MOTHER WALKED OUT OF HEALTH BOARD MEETING
On Monday Ms Freeman told BBC Scotland putting the health board into special measures – this is something some people would like to see happen at West Dunbartonshire Council which, too, has not had its troubles to seek in recent times – – was an option and that she would make a statement to the Scottish Parliament later this week. The powers were last used on NHS Tayside in 2018 and mean the Scottish government takes a more direct role in management.
ERSKINE PARK’S JACKIE WINS TOP AWARD
Jackie said: “I am completely overwhelmed to have received this award. I was so delighted when I was told that I had been nominated but didn’t think for a minute that I would have been a finalist let alone a winner. I very much enjoy my job at Erskine. Engaging with our residents and supporting our relatives is a huge part of my daily routine and I enjoy this part of my job very much. I am feeling so honoured just now and I am proud to be part of the Erskine Team.”
NOTEBOOK
Unsurprisingly, Stephen West, the council’s finance officer, complained to the secrecy-obsessed council that information had been divulged to some people before the official report was due out. No one appears to have told Mr West that in Dumbarton a secret is something you tell one person at a time. Or he didn’t hear what was going on in the acoustically challenged council chamber?