Just received a " keep healthcare north of river" leaflet asking for my support. You have of course got it! What slightly irks me tho is why did you not pursue this campaign so vigorously when your party was in power & when it was THEY implemented the change to RHS in first place? In fact were Labour not planning to COMPLETELY close the VoL hospital?

Dear Simon, Thank you for your comment. I am delighted that you have given your support to the local health services campaign. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will be launching their acute services review this spring and we are currently collecting signatures to demonstrate the level of support a north of the river solution for local health care has in the local area. This would involve services being maintained and improved at the Vale of Leven hospital with specialist acute services delivered from the Golden Jubilee hospital. We also want to see A&E services provided North of the river. The campaign team will shortly be meeting with Robert Calderwood, Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing to pursue our case. I share your frustration that past campaigns to save services at the Vale of Leven hospital has not resulted in the outcomes that we would have wished. It is the case that under successive governments, more services have been removed from the Vale and transferred to the RAH, and thousands more people are having to make the journey across the river. As your MSP I have always campaigned to keep services at the Vale, irrespective of who is in government at Holyrood. It is a wonderful local hospital and the staff deserve our support and praise. With that in mind I will continue to champion local health services and I am calling on the Scottish Government and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to keep services North of the River Clyde. Best wishes, Jackie

i think its a bad day when the council are still phoning up people about poll tax from 1980s the unjust tax that was done away with i think you should take this up with them since labour were against this tax

How about a bonfire of the quangos. I am pleased to see that when Labour win there will be a rationalisation of special health boards

Great To See The Website Up And Running!