NHS Lothian Hits Four Hour A&E Target
The most recent data for NHS Scotland reveals that 96.6% of patients in NHS Lothian’s emergency departments were seen, admitted or discharged within four hours – beating the 95% target. Scottish hospitals have now had the best performing emergency departments in the UK for more than two years, according to the most recently available figures. Commenting, SNP MSP Gordon Macdonald for Edinburgh Pentlands said, “Scotland has had the best performing emergency departments in the U
Schools in Edinburgh Get Funding Boost
Schools in Edinburgh will receive £800,000 in 2017/18 to help close the poverty-related attainment gap, the Scottish Government announced this week. More than £45 million of dedicated funding will be provided to primary and secondary schools across Scotland in 2017/18 to help pupils from low-income backgrounds succeed at school. The Scottish Attainment Challenge is providing £750 million during the course of this Parliament to tackle the poverty related attainment gap. It pri
Scottish Economic Growth Outstrips The UK
New GDP figures show that Scotland’s economy has grown 0.8% in the first quarter of 2017, four times the UK growth rate for the same quarter. Production grew by 3.1%, accounting for most of the growth in Scotland, and the services industry grew by 0.3%. Since 2007, productivity in Scotland – the key driver of economic performance - has grown by more than 7%. In the UK as a whole productivity growth has been close to zero (0.4%). Commenting on the latest GDP figures, SNP MSP
SNP Scraps Pay Cap For Nurses and Teachers
TORIES MUST DELIVER ON PUBLIC SECTOR PAY SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald is calling on the UK Government to stop flip-flopping on public sector pay and endorse the SNP’s policy to end the pay cap. Finance Secretary Derek Mackay told the Scottish Parliament last week that the “time was up” for the annual 1% limit on public sector pay. The SNP Scottish Government is now engaging with trade unions ahead of the next Scottish budget to discuss a future public sector pay policy that reco
Gordon Hosts Marie Curie Tea Party
Gordon Macdonald MSP recently hosted a “Blooming Great Tea Party” in his constituency office. The event is part of a campaign by Marie Curie that encourages people to get together with family, friends, or colleagues to serve cakes and cuppas to raise funds for people living with a terminal illness. Gordon commented, “We had many people from the community attend our event and raised nearly £200 in an afternoon. It is a simple and effective way to raise funds for a charity tha
NHS Lothian hits four hour A&E target
The most recent data for NHS Scotland reveals 96.5% of patients in NHS Lothian’s emergency departments were seen, admitted or discharged within four hour – beating the 95% target. Scottish hospitals have now had the best performing emergency departments in the UK for more than two years. Commenting, SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald for Edinburgh Pentlands said: “Scotland has had the best performing emergency departments in the UK for more than two years – which is testament to the ha
