Freelance journalist, health and social care specialist. Former BBC Sc. health corr, and briefly head of comms for an NHS Trust. So knows how it really works.
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Hearing that unpaid carers in scotland save the public purse almost £16billion p.a. @VOCALEdinburgh - if even a fraction of that was reinvested in their support it would be truly transformative.
Derek Feeley tells #allianceconf26 that we need to shift the balance of power to achieve social care progress in Scotland. #hopetoaction
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On #scotnight
🔷 Does access to palliative care in Scotland need to be improved? @ptupdate and Narmadha Kali Vanan
🔷 The war in Iran and the Middle East continues - are there any signs of the hostilities ending?
🔷Inverness bids to become the next UK City of Culture - @mrlochness27 joins us
📺 STV at 10:40pm
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Great to be chairing #DigiHealthCare26 @HolyroodEvents - widespread agreement that we need to be doing more in Scotland. EG Prevention could be tailored and targeted digitally - just need to make it happen!
Cracking @CalMacFerries breakfast on MV Isle of Arran. Great service, great people.
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After quoting Nigel Farage my replies were a binfire of folk who think 30% of Glasgow pupils are new to English - it’s 4.6%.
Pupils with EAL outperform their monolingual peers across attainment measures and are a boon for Glasgow classrooms
Here’s why 👇
scotsman.com/education/our-b…
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here is my next column @barrheadnews
Over half of disabled people in UK avoid gigs due to poor accessibility and more represenation for people with a disability in TV adds
@lokiscottishrap @ptupdate @DisabledInTV
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On #scotnight
🔷 @selenajackson_ gains an insight into the challenges facing Scotland's social care sector
🔷 @ptupdate, @Murray_Leith & @AttaYaqub join us in the studio to put the week in focus
📺 STV at 8:30pm / player.stv.tv
Thank you. We received no information before the bins appeared. Good to know.
Hi Pennie, the kerbside grey bin service is for the collection of plastics, metals, cartons, soft plastics and film. The blue bin is for paper and cardboard. More information can be found here glasgow.gov.uk/article/8293/…. Thanks ^ C
This book by David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1 has been referenced many times @ALLIANCEScot annual event. It is a powerful read.
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At the @ALLIANCEScot annual conf with @CHSScotland & catching up with our MC for the day @ptupdate before we kick off - looking forward to engaging in discussions & seeing colleagues #OurVoicesMatter #NoLifeHalfLived
Looking forward to a cracking day of discussion with @ALLIANCEScot members - and Sir Michael Marmot, public health guru.
Awaiting arrival of first speakers @CIH_events Scotland’s Housing Festival @EICC among them, former FM @NicolaSturgeon who will be focusing on leadership.
AI powered speech recognition could liberate a great deal of clinicians’ time - they just need to use it.
Looking forward to catching up with digi tech developments in health and social care @HolyroodConnect #DigiHealthCare25 - politicians, clinicians and techy types in the spotlight today.
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🚀 How can AI advance healthcare? Our Day 1 chair, @ptupdate, highlights how our event will help you share experiences, scan the AI horizon, and drive innovation:
Join us at #DigiHealthCare25 on 18 Feb for insightful panels, masterclasses and networking: bit.ly/4ehlrpe
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This is an important story. Gentrification in Govan.
🔴 NEW: In Glasgow’s Govan, the Stringfellow family — Showpeople with roots stretching back centuries — are fighting to save their home. Their yard, part of their cultural heritage, faces eviction due to a £25m redevelopment plan.
Find out more: bit.ly/41Pn2Ac