19 June 2008
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands MSP, is calling for answers on what is going to happen to pensioners across the Highlands and Islands seeking help with heating.
Following the scrapping by the Scottish Government of the system which gave the elderly free central heating Mrs Grant wants to know how these people will be [...]
Highland Pensioners face red tape to access heating
Fears for single crewing of Air Ambulance in the North
23 06 08
Today Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, has called upon the Scottish Ambulance Service to withdraw any plans to reduce the night shift crew from two down to one as part of a cost saving exercise.
“It seems ludicrous that at a time when the Scottish Ambulance Service is looking at an [...]
Highland Pensioners face red tape to access heating
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands MSP, is calling for answers on what is going to happen to pensioners across the Highlands and Islands seeking help with heating.Following the scrapping by the Scottish Government of the system which gave the elderly free central heating Mrs Grant wants to know how these people will be dealt with [...]
Less Affordable Housing for the Highlands and Islands
13 June 2008
The Scottish Government has slashed funding to housing associations in the Highlands and Islands.
Highlands and Islands Regional Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has been challenging the Communities Minister in General Questions today amidst fears that local social housing projects may be shelved this year and that rents could be forced up.
“The Government has taken [...]
North MSP calls for paid time off for blood donations
6 June 2008
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, is urging local businesses to give people time off to give blood.
In the face of an impending blood crisis in the next two years unless numbers can be increased Mrs Grant is writing to local businesses to encourage them to let staff off during working hours [...]
Labour calls for Honesty over Funding Effects to Rural Health Services
5 June 2008
In a debate on Remote and Rural Health Care, Labour Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands Labour MSP is calling on the Scottish Government to be honest about how funding changes will affect rural NHS services.
MSPs condemned the Government acceptance of a revised formula contained in the National Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) report [...]
Call for volunteer drivers for the Scottish Ambulance Service
29 May 2008
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands MSP, is calling for support for volunteer drivers who work for the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Volunteers in different parts of the Highlands and Islands have contacted the MSP to express their fears that dwindling numbers of drivers could leave areas without the vital lifeline services.
“There are no employed [...]
MSP calls for risk assessment before any phone boxes closed
29 May 2008
On the final day of the initial consultation period (Friday), Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands MSP is calling for BT to carry out risk assessments before closing rural telephone boxes.
As part of the BT consultation on the closing down of 194 payphones across the Highland network she has highlighted the life or [...]
Re-assurances sought on government announcement on rural general hospitals
13 May 2008
Following the announcement on the future of rural general hospitals issued by the Scottish Government, Rhoda Grant said,
“While I welcome the supportive words from the Scottish Government on how important the issue of rural care is, I am not sure they are really announcing anything new here.
“Nicola Sturgeon herself identified hospitals [...]
MSP calls for a fair deal for community buy-out group
12 May 2008
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands MSP, is calling for action to save a project which could bring £200,000 a year to a Northern Community.
The Latheron, Lybster and Clyth Community set up a development company which planned to buy 40 hectares of clear felled Forestry Commission land to create a 3 turbine wind farm.
“This [...]
