Emergency contraception for school children shocker Almost 50 schoolgirls under the age of 16 have been given the morning after pill by a Scottish Executive programme set up to cut the number of teenage pregnancies. The Mail on Sunday has learned that the Healthy Respect sex education project has given out free emergency contraception pills [...]
Mary Scanlon welcomes increase in Cognitive Behaviour Therapists
Mary Scanlon, Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, has welcomed an answer to a Parliamentary Question she submitted from Nicola Sturgeon which detailed the work being done to increase the number of cognitive behavioural therapists (CBTs). Commenting Mary said; “I am pleased that more CBTs are being [...]
Scottish Highlands Rural Payphone Closure Scandal
Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Mary Scanlon, is urging residents to fight to save rural telephone boxes. Her call comes on the back of the announcement by BT that they are consulting on plans to close an incredible 194 phone boxes across the Highland council area. Mary has contacted BT representatives and [...]
Alcohol Consumption – Urgent Need for Action – Mary Scanlon MSP
Commenting on the publication of the Quality Improvement Scotland Report entitled “Understanding Alcohol Misuse in Scotland“, Mary Scanlon MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing, said: “There are some shocking statistics in this report. Alcohol consumption has increased by 23% in the past ten years, and this has led to much greater regular underage [...]
