The contribution and commitment of NHSScotland staff, supported by investment in their future and wellbeing, is essential to the delivery of better healthcare for Scotland Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said today.
Five ambitions for Scotland's health service to help it address the key workforce challenges for 21st century, have been published by the Scottish Government and NHSScotland. These are designed to ensure:
all staff are ambassadors for health improvement, safety and quality...
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has sent his congratulations to the President-elect of the United States, Barack Obama.
In his message, Mr Salmond included an invitation to visit Scotland during the 2009 Year of Homecoming.
Senator Obama has Scottish ancestry and sent a statement of support to this year's Scotland Week celebrations in the United States.
Mr Salmond said:
"On behalf of the people of Scotland, I send you my heartfelt congratulations on a wonderful and historic election...
Here on the Flood ranchero, using the term loosely, daily routine is stamped into my body and soul to the point of being tedious and monotonous. As a rule, I do love this kind of life, but there are other considerations. Presently the putting together of crafts for a showing at the grandchildren’s school is my discipline. This can be a bit depressing because in this world where so much can be bought at the dollar store it hardly seems worthwhile to do our own small useful articles needed on the...
August 14, 2008-Olmpics
One of my readers asked how I could overlook the
fact that the Chinese deceived the public by not telling about the
child singer who was lip sinking.
I’ve thought about this question for a few
days. There are a number of issues involved and too political for
me to decipher those. I will not
go back on the statement made about enjoying the culture of the
Chinese, which I do, so much. The intricate...
More businesses will be able to feel the warmth of renewable heating that cuts emissions.
Twenty six projects across Scotland have been awarded a share of 1.6 million under the Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme to install biomass heating systems and district heating systems in small businesses like hotels and offices.
The news comes as a new round of the Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme is open to applications from today.
An extra £1.3 million of European funding has been allocated - on top of the...
The second budget of this Scottish Government has been passed by Parliament, securing vital public spending at a time when the economy needs it most.
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth said the vote in favour of the spending plans would ensure a massive investment programme across Scotland would go ahead, keeping the economy moving and supporting nearly 5,000 jobs.
Key announcements made during the passage of the reintroduced bill through all three stages today...
Patients in Scotland could be set to benefit from a new simpler, less expensive and quicker system of medical compensation.
An expert group has been established to consider the introduction of no-fault compensation north of the border.
The group will be chaired by Sheila Maclean, Director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine at Glasgow University.
If introduced a system of no-fault compensation means that some patients would receive financial compensation without the need to go...
Changes to the Scottish Government Ministerial team were announced today.
The changes include:
Alex Neil appointed as Minister for Housing and Communities. The Sport remit will now be led by Shona Robison who becomes Minister for Public Health and Sport
Roseanna Cunningham appointed as Minister for the Environment
Keith Brown appointed as Education Minister for Schools and Skills
Michael Russell taking responsibility for the Constitution as Minister for Culture, External Affairs and...
On Claude Monet: Impressionist painter 1840-1926:
His scenes shimmer, like memories. They are single, fleeting moments,
reminders of life’s beauty and transience. John Berger about Monet
Today was a Monet experience, this April 19th of
2008. The first of this month had been a dreary time with March
winds reaching over into April. The cold was somehow, heavy and
uncomfortable. My languishing about inside the house while a
desire to get my...
The Scottish Government is to allocate £600,000 during the next two years to support a new post-graduate scheme designed to improve education links between Scotland and China for the economic benefit of both nations.
The move follows an announcement by the Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop during her April visit to China, that both countries had agreed to create a new university research programme which would aim to:
Build partnerships between research teams in both countries, based on areas...
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