Archive for September 2021

Overall nursing vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire are at a near record high with 469 posts unfilled, according to worrying statistics published by the NHS. Monica Lennon MSP has raised concerns that “plummeting staffing levels in Lanarkshire” are putting patients and the workforce at risk, pointing to record A&E waiting times and a huge backlog in…

Monica Lennon MSP, herself a sufferer of Migraine, calls for better understanding of the impacts that the condition can have on a person’s ability to work, nothing that it disproportionately affects women (two to three times more prevalent than in men) and other historically disadvantaged population groups. A report from Migraine Trust, released today (Monday…