Information from Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership Current Vaccination Programme Priorities The ‘flu and COVID-19 autumn/winter vaccination programme is now underway. As usual, those most at risk will be offered vaccination first; this includes people aged 80 and over. Appointments have been issued for this group at our Aberdeenshire Vaccination Centres. We will also be running outreach […]

Leave the collection of dead seabirds to us, urges Aberdeenshire Council

In our manifesto, we outline how the Liberal Democrats will continue to be ambitious for our borough. We are fighting for quality local services, a fair economic recovery with more local jobs, and keeping our borough a great place to live. We are making commitments that will mean more support and more activities for young […]

A number of residents have spoken to local Lib Dem candidate Aude Boubaker-Calder about the difficulty of accessing in-person GP services. As a result, the local Liberal Democrat team have written to the Scottish Health Secretary to ask for an exit plan.

Those who have put their lives at risk for our country should be welcome to live in it. Like the rest of our wonderful NHS and care staff, thousands of people from other countries have been on the frontline throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Foreign nationals working in the NHS deserve the right to remain in […]

Times are tough just now, and this Christmas will be one of the most challenging yet. We’ve got to come together like never before. That means reaching out and staying connected with the most vulnerable and isolated members of our community. Earlier this year, An Post—Ireland’s postal service—announced it would carry letters, large envelopes, packets […]

People sleeping rough in York can safely bed down this winter as extra emergency beds are being offered again, whatever the weather, from 1 November 2019 until 28 February 2020. Besides securing nearly £400,000 extra fund for additional outreach workers to give rough more intensive support especially around mental health, York goes above and beyond […]

More people sleeping rough in York can now safely bed down this winter as extra emergency beds are being offered whatever the weather until 28 February. Earlier this year, senior councillors agreed that York should go above and beyond the national ‘severe weather scheme’. The 11 additional beds created bring the total emergency provision up […]

With the announcement that traditional banking services in Shaw and Crompton will come to an end in January 2019 with the closure of the local Royal Bank of Scotland Branch, Shaw Councillor Howard Sykes MBE, who is the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Democrat Group on Oldham Council, has written to the Chairman […]

County Councillors in Surrey have agreed that children’s mental health and special needs provision should be the subject of detailed study in partnership with universities and others so that current and future demand for these services can be met. Two members of the Lib Dem Group at County Hall moved an motion during yesterday’s Full […]