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Highland Council cutbacks will take away front line services Scotland UK

The national percentage for those who are over 60 in scotland is 19%. That percentage increases to 34% for the Highlands and Islands. This percentage for the Highlands will increase by 10% every 5 years so its imperative that proper planning and a full strategic review is carried out in order [...]

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Shocking state of people admitted to Accident and Emergency – Inverness, Scotland

Drunk 12-year-old girl rushed to hospital
By Helen Bushnell Highland News

Published:  04 March, 2010
“Raigmore Hospital’s A&E department was not a pleasant place to be on Saturday night, according to Jim Ferguson.”

A 12-YEAR-old drunk, two men who had been assaulted in booze-fuelled bust-ups and a drug user who had overdosed…
These were just some of the many patients [...]

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Labour have failed to achieve the best for the people of the UK

I found the following article to be of great interest and one that clearly shows how Labour have failed to achieve the best for the people of this country.
Every person should read this and in particular people who voted Labour the last time around. They need to understand the feckless mismanagement of our economy, health [...]

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Better care for the elderly

Protecting Britain’s Pensioners

Labour want to cut Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance for over 65s, wrecking their chances of living independently.
2.4 million elderly people need support to cope with a physical or mental disability.
These people rely on disability benefits – a third of them through the Disability Living Allowance for over 65s, and two thirds [...]

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Jim Ferguson and Mary Scanlon MSP help Blythswood Care “food for the needy” project

JIM FERGUSON AND MARY SCANLON
Conservatives working together in the Highlands of Scotland
Jim  Ferguson said:
“Blythswood should be highly commended on this worthwhile local community project.
I pay tribute to Lorna Dempster and her team for the hard work and dedication they give to making a real difference to people in desperate need. They have our [...]

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