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MATHESON
WELCOMES IMPORTANT HEALTH POLICY CHANGES
 Falkirk
West SNP MSP has welcomed a raft of important health initiatives
announced by Nicola Sturgeon, Health Secretary within the
SNP Government.
The
announcements include,
- Additional
funding to tackle hospital based infections.
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The removal of patient parking charges form hospitals.
- The
return of Matrons to the wards.
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An end to the privatisation of services such as catering
and cleaning.
Speaking
at the meeting of the growing Falkirk West SNP Constituency
Association Mr Matheson said,
"The
Tory experiment with our Health Service where everything
that could be privatised was led to many of the problems
we have today.
Labour
not only failed to reverse this process but actually accelerated
privatisation through such as PFI. 1300 local people will
move from the public sector to the private when the new
hospital at Larbert opens thanks to Labour opening the door
to cuts in their salaries and conditions.
I
am delighted that the SNP Government are reversing this
process and returning the Health Service to the people.
I
am sure that everyone will welcome the re-introduction of
Matrons to the wards in one of a raft of proposals to tackle
the hospital based infections that have become prevalent
over the years."
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