Shona Robison
Shona Robison
Shona McRory Robisonis a Scottish politician who is Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport since 2014 and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City East since 2011. She was elected as a Scottish National Party candidate in the 2003 election. Previously she had represented the SNP as an Additional Members System member for North East Scotland, having been elected in the 1999 election...
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I would support a reduction in sickness absence, but the executive must address pressures that force too many people to work too many hours in stressful conditions.
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I have been concerned for some time that even an outbreak of the usual illnesses could leave the health service struggling.
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Many barriers have been broken down in female employment but it seems that for whatever reason, when it comes to computing, girls are deciding to stand back.
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What Jack McConnell is saying is not something in itself that you could argue against, but not everyone is in the position to do what he's suggesting. For those who can it is fine, but I think we need to do more than that. We need more home economics teachers to make sure young people have got the basics. That is more practical.
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We would favour complementary therapies being available on the NHS, but they have to have been tested to show they are effective so we need more research.