Today’s Caithness Courier features CHAT on the front page, with the headline “Anger over “pause” in health redesign plans”. No punches have been pulled, and it does not matter what excuses, or attempts to shift the blame, emanate from the usual directions, the facts are simple. The long-promised Health Hubs are “paused” and so is the work on CGH.
“Pause” is defined as “to cease or suspend an action temporarily”. So just how long will this “pause” be? Would anyone like to take a bet? And another good question – When did the Scottish Government know that this was going to happen? These things do not occur overnight. Before Christmas? Earlier? One thing is certain – there will be strong moves to try and shift the blame. And meanwhile – as usual – precisely nothing useful is going to happen in the far north.
MP Jamie Stone has weighed in very strongly and said he was “disgusted” and described the situation as “A complete breakdown of proper responsible government”.
Things are now utterly dire in Caithness, and we must all stand up and say so. Enough is enough. Time for all our politicians to forget the “party line”, call a joint crisis meeting, sit down and sort this out before it is too late. We are at a tipping point now – another cut here and there, another broken promise, and we may never be able to pull back from the brink.
Meanwhile, on page 2, MSP Maree Todd says “I fully sympathise with the concerns of expectant mothers and their families, especially during the winter months, in making the journey to Inverness”. We quite agree……………we keep saying so. May we have some action now please, as promised?
The Caithness Courier has much more, and for subscribers, here is the link:-
Caithness Health Action Team 