30/10/2014
Louise White asks if it is time to change the way the NHS works in Scotland.
TOPIC 1: NHS IN SCOTLAND
The NHS in Scotland is finding it "increasingly difficult to cope" with the "significant pressures" being placed on it, according to the public spending watchdog. Audit Scotland said NHS budgets were tightening at the same time as demand for health services was increasing. And it said progress towards the vision of a more community-based health system by 2020 had been "slow". Health Secretary Alex Neil said the 2020 vision would be "refreshed".
Louise asks: Do we need to change the way the NHS works in Scotland?
TOPIC 2 : CANNABIS
NHS statistics show that the number of people taken to hospital due to cannabis use is at a record high. It was the 3rd most prevalent cause of drug related admission for 2013/14 with a figure of 782 cannabis admissions representing a significant increase from just 492 in 2008/2009. It was also by far the most widespread drug relating to under-20s needing hospital treatment, a total of 37%. Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw MSP said: "Cannabis enjoy a reputation in some quarters as essentially being safe. Allowing the illegal substance that reputation can breed complacency not only amongst users, but authorities too. It accounts for almost double the hospital admissions as cocaine, and the 5-year trend is moving in the wrong direction. We have to break this relaxed attitude."
Louise asks: Is it time to take cannabis seriously?
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Is it time to take cannabis seriously?
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Broadcasts
- Thu 30 Oct 2014 08:50大象传媒 Radio Scotland
- Thu 30 Oct 2014 10:00大象传媒 Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands