Recognise the vaccine injured and offer appropriate treatment
- 780 Signatures
My wife was injured by the Covid-19 vaccine and we had to find a private doctor to help her. Through this journey we met others who had been injured by the vaccines. Most of them have failed to find any help or acknowledgement from the SNHS and have been gaslit by those who are supposed to care for them.
Through this journey we found this group of volunteers
https://scottishvaccineinjurygroup.org/
They now hold core participant status in both the UK and Scottish covid enquiries and the number of members continues to grow.
The frustration at being unable to access proper health care has also led to suicides from those injured and it’s now time for our government to give the help needed by people who "did the right thing " and now feel abandoned by their government.
We were informed through a third party and not official channels about the death of our dearly loved family member overseas. We have named suspects, suspected foul play and motive.
It’s clear that the system defined by the Lord Advocate is broken and not understood by the Scottish Government as the ‘term ordinarily resident’ is undefined in law.
The common response is that the 2016 Lord Cullen report offers extra support. There have been no FAIs following the deaths of Scots abroad since its introduction, despite statements from the Scottish Government that FAIs would take place if it is in the public interest to do so or an investigation would prevent further deaths.
Scotland should afford as a minimum similar protection and support as England and Wales when an individual who lives or works abroad is repatriated.
Most families, if correctly informed of the differences and lack of intervention by Scotland would choose to repatriate to England or Wales. Clearly, it’s the duty of the Scottish Government to make the UK Government aware of this.
There has been a recent tsunami of interest in pump storage hydro (PSH) in Scotland. The economic case for PSH has been made by the sector but the environmental impacts have been glossed over, denied or ignored.
PSH operations move huge volumes of water and create large variations in loch levels sterilising shoreline ecology. In the case of Loch Ness, if all existing, consented or proposed PSH schemes were approved, the level of Loch Ness will vary by up to 1m daily. Loch Ness would effectively become an inland tidal loch, which would have serious ecological impacts including on the River Ness.
The impact of PSH on salmon smolt migration is not understood but is acknowledged by PSH developers as harmful. Wild salmon in Loch Ness sustain an ecosystem including the famous dolphins at Chanonry Point.
Please note that we are not against PSH per se, but schemes need to be located in the least environmentally damaging locations.
Implement the recommended screening guidelines for people with Li Fraumeni Syndrome
- 936 Signatures
Li Fraumeni TP53 mutation is a genetic syndrome that predisposes a person to cancer, usually of an aggressive type.
The UK Cancer Genetics Group (UKCGG) have made recommendations for screening which have been implemented in parts of England, however they have not been implemented in Scotland. I am calling on the Scottish Government to implement screening for Li Fraumeni patients in line with the guidelines set out in the [UKCGG paper in the Journal of Medical Genetics] (https://jmg.bmj.com/content/58/2/135).
It is imperative to ensure equitable access to medical facilities for all individuals whilst acknowledging the undue financial and physical encumbrances that parking charges levy upon individuals seeking medical care, in particular those grappling with disabilities or acting in a care-givers role; people with constrained financial means; or those providing transport support to others for medical reasons. For these reasons the Scottish Government should introduce legislation to provide for exemptions in paying medical facility parking charges and to create a new classification of parking badge for care-givers.
Improve the support provided to families affected by cot death
- 16 Signatures
I am a parent who lost a child to cot death.
When we had another baby, support was provided by The Scottish Cot Death Trust. The Scottish Cot Death Trust hand out free baby monitors to help prevent cot death. They also offer free CPR and first aid training, and access to a Bereavement Support Worker to support families.
Now we have had another child and, on all literature, the Scottish Government promotes The Lullaby Trust, who do not offer support or help to Scottish families, only to those living in England and Wales. What is the point of promoting an England-based charity? As the saying goes “charity begins at home”, but clearly the Scottish Government don’t see this. As a parent of a child who passed with cot death/SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), I am angered our government doesn’t provide more support to a Scotland-based charity. Our NHS in Scotland should not be sending any money south of the border.
Make chronic kidney disease a key clinical priority
- 1,272 Signatures
Chronic kidney disease is common, with an estimated 600,000 people affected in Scotland, and can progress to dialysis or transplantation. It is silent, often undetected, and simply not on the agenda to the extent that it should be for policymakers, NHS leaders, and the public.
Ministers say they do not intend to publish more action plans for individual conditions. However, we believe a national Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) action plan, similar to those for diabetes and heart disease (designated ‘clinical priorities’, and risk factors for CKD) is the ONLY way to ensure Scotland implements change to identify those at-risk of CKD, diagnoses CKD earlier, and prevents progression.
We believe the designation of CKD as a clinical priority will lead to the higher level of ministerial oversight and government input needed to achieve better health outcomes for people with kidney disease in Scotland.
Allow alkaline hydrolysis
- 18 Signatures
Graveyards are filling up, more will be needed. Good quality land is being "sterilised" from productive use.
Cremation uses energy and produces toxic fumes, ash and CO2.
Alkaline hydrolysis and accelerated composting both produce inert by-product and allow for the recovery of medical implants and the safe disposal of mercury amalgam filled teeth.
For 12 years I've applied for licenses that support sustainable cultural use of natural resources which also benefits conservation and yet NatureScot's refusals direct me to use non-native species, which they believe is another "satisfactory solution". I don't understand how their decisions are proportional or how they apply consideration of "no other satisfactory solution". Their actions contradict their published guidance but they ignore my requests for clarification.
When the Government Minister informed the Scottish Natural Heritage CEO of their new code of practice in 2015 he stated the code "requires regulators to take a risk-based enabling approach, communicate clearly and effectively, and understand who they regulate." This is not my experience and I feel there are hidden agendas. This has left me, part of a cultural minority, feeling discriminated against to the point of persecution. The present situation is also contrary to judgement of the European Court of Justice (C-339/87) on transposition of EU Directives into national law.
In my view, PSE is a useless subject taking up the learning time of secondary school students from S1-S6.
We need to remove this subject as an early and first step to restoring the Scottish education system back to its former stature as the top education system in the UK.
Removing PSE will also help students as it will allow pupils to be more engaged and have more thorough classes, granting a higher standard of education.
I have met with my local MP, Hannah Bardell, and had an interesting and eye-opening debate about Scottish schooling.