Laura Alderman
@lauraalderman.bsky.social
Political Reporter for STV News with interest in #SocialCare
Previously Assistant News Editor @itvnews.bsky.social
@johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social Fellow
📸 http://instagram.com/stvlauraa
Previously Assistant News Editor @itvnews.bsky.social
@johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social Fellow
📸 http://instagram.com/stvlauraa
NEW: Labour retain control of Edinburgh City Council with support from Lib Dems and Conservatives. The SNP Green takeover bid has failed with 28 votes to 32 with 1 abstention
Former Council leader Cammy Day joined remotely with his camera off and spoke only to vote
Former Council leader Cammy Day joined remotely with his camera off and spoke only to vote
December 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
NEW: Labour retain control of Edinburgh City Council with support from Lib Dems and Conservatives. The SNP Green takeover bid has failed with 28 votes to 32 with 1 abstention
Former Council leader Cammy Day joined remotely with his camera off and spoke only to vote
Former Council leader Cammy Day joined remotely with his camera off and spoke only to vote
On tonight’s STV News at Six 🚨🚑
We follow paramedics on nightshift in Edinburgh during one of the busiest nights of the year as they say they’re struggling to cope with a spike in mental health incidents. And we visit the 999 control centre as call volumes rise to 100k in December
We follow paramedics on nightshift in Edinburgh during one of the busiest nights of the year as they say they’re struggling to cope with a spike in mental health incidents. And we visit the 999 control centre as call volumes rise to 100k in December
December 16, 2024 at 4:02 PM
On tonight’s STV News at Six 🚨🚑
We follow paramedics on nightshift in Edinburgh during one of the busiest nights of the year as they say they’re struggling to cope with a spike in mental health incidents. And we visit the 999 control centre as call volumes rise to 100k in December
We follow paramedics on nightshift in Edinburgh during one of the busiest nights of the year as they say they’re struggling to cope with a spike in mental health incidents. And we visit the 999 control centre as call volumes rise to 100k in December
On tonight's STV News at Six📺
🚘The DVLA says it will consider licencing changes for older drivers next year in response to a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a toddler in Edinburgh in 2020. We visit Scotland's only NHS DVLA assessment centre & meet a driver with dementia
🚘The DVLA says it will consider licencing changes for older drivers next year in response to a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a toddler in Edinburgh in 2020. We visit Scotland's only NHS DVLA assessment centre & meet a driver with dementia
December 13, 2024 at 5:32 PM
On tonight's STV News at Six📺
🚘The DVLA says it will consider licencing changes for older drivers next year in response to a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a toddler in Edinburgh in 2020. We visit Scotland's only NHS DVLA assessment centre & meet a driver with dementia
🚘The DVLA says it will consider licencing changes for older drivers next year in response to a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a toddler in Edinburgh in 2020. We visit Scotland's only NHS DVLA assessment centre & meet a driver with dementia
'I've been left to rot with long Covid': Patients face 'lottery' for support news.stv.tv/east-central...
'I've been left to rot with long Covid': Patients face 'lottery' for support
A specially-designated fund of £10m announced by the SNP Government has been described as a 'postcode lottery'.
news.stv.tv
December 9, 2024 at 2:33 PM
'I've been left to rot with long Covid': Patients face 'lottery' for support news.stv.tv/east-central...
On tonight's STV News at Six 📺
A woman stuck in hospital for 3 years waiting for a care package says she is being "failed" by the Scottish Government and she "slipped under the radar." Delayed discharge figures are now the highest on record & lead to delays at A&E. Full story 6pm.
A woman stuck in hospital for 3 years waiting for a care package says she is being "failed" by the Scottish Government and she "slipped under the radar." Delayed discharge figures are now the highest on record & lead to delays at A&E. Full story 6pm.
December 3, 2024 at 5:27 PM
On tonight's STV News at Six 📺
A woman stuck in hospital for 3 years waiting for a care package says she is being "failed" by the Scottish Government and she "slipped under the radar." Delayed discharge figures are now the highest on record & lead to delays at A&E. Full story 6pm.
A woman stuck in hospital for 3 years waiting for a care package says she is being "failed" by the Scottish Government and she "slipped under the radar." Delayed discharge figures are now the highest on record & lead to delays at A&E. Full story 6pm.
NEW: The latest figures on Delayed Discharge show in October 2024, there were 2,030 people delayed. This is the highest number of people delayed since the guidelines were amended in July 2016. It comes as @auditscotland.bsky.social review of the NHS says there is "no clear plan" to deliver services
Delayed discharges in NHSScotland monthly - Figures for October 2024 - Delayed discharges in NHSScotland monthly - Publications - Public Health Scotland
Monthly information relating to people experiencing a delay in their discharge from hospital.
publichealthscotland.scot
December 3, 2024 at 10:01 AM
NEW: The latest figures on Delayed Discharge show in October 2024, there were 2,030 people delayed. This is the highest number of people delayed since the guidelines were amended in July 2016. It comes as @auditscotland.bsky.social review of the NHS says there is "no clear plan" to deliver services
The funeral cortège for comedian Janey Godley arrives on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
November 29, 2024 at 3:32 PM
The funeral cortège for comedian Janey Godley arrives on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
Reposted by Laura Alderman
Thank you for all your wonderful messages about our programme last night on the funding crisis in hospice care.
It was a privilege to make it, to talk about my mum’s experiences, and to meet so many amazing people.
You can watch it here on @ITVX
www.itv.com/watch/tonigh...
It was a privilege to make it, to talk about my mum’s experiences, and to meet so many amazing people.
You can watch it here on @ITVX
www.itv.com/watch/tonigh...
www.itv.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Thank you for all your wonderful messages about our programme last night on the funding crisis in hospice care.
It was a privilege to make it, to talk about my mum’s experiences, and to meet so many amazing people.
You can watch it here on @ITVX
www.itv.com/watch/tonigh...
It was a privilege to make it, to talk about my mum’s experiences, and to meet so many amazing people.
You can watch it here on @ITVX
www.itv.com/watch/tonigh...
Some stories stay with you forever ❤️
Such a joy to follow the journey of the APSS and Sophie the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter - a WW1 aircraft built from scratch by a group of East Lothian pensioners over 24 years, as she made history taking her first ever flight.
(📸B&W photo credit: Colin McLean)
Such a joy to follow the journey of the APSS and Sophie the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter - a WW1 aircraft built from scratch by a group of East Lothian pensioners over 24 years, as she made history taking her first ever flight.
(📸B&W photo credit: Colin McLean)
November 29, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Some stories stay with you forever ❤️
Such a joy to follow the journey of the APSS and Sophie the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter - a WW1 aircraft built from scratch by a group of East Lothian pensioners over 24 years, as she made history taking her first ever flight.
(📸B&W photo credit: Colin McLean)
Such a joy to follow the journey of the APSS and Sophie the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter - a WW1 aircraft built from scratch by a group of East Lothian pensioners over 24 years, as she made history taking her first ever flight.
(📸B&W photo credit: Colin McLean)
EXCL: The majority of Scots with learning disabilities are NOT being offered promised annual NHS health checks, new data from @scottishlabour.bsky.social shows. The checks were a key SNP post-pandemic pledge to reduce health inequalities, but those waiting say its another "broken promise." STV 6pm
November 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM
EXCL: The majority of Scots with learning disabilities are NOT being offered promised annual NHS health checks, new data from @scottishlabour.bsky.social shows. The checks were a key SNP post-pandemic pledge to reduce health inequalities, but those waiting say its another "broken promise." STV 6pm
On tonight's STV News at Six 📺
Campaigners fighting to legalise assisted dying say public opinion is on their side as they displayed their "dying wishes" on olive trees outside Holyrood today. MSPs are exploring the controversial issue for the 3rd time. More at 6pm
Campaigners fighting to legalise assisted dying say public opinion is on their side as they displayed their "dying wishes" on olive trees outside Holyrood today. MSPs are exploring the controversial issue for the 3rd time. More at 6pm
November 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
On tonight's STV News at Six 📺
Campaigners fighting to legalise assisted dying say public opinion is on their side as they displayed their "dying wishes" on olive trees outside Holyrood today. MSPs are exploring the controversial issue for the 3rd time. More at 6pm
Campaigners fighting to legalise assisted dying say public opinion is on their side as they displayed their "dying wishes" on olive trees outside Holyrood today. MSPs are exploring the controversial issue for the 3rd time. More at 6pm