2002 Archive >>> 

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, is urging his constituents, as they sit down to tuck into their Christmas turkey, to remember all those whose hard work is so vital to a successful festive season... (more)

Safer streets in Inverclyde will be top of the agenda when Greenock and Inverclyde’s MSP, Duncan McNeil and MP, David Cairns meet Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police, William Rae, tomorrow... (more)

Commenting on the Auditor General for Scotland’s report on NHS finances, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, today said... (more)

Commenting on today’s announcement by Sanmina-SCI of voluntary redundancies at its Greenock plant, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, said... (more)

Minister of Greenock’s Wellpark Mid Kirk, Reverend Alan Sorensen, has been praised for riding to the rescue in the Scottish Parliament today... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed the decision of the Parliament’s Health Committee to hold, for the first time ever, a full inquiry into how the recruitment, training and retention of NHS staff is affecting the delivery of health services... (more)

Commenting on the lack of births at the Community Midwife Unit at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, today said... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, is calling for an industry probe into allegations that power company representatives are using so-called “dummy warrants” to fraudulently gain access to customers’ properties and cut off their electricity... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed today’s announcement by the National Semiconductor Corporation that it will invest $18.5 million in its Greenock manufacturing plant... (more)

As Remembrance Sunday approaches, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has paid tribute to Inverclyde’s veterans of conflicts both recent and distant... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed the news that further investigations into building a pedestrian crossing on the A78 at Wemyss Bay Station and the Ferry Terminal are to be undertaken... (more)

The newly published Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Bill shows that the voice of Scotland’s decent, hardworking communities has been heard, says MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, is warning dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets that they face a £40 on-the-spot fine... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, says pregnant women in his constituency will not be “corralled” into Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital. Speaking after Health Minister, Malcolm Chisholm, issued his response to NHS Argyll and Clyde’s highly controversial proposals for maternity services in the area, Mr McNeil said... (more)

Transport Minister, Nicol Stephen, has promised that his department will launch a Public Local Inquiry (PLI) into the hold-up on work to replace Greenock’s West Station Bridge... (more)

NHS Argyll and Clyde’s announcement that it will move most births to Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital on 31^st October shows that those with a vested interest in centralisation at Paisley know their case does not stand up to scrutiny, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has told the Health Minister... (more)

The SNP’s “moonlight flit” from Greenock to Paisley has been condemned by Greenock and Inverclyde’s MSP, Duncan McNeil and MP, David Cairns.... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, comments on today’s announcement by NHS Argyll and Clyde that it will implement its contingency plans for the provision of Maternity and Children’s services on the 31^st October 2003... (more)

Politicians who oppose the Scottish Executive’s tough action on antisocial behaviour are letting their communities down, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has told the Scottish Parliament... (more)

The engagements of MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, for the week commencing 22^nd September 2003... (more)

The engagements of MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, for the week commencing 15^th September 2003... (more)

MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, today vowed to get to the bottom of conflicting claims which threaten to set Liberal Deputy Education Minister, Euan Robson, and Liberal Inverclyde Council Leader, Alan Blair, on a collision course... (more)

The engagements of MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, for the week commencing 8^th September 2003... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, today described his shock over claims that NHS obstinacy has led to the “ludicrous anomaly” of two neighbouring Health Boards proposing to site two hospitals providing the same services side-by-side... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm’s assurance that he will not simply rubber stamp Argyll and Clyde Health Board’s under-fire plans for maternity services... (more)

McNeil and Chisholm in Rankin Talks

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, will meet Health Minister, Malcolm Chisholm, tomorrow to discuss Argyll and Clyde Health Board’s decision to centralise all consultant-led inpatient maternity services at Paisley’s RAH... (more)

McNeil Calls for Junior Doctors' Deal Probe

On the eve of the agreement on junior doctors’ hours becoming legally enforceable, MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde and member of the Scottish Parliament’s Health Committee, Duncan McNeil, is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into how it and similar measures will affect the services patients receive... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has condemned today’s decision by Argyll and Clyde NHS Board to endorse the recommendation of the Maternity Services Steering Group that all consultant-led inpatient maternity services be centralised at Paisley’s Royal Alexandria Hospital... (more)

On the eve of its crunch meeting to decide the future of the Rankin Maternity Unit, MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has warned members of Argyll and Clyde Health Board not to fall victim to "bully boy tactics." ... (more)

800,000 Women and Children to be forced into 2 hospitals, 7 miles apart. MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has expressed his “shock and outrage” that key documents which spell out the devastating consequences of centralising all Argyll and Clyde’s consultant-led inpatient maternity services at Paisley’s Royal Alexandria Hospital were kept secret during the public consultation on the issue... (more)

Communities Minister, Margaret Curran, is coming to Inverclyde to hear what measures local residents want included in the forthcoming Anti-Social Behaviour (Scotland) Bill... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has described today’s news that the NHS Argyll and Clyde Maternity Services Steering Group has recommended that all inpatient consultant-led maternity services in the Health Board area be centralised at the Royal Alexandria Hospital in Paisley as further evidence of “not so much creeping as careering NHS centralisation.”... (more)

Commenting on reports regarding the effect of the forthcoming clinical staff changeover on staffing levels at Inverclyde Royal Hospital’s Paediatric Department, MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, today said... (more)

Commenting on the announcement that progress is being made towards building the Cloch Road End roundabout on the A78, MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, said... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, is questioning Scotland’s Health Ministers and local health chiefs over reports that a cut in junior doctors’ hours has left the NHS wasting money and cancelling operations... (more)

Newly re-elected MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has thanked his constituents for returning him to the Scottish Parliament and says he is committed to continuing to working represent every part of his constituency... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, is working to make sure local men aged 60 to 64 are ready to take advantage of free local bus travel... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed today’s announcement that the Scottish Executive would not be accepting the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report on pharmacies... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed today’s announcement by Enterprise and Transport Minister, Iain Gray, that £839,000 is to be spent opening up more of Inverclyde’s waterfront up for business... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed changes announced by the Lord President, Lord Cullen, which will allow "fast-track" court hearings in personal injury cases for terminally ill people, including asbestos sufferers... (more)

Sports Minister, Mike Watson, will kick off a debate on the future of sport in Inverclyde when he addresses a specially convened sports forum this Monday... (more)

Local pharmacists are to meet Deputy Health Minister, Frank McAveety, on Tuesday 11^th March to discuss their concerns over an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report which, they fear, may threaten the future of community pharmacies... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has called for the NHS to pay more attention to how factors outwith its direct control – such as Working Time Regulations and Royal College Guidelines – are impacting on patient care. Failure to do so, he warns, will inevitably lead to the sort of pressure to centralise services which threatens the future of the Rankin Maternity Unit... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, says the dramatic events surrounding the recent birth of a baby from Inverkip within minutes of arriving at the Rankin Maternity Unit underlines the importance of local maternity services... (more)

The people of Greenock and Inverclyde are being offered the chance to save cash and help the environment by switching to brand new energy efficient light bulbs... (more)

Dismissing claims contained in recent letters to the Greenock Telegraph regarding his role in the campaign to retain services at the Rankin Maternity Unit, MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has called on the whole community to present a united front... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has welcomed this morning’s comments by Enterprise Minister, Iain Gray, regarding the Scottish Electronics industry... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has dismissed as "scaremongering" anonymous accusations that he voted in the Scottish Parliament to close Greenock Fire Station... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has dismissed comments made yesterday by the Nationalist MSP, Lloyd Quinan... (more)

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has described his meeting with Enterprise Minister, Iain Gray, as "positive and productive."... (more)

Speaking today after meeting with management at the IBM plant in Greenock, MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, said... (more)