East Kilbride

Welcoming today’s Court of Session ruling in favour of minimum unit pricing for alcohol, Health Secretary Alex Neil said:

“We welcome today’s favourable opinion from the Court of Session on minimum unit pricing of alcohol.  We have always believed minimum unit pricing is the right thing to do to tackle Scotland’s problematic relationship with alcohol.  Minimum unit pricing will target cheap alcohol relative to strength that is favoured by hazardous and harmful drinkers and which contributes to much of the alcohol-related harm we see in Scotland.

An independent review of the current systems for making new medicines available across NHS Scotland has been published today.

The review considered every aspect of the introduction of new medicines from national advice to local decision-making to establish whether any improvements can be made. The recommendations include:

• More public involvement in the assessment of new medicines and local Health Board consideration of individual requests for drugs not routinely available;
  

Check out this week's Odeon East Kilbride film times. Valid from Friday 3rd May until Thursday 9th May.

Iron Man 3 3d (12A)
2H35-Contains moderate violence, threat and language-Digital-No free guest tickets- Audio Description available
Fri            13:00    14:10    15:10    16:00    17:10    18:10    19:00    20:10    21:10
Sat-Mon    11:10    12:10    13:00    14:10    15:10    16:00    17:10    18:10    19:00    20:10    21:10
Tue    11:10        13:00    14:10    15:10    16:00    17:10    18:10    19:00    20:10    21:10
Wed            13:00    14:10    15:10    16:00    17:10    18:10    19:00    20:10    21:10
Thu            13:00    14:00    16:00    17:00    19:00    20:20    

The CROODS 3d (U)
1H39-Contains mild threat-Digital- Audio Description available
Sat-Mon    10:45

Star Trek: Into Darkness 3d (12A)
2H35- Contains moderate violence and threat -Digital-No free guest tickets- Audio Description available
Thu    00:01    11:20    13:40    14:30    16:50    17:40    18:20    20:00    20:45    21:20

The multi-agency task force set up to look at the way forward for East Kilbride has come up with a four point action plan.

Four draft themes have been discussed and developed, which are:

• East Kilbride as a vibrant town centre
• East Kilbride as a competitive business location
• East Kilbride as an attractive location to live, work and relax
• East Kilbride as an education and skills centre

The move to a single policing service for Scotland will provide a foundation for a consistent national approach to how Police Scotland serves its communities and how it operates as an organisation of more than 20,000 police officers and staff.

The publication this week of Police Scotland’s Equality and Diversity report sets out how it will meet its obligations under the 2010 Equality Act.

Linda Fabiani MSP for East Kilbride has welcomed a new scheme from the Scottish Government which is to be rolled out across Scotland’s children’s hospitals, helping children combat their fear of being in hospital.

Scottish business is backing a new employer assessed work-based qualification to help young people prove they are ready for employment.

The Certificate of Work Readiness has been developed in partnership with the business community and aims to give unemployed young people the chance to demonstrate the value they bring to the workplace.

Piloted by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in a number of areas, the certificate will consist of college-based learning time, as well as 190 hours of real life work experience, and is unique in that it will only be awarded following employer assessment.

Two in five people in Scotland will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime, according to figures released yesterday, but people are living longer after diagnosis.

Official statistics released by ISD Scotland also show that incidence rates of cancer in Scotland have increased by three per cent over the last ten years.

South Lanarkshire Council are looking for Primary and Secondary School teachers to fill temporary supply, permanent and fixed term teaching posts.

South Lanarkshire Council has an excellent teaching workforce and have invested heavily in modernising the school estate with all South Lanarkshire's secondary schools and more than 80 primary schools rebuilt over the last few years to provide pupils and teachers with an excellent learning environment.

Maps showing the location of toilets across South Lanarkshire are now 'at your convenience'.

The At your Convenience guides for Hamilton, East Kilbride, Rutherglen/Cambuslang and Clydesdale have been produced by Seniors Together with funding from Macmillan Cancer Support.