Maree Todd: “The vast majority of women are able to give birth safely in Scotland but I can’t ignore the issues that have been raised…”

While this funding will enable services to resume from October, I recognise that islanders have lost confidence in the reliability of these links.

Responsibility for professional development sits with individual healthcare professionals, employers, Public Service Delivery (PSD) Scotland, the royal colleges and other professional bodies.

Against an increasingly toxic and unpredictable drugs supply, this rise is deeply concerning and unacceptable.

It is important not to stigmatise the use of antidepressants or other mental health medicines.