Ministers join carers from across the country
Carers from across Scotland will join senior politicians in the Scottish Parliament next week in a UK first.
Scotland’s first annual Carers Parliament will see new Health Secretary Alex Neil and Public Health Minister Michael Matheson join MSPs, representatives from COSLA, Community Health Partnerships, NHS24, and the Association of Directors of Social Work to hear from adult and young carers about the issues that impact most on their lives.
The event, which will be held in the Parliament on Monday 1 October, will be chaired by Deputy Presiding Officer Elaine Smith MSP. The youngest present will be aged 13 and the oldest, over 80.
You can read more about the Carers Parliament and why it is happening in the latest issue of Holyrood.
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Katie Mackintosh
Katie is Holyrood magazine's Health Correspondent and has been with the magazine since 2005. She has an MA in Sociology with Gender from Edinburgh University and a post graduate diploma in Journalism from Napier University. Katie has twice been named PPA Scotland Feature Writer of the Year, in 2008 and again in 2009, and was shortlisted for magazine writer of the year at the Scottish Press Awards in 2012. She is an Aberdonian by birth, a Glaswegian by nature, who now lives in Fife with her...