ONE of the Evening Times reports last week, stated the yawning gap opening up in the public purse, with the minor sweetener that the NHS budget will still be protected.
More bitter sweet when we hear that the NHS can only keep its head above water if patients can be kept out of hospital by early intervention and community care for chronic conditions. That will be a real struggle if social care budgets are cut, and if the promised integration of health and social care fails to deliver.
James Sandeman, via email
LAST week, Nicola Sturgeon gave Jon Stewart's US Daily Show audience her top three things Scotland has to offer.
"We've got scotch whisky, we've got haggis, we've got great scenery," she said.
Are these factors the reason our First Minister remains cheerfully unphased by our plummeting oil and gas revenues as well as by the £7.6 billion annual black hole FFA (full fiscal autonomy) would create in our finances?
Keith Gilmour, Glasgow, via email
I APPLAUD Glasgow on taking the initiative in securing funding for several areas in the city through city deal. Is it just me or did they forget to include the Tradeston part, with loads of empty industrial units, eye sores of derelict land and the Clyde wall?
Mr Clean, via email
REGARDS the new hospital, take a minute and think of all the staff including me who have lost their job or had to be redeployed somewhere they didn't want to go.
I work at Gartnavel on a fixed term contract and because of the wards that moved to the new hospital we have been left with more staff than is needed so we are out the door. The new hospital is under staffed and we are not even given the option of going there,just a letter saying thanks for your hard work,bye.
Carol McColl, Scotstoun, via email
Top tweets on.... Gordon Matheson standing as Scottish Labour deputy leader
€@EleonoraAnne1
Unless they can conjure up Flash Gordon, I think Labour should be steering clear of the Gordons of politics.
€@shellmon3 He knows he is going to loose his council seat and is desperate to stay on the gravy train
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