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  • 1 week ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | John Ferguson |Dan Vevers

    Families began receiving calls from doctors last week to arrange treatments for new Givinostat drug after a campaign by the Sunday Mail. Children with a rare type of muscular dystrophy received calls from doctors last week to begin treatment with a new life extending drug after a Sunday Mail campaign. Givinostat slows the progress of the condition but Scottish health boards had until now failed to provide it despite a free early access programme.

  • 3 weeks ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | John Ferguson

    Families say they are in a race against time to slow their children's symptoms. Health Secretary Neil Gray has been furiously condemned for failing to ensure access to a new muscular dystrophy drug for desperate children. About 30 boys with a rare form of the killer disease could have their lives extended by givinostat.

  • 1 month ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | John Ferguson |Jennifer Hyland

    In the tape he calls officers at his local authority “f****** useless”, and boasts “All the top ones I can sack”. South Ayrshire Council’s Tory administration is close to collapse after the Sunday Mail revealed leader Martin Dowey appearing to offer to help “pals” win multi-million pound contracts in a recording. In the tape he calls officers at his local authority “f****** useless”, and boasts “All the top ones I can sack”.

  • 1 month ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | John Ferguson |Jennifer Hyland

    After a Sunday Mail campaign, NHSGGC confirmed eligible kids should be given givinostat before the end of May, however those in other health board areas could wait months. The head of Britain’s biggest muscular dystrophy charity has backed calls for the Scottish Government to urgently deliver new life-extending drugs to children. About 30 boys could have their lives extended by Givinostat, which slows progress of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare form of the killer disease.

  • 1 month ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | John Ferguson

    Conservative leader of South Ayrshire Council Martin Dowey was taped boasting he could sack senior officers and appeared to suggest he could help award contracts to "pals". A council leader has been recorded appearing to promise to help “pals” win multi-million pound demolition contracts.

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