Gavin Newlands MP is supporting a campaigning charity’s call on deaf Renfrewshire residents to share their experiences about accessing health services. The Scottish Government’s new Health and Social Care Standards and British Sign Language (BSL) National Plan both aim to improve the accessibility of health services for people in Renfrewshire who are Deaf or hard of hearing. The charity is urging local residents who are Deaf or have hearing loss to complete a short survey t

G avin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, attended a Cancer Research UK event in Westminster earlier this week to learn more about how lifestyle changes can reduce people’s risk of getting cancer. The MP met with campaigners and nurses from the charity’s Cancer Awareness Roadshow, to find out more about their work on cancer prevention. More than four in ten cancer cases in the UK could be prevented each year*, with smoking and obesity being the biggest avoidable