Hospice Care Week – Rhoda Grant

I was delighted to meet with Hospice UK and Kenny Steele of Highland Hospice in Parliament recently during Hospice Care Week.

Highland Hospice is leading the way in Scotland with its 24 hour Palliative Care Helpline which provides a single point of access for 24/7 advice, support, and information for people who may be in the last 12 months of life, and for their families, carers, and health and social care professionals across Highland and Argyll and Bute.

Kenny Steele’s compassion and drive is unrelenting and in today’s financial climate it is even more important than ever that hospices are fully supported by government to allow them to continue providing their invaluable care and support during one of the hardest times of life.

About

Born in Stornoway, brought up on the south shores of Loch Torridon in Wester Ross and now living in Inverness, Rhoda has experience of living in both rural and urban areas of the Highlands and Islands, giving her the knowledge to understand the various challenges faced by our communities.

Rhoda has worked in both the public and private sectors in the Highlands. Employed for a number of years with the public sector trade union Unison and The Highland Council, then as a Member of the Scottish Parliament between 1999 and 2003, then again from 2007.

Rhoda has held many Shadow Cabinet roles including Rural and Connectivity Cabinet Secretary, Shadow Women and Equalities Spokesperson, Shadow Health Minister, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Shadow Minister for Economy, and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice. She is currently the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Land Reform, Islands.