Freelance journalist, health and social care specialist. Former BBC Sc. health corr, and briefly head of comms for an NHS Trust. So knows how it really works.
Joined September 2009
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Jun 3
Hearing that unpaid carers in scotland save the public purse almost £16billion p.a. @VOCALEdinburgh - if even a fraction of that was reinvested in their support it would be truly transformative.
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Mar 23
Derek Feeley tells #allianceconf26 that we need to shift the balance of power to achieve social care progress in Scotland. #hopetoaction
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Mar 18
On #scotnight
🔷 Does access to palliative care in Scotland need to be improved? @ptupdate and Narmadha Kali Vanan
🔷 The war in Iran and the Middle East continues - are there any signs of the hostilities ending?
🔷Inverness bids to become the next UK City of Culture - @mrlochness27 joins us
📺 STV at 10:40pm
📱 player.stv.tv
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Feb 10
Great to be chairing #DigiHealthCare26 @HolyroodEvents - widespread agreement that we need to be doing more in Scotland. EG Prevention could be tailored and targeted digitally - just need to make it happen!
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22 Dec 2025
Cracking @CalMacFerries breakfast on MV Isle of Arran. Great service, great people.
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7 Dec 2025
After quoting Nigel Farage my replies were a binfire of folk who think 30% of Glasgow pupils are new to English - it’s 4.6%.
Pupils with EAL outperform their monolingual peers across attainment measures and are a boon for Glasgow classrooms
Here’s why 👇
scotsman.com/education/our-b…
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Pennie Taylor retweeted
23 Oct 2025
here is my next column @barrheadnews
Over half of disabled people in UK avoid gigs due to poor accessibility and more represenation for people with a disability in TV adds
@lokiscottishrap @ptupdate @DisabledInTV
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12 Jun 2025
On #scotnight
🔷 @selenajackson_ gains an insight into the challenges facing Scotland's social care sector
🔷 @ptupdate, @Murray_Leith & @AttaYaqub join us in the studio to put the week in focus
📺 STV at 8:30pm / player.stv.tv
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12 Jun 2025
Thank you. We received no information before the bins appeared. Good to know.
11 Jun 2025
Hi Pennie, the kerbside grey bin service is for the collection of plastics, metals, cartons, soft plastics and film. The blue bin is for paper and cardboard. More information can be found here glasgow.gov.uk/article/8293/…. Thanks ^ C
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30 Apr 2025
This book by David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1 has been referenced many times @ALLIANCEScot annual event. It is a powerful read.
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30 Apr 2025
At the @ALLIANCEScot annual conf with @CHSScotland & catching up with our MC for the day @ptupdate before we kick off - looking forward to engaging in discussions & seeing colleagues #OurVoicesMatter #NoLifeHalfLived
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30 Apr 2025
Looking forward to a cracking day of discussion with @ALLIANCEScot members - and Sir Michael Marmot, public health guru.
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10 Apr 2025
… and older people
10 Apr 2025
and disabled people
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4 Mar 2025
Awaiting arrival of first speakers @CIH_events Scotland’s Housing Festival @EICC among them, former FM @NicolaSturgeon who will be focusing on leadership.
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18 Feb 2025
AI powered speech recognition could liberate a great deal of clinicians’ time - they just need to use it.
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18 Feb 2025
Looking forward to catching up with digi tech developments in health and social care @HolyroodConnect #DigiHealthCare25 - politicians, clinicians and techy types in the spotlight today.
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Pennie Taylor retweeted
8 Jan 2025
🚀 How can AI advance healthcare? Our Day 1 chair, @ptupdate, highlights how our event will help you share experiences, scan the AI horizon, and drive innovation:
Join us at #DigiHealthCare25 on 18 Feb for insightful panels, masterclasses and networking: bit.ly/4ehlrpe
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Pennie Taylor retweeted
29 Dec 2024
This is an important story. Gentrification in Govan.
29 Dec 2024
🔴 NEW: In Glasgow’s Govan, the Stringfellow family — Showpeople with roots stretching back centuries — are fighting to save their home. Their yard, part of their cultural heritage, faces eviction due to a £25m redevelopment plan.
Find out more: bit.ly/41Pn2Ac
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Pennie Taylor retweeted
18 Nov 2024
There's something the matter with Glasgow. . . bdonline.co.uk/opinion/empty…
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