NHS Scotland

The first building components for the new National Treatment Centre arrived at the Larbert site in October last year. Pic: Michael Gillen

Delays to hospital ward project

Matheson's iPad expenses bill is not the only reason why he should be ashamed Jackie Baillie

Humza Yousaf visits Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS in July (Picture: Lesley Martin/pool/Getty Images)

Embattled leadership of health board criticised by governance review

Amanda Croft, interim chief executive of NHS Forth Valley, and Janie McCusker, chair of NHS Forth Valley, ahead of the the public session. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

'Ageing population' contributing to issues at 'stage four' health board

Dr Iain Kennedy, chair of BMA Scotland, warns Scotland's NHS won't make it to its 100th birthday. Image: Jeff Moore/Press Association.

Top doctor warns Scotland's NHS won't make it to 100

In 2021 Nicola Sturgeon vowed to abolish all NHS dentistry charges if the SNP was re-elected; this month the Scottish Government halved the number of check-ups to which patients are entitled, while hiking treatment costs (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: NHS Scotland dental check-up cuts are a pain in the wallet

Analysis How has NHS Scotland run up a £395m deficit?

Humza Yousaf visits Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS in July (Picture: Lesley Martin/pool/Getty Images)

Time to face reality as the NHS crisis deepens

NHS Scotland funding crisis: Healthcare service facing £395m deficit

Targets 'placed around doctors' necks' are making NHS recruitment crisis worse Dr Joanna Bredski

A sign for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) building in Edinburgh.

New SQA chair appointed to help oversee replacement of Scotland's exams body

The Scottish Government has been accused of "running out of puff" in efforts to tackle smoking as figures show a target for the number of Scots quitting was missed last year.

Government criticised for failing to meet own targets on smokers quitting

Scottish Government must face up to its tough choices about NHS funding John McLaren

Exclusive A&E: 24-hour waits, patients lying in corridors, and staff ready to quit

Scotland's winter death toll last year was the highest for more than 30 years. Peter Byrne/PA

NHS Scotland: Winter crisis saw highest number of deaths in over thirty years

A blood test for diabetes. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

The growing cost of diabetes in Scotland as cases continue to rise

Humza Yousaf addressed the SNP conference for the first time as party leader, where he pledged an extra £300 million for the NHS to cut waiting lists. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Yousaf warned NHS pledge 'not worth the paper its written on' without workforce

The weight loss drug is injected weekly

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Last winter - “the worst winter ever”, according to Nicola Sturgeon - Scotland’s hospitals reached 95 per cent capacity, waiting times for A&E soared and ambulances queued up outside.

Statistics point to a deepening crisis for NHS Scotland ahead of winter

More than 90 per cent of GMB Scotland members working within the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) have voted to undertake strike action

Ambulance workers set to strike over guaranteed rest breaks

Challenge Poverty Week is being supported by charities, councils, individuals and politicians across the country. (Poverty Alliance)

Tackling injustice during Challenge Poverty Week - Cammy Day

Is harmful drinking a uniquely Scottish problem?

Racism, bullying and harassment are still serious problems in NHS Sajid Farid

After decades of improvement in life expectancy the trend has changed

Drop in Scottish life expectancy 'a truly sorry reflection of nation's health'

From left: Mark Mountford, Victoria Mackie, Paul Reid, and Rebecca Christensen of Trickle. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Seven-figure boost for Edinburgh-based workplace productivity start-up Trickle

Callum will star in the next episode on Wednesday, September 28.

Peterhead junior doctor stars in BBC show

Thousands of Scots are paying for private healthcare because of long NHS waiting lists. Image: Jeff Moore/Press Association.

Tens of thousands paying for private healthcare

Those eligible are encouraged to take up the vaccination offer when it comes

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During last winter’s NHS crisis, the RCEM warned there was an excess mortality of 50 deaths in Scotland every week, due to the pressure on emergency departments.

Top medics warn Scotland to prepare for worst winter crisis on record

The Scottish Government has been told the summer months had failed to bring an easing of the pressure on the NHS. Picture: Michael Gillen

Hospitals have too few beds to cope with peak NHS demand this winter

Healthcare workers are “worried” about their safety following the discovery of unsafe concrete in hundreds of NHS Scotland buildings, a union has claimed

Healthcare workers worried about safety of concrete in NHS buildings

Almost 150,000 NHS 24 calls were abandoned before the caller spoke to an operator in the first half of this year, according to new figures.

Hundreds of thousands of NHS 24 calls go unanswered due to long waiting times

We cannot afford not to pay our nurses properly

Exclusive Alarm at soaring number of nurses and midwives moving overseas

The latest Public Health Scotland statistics showed that 7,924 patients in A&E waited longer than four hours to be dealt with.

Fears over “completely avoidable” deaths due to worsening A&E waiting times

Dentists say the current NHS dentistry system is 'broken' and fundamental reform is required (Picture: Rui Vieira/PA)

Hopes new payment system will save High Street dentistry, but at a cost

Nurses doing rounds at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Two thirds of Scottish student nurses consider quitting due to money

Social media app WhatsApp, displayed on a mobile phone screen. A watchdog has reprimanded a health board after staff members shared patients’ personal data on WhatsApp hundreds of times. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

NHS health board rapped for sending images of patients to WhatsApp group chat

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary's Emergency Department

Edinburgh A&E operating above capacity for 500 days in a row

Professor Andrew Elder, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), said his organisation is “deeply concerned” about care home closures, warning these could impact on NHS care over the winter.

Scottish Government urged to hold 'urgent talks' on care homes

David Duguid has written to NHS Grampian chief executive Caroline Hiscox asking what measures are being taken to make the sites safe.

David Duguid MP writes to NHS Grampian amid fears faulty concrete at north-east ...

NHS Forth Valley say there is no faulty concrete in its buildings. Pic: Contributed

NHS buildings don't have faulty concrete

Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. Picture: Ian Rutherford

More than 250 NHS Scotland buildings thought to contain dangerous concrete

Sleep paralysis: We speak to sufferers of the terrifying phenomenon

Last year alone, 1,927 children's operations were cancelled, including 660 in Glasgow.

'Shocking scale' of cancelled NHS Scotland children's operations revealed

Bryn Sage is chief executive of Inhealthcare

New technology will help save lives in NHS - Bryn Sage

NHS Scotland strikes averted as BMA and Scottish Government reach breakthrough

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Lib Dems demand answers over use of dangerous concrete in Scotland

Scotland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood, who has said she is "truly sorry" for not adhering to coronavirus guidelines by visiting her second home, adding she had "no excuses" for "not following the advice she has been giving to others".

Calderwood: Scotland did not implement recommendations for Covid outbreak

Louise Goodlad, Director of Government Partnerships, The Prince’s Trust

Back the Prince’s Trust to bolster NHS recruitment - Louise Goodlad

The NHS is celebrating its 75th birthday. (Image: NationalWorld)

NHS Scotland on life support as it celebrates its 75th birthday

Dr Iain Kennedy, chair of BMA Scotland. Image: Supplied.

Top doctor says there needs to be 'shift' in NHS culture

The record low performance comes after the Scottish Government recently launched its new ten-year cancer strategy,

'Terrifying' cancer figures as treatment waiting times worst on record

Fred Banning was respected for his good humour and integrity

Scotsman Obituaries: Fred Banning, communications man and cancer campaigner

First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking to staff during his visit to NHS 24's Dundee contact centre. Picture: Euan Cherry/PA Wire

Callers to be phoned back by NHS 24 in planned changes ahead of winter

Scotland's NHS is under strain. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

NHS Scotland is 'bloated' by too many managers, shadow health secretary claims

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