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Humza Yousaf challenged to guarantee safety of Edinburgh’s Sick Kids hospital

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is being asked if he can guarantee Edinburgh’s new Sick Kids hospital is safe, amid concerns that cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower has been installed at the flagship hospital. Scottish Liberal Democrat ...

10 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Just 68% of A&E patients seen within target time, figures show

Just 68.1% of patients in Scotland’s A&E departments were seen within four hours, new figures show. Statistics from Public Health Scotland, covering the week up to April 17, show an increase from 66.6% the week before. The Scottish Government ...

26 Apr 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

Scotland records 19 Covid deaths and highest case numbers since January

Scotland has recorded 19 coronavirus-linked deaths and 11,685 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest case numbers since early January, according to the latest figures. It means the number of people who have died within 28 days of ...

08 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Health Secretary: New targets for waiting times are ‘ambitious but achievable’

New targets to tackle lengthy waiting times for treatments are “ambitious” but are still achievable, the Health Secretary has insisted. The Scottish Government is seeking to end two-year waits for outpatient appointments in most ...

06 Jul 2022 at 15:30

Scotland

Health Secretary sets ‘ambitious’ targets to tackle long NHS waiting times

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced a set of “ambitious” targets in a bid to tackle NHS waiting times – including a pledge to end waits of two years or more for some patients within weeks. The Scottish Government is ...

06 Jul 2022 at 14:41

Learning disabled children 11 times more likely to die prematurely, study finds

Children with learning disabilities are at least 11 times more likely to die prematurely compared with their peers, new research has found. Deaths from causes which were considered treatable were also 16 times higher for ...

31 Aug 2022 at 11:36

Scotland

Humza Yousaf announces NHS winter plan including funding for 1,000 staff

Scotland’s Health Secretary has announced £600 million will be used to shore up the NHS over the winter months, but hinted that it will not “mitigate every single challenge”. Humza Yousaf said the Scottish Government ...

04 Oct 2022 at 19:48

Scotland

Government committed to avoiding NHS strikes, says Health Secretary

The Scottish Government will do “everything in its power” to resolve a pay dispute which could see health staff strike, Humza Yousaf has said. Pressure has been mounting on the Health Secretary as the industrial ...

28 Sept 2022 at 13:28

Scotland

Humza Yousaf visits care home as residents among first to get Covid-19 booster

Elderly care home residents are among the first in Scotland to receive their Covid-19 and flu vaccines as a winter booster programme is launched. On a visit to the Victoria Manor care home in Edinburgh, ...

05 Sept 2022 at 13:34

Scotland

I would not want my children to endure long waits for NHS care – Yousaf

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has said he would not want his own children to have to wait long periods for treatment on the NHS. He told the Daily Record that he does not see himself as a politician, ...

01 Dec 2022 at 12:39

Tories ask permission to include Forbes attack in party political broadcast

The Scottish Tories have written to Kate Forbes asking to use her attacks on Humza Yousaf’s record in government for a party political broadcast. In a letter signed off by “everyone at the Scottish ...

13 Mar 2023 at 14:17

Scotland

Humza Yousaf: Increasing pay for social care staff would be ‘detrimental’ to NHS

Finding the cash to increase wages for social care staff to £12 an hour would have a “significantly detrimental” impact on the NHS, the Health Secretary has insisted. Humza Yousaf said it would ...

10 Jan 2023 at 13:43

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