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Figures give ‘terrifying snapshot’ of pressures in A&E, Tories say

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary’s A&E department operated beyond capacity every day last month, the Scottish Conservatives have revealed. The party said statistics provided through a freedom of information request present a “terrifying snapshot” of the ...

26 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

E. coli outbreak at East Lothian nursery leads to 28 cases

An outbreak of E. coli centred on a nursery in East Lothian has led to 28 cases being detected. Church Road Pear Tree Nursery in Haddington has been closed as health authorities carry out an investigation. Most cases are said to be mild, though ...

13 Aug 2022 at 15:15

Rambler returns to climb Ben Nevis with woman who saved his life there

A physiotherapist and the man whose life she saved after he collapsed on Britain’s highest mountain have returned to finally make it to the summit together two years on. Trevor Botwood, 63, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Ben Nevis in August ...

22 Sept 2022 at 15:33

Scotland

NHS Lothian patients wait up to eight months for HIV drug, figures show

Scottish ministers have been told to speed up the delivery of an HIV prevention drug after figures revealed patients in the Lothians are waiting up to eight months for the treatment. Figures obtained through Freedom of Information (FOI) ...

01 Aug 2022 at 14:18

Scotland

Around 57,000 Scots living with long Covid for a year or more

Around 57,000 people across Scotland are estimated to have been living with long Covid for more than a year. The figure has increased from 31,000 compared to the same time in 2021. Estimates from the Office for National Statistics show ...

04 Aug 2022 at 16:23

No fatal accident inquiry into death of new mother who ‘got lost in hospital’

The family of a new mother who died after she is believed to have got lost and collapsed as she returned to her hospital ward have said she would not have died if “basic, common sense measures” had been in place. The Crown Office has ...

15 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Health board ‘sorry’ for error in children’s coronavirus vaccine letters

Health chiefs have apologised for an error which saw the parents of some healthy children told their youngsters had an underlying condition in letters inviting them to come for the Covid vaccine. NHS Lothian apologised for what it ...

05 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Hearing services review launched after health board’s ‘horrendous’ errors

A review has been launched by the Scottish Government into audiology services for children and adults across the country. The review, which will be chaired independently, comes after mistakes by NHS Lothian in its paediatric ...

21 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Surgery to resume after hospital water leak resolved

Operations at NHS Lothian are expected to return to normal after they were suspended amid a small water leak at a hospital. The health board announced on Monday that most non-emergency operations had been postponed due to ...

30 Aug 2022 at 20:23

Scotland

E.coli outbreak over after no new infections, say health bosses

An outbreak of a potentially deadly bacterial infection in East Lothian has been declared over by health bosses after no new cases were found. Some 57 E.coli infections were found and five nurseries in Musselburgh and ...

14 Oct 2022 at 18:42

Scotland

More than half of NHS buildings contain asbestos, research by Tories finds

More than half of buildings owned by the NHS in Scotland contain asbestos, according to research from the Conservatives. Freedom of information requests by the party to Scottish health boards found 52% of their ...

14 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Eating disorder patients restrained by ‘heavy-handed’ medics for feeds – report

Youngsters with eating disorders were left traumatised after being restrained by “heavy-handed” medics and fed by nasal tube – with patients telling inspectors of stressed staff and missed feeds. Bosses at the ...

16 Nov 2022 at 20:20

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