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Almost half of Scots junior doctors could quit profession, BMA warns

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is being urged to act before it is too late as a new survey of junior doctors revealed almost half are considering quitting the profession. A BMA Scotland survey of its junior doctor members revealed 49.8% were ...

04 Oct 2022 at 19:00

Scotland

Health watchdog pledges to continue raising concerns about staff shortages

A health watchdog has vowed to continue raising concerns about staff shortages, as it found units relying on agency staff to fill the void. The Mental Welfare Commission released the findings of 13 inspections of wards across the Scotland ...

17 Aug 2022 at 19:51

Scotland

NHS cannot be complacent about winter challenges, says chief executive

Scotland’s NHS faces “very real challenges” this winter as its chief executive promised the sector will not be “complacent” in its response to the crisis. Caroline Lamb, NHS Scotland’s chief executive and director-general for Health and ...

27 Sept 2022 at 13:23

Scotland

Scottish Government announces £10m to tackle cancer waiting times

The Scottish Government has pledged £10 million to tackle cancer treatment waiting times, the Health Secretary has announced. The funding, Humza Yousaf has said, will go towards increasing the number of available operations, creating ...

10 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Sturgeon and Yousaf told to ‘do your jobs’ as 84-hour wait for A&E is revealed

The First Minister and Health Secretary have been told to “do their job” and reduce NHS waiting lists as figures showed one Scot waited 84 hours in A&E. Figures published this week show Scotland’s emergency departments reported ...

22 Sept 2022 at 20:08

Scotland

Cannabis-based medicine among drugs approved for use in Scotland

A cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis patients has been accepted for use on the NHS in Scotland. Drugs for cancer patients and adult kidney transplant patients are also among those for which the Scottish Medicines ...

20 Sept 2022 at 16:21

Scotland

Health Secretary hails scheme that sees patients receive IV drugs at home

A new scheme that allows patients to receive IV drugs to treat infections outside of hospital – and sometimes even at home – is being further expanded after new figures showed it has cut NHS bed days by 45,000 so far this ...

20 Sept 2022 at 13:39

Scotland

Catch-up plan needed for NHS in Scotland, says Scottish Labour

Scottish Labour has called for a “real catch-up plan” for the NHS in Scotland as it claimed diagnostic waiting times north of the border are falling behind those in England. The party said analysis of Public Health ...

17 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Sturgeon gives full backing to NHS recovery plan despite ‘unsustainable’ claim

Nicola Sturgeon has said the Scottish Government will not re-visit a recovery plan for Scotland’s NHS despite a report claiming the service was “not financially sustainable”. Audit Scotland warned of an ...

24 Feb 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

Data watchdog raps Scottish Government over Covid Status app privacy issues

The UK’s data watchdog has reprimanded the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland over their failure to inform people how their personal information is used by the NHS Scotland Covid ...

25 Feb 2022 at 09:25

Scotland

Auditor General: Scotland’s NHS is not financially sustainable and needs reform

Scotland’s National Health Service is under severe pressure, is “not financially sustainable” and needs reform, the Auditor General has said. A review of the NHS by Audit Scotland warned of an ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Sturgeon promises medical supplies to Ukraine and urges PM to do more

Scotland will send half a million items of medical supplies to Ukraine to help those “fighting a battle for democracy and freedom” against the Russian invasion, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The ...

02 Mar 2022 at 12:25

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