The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) said patients' recoveries are being put in jeopardy by a worsening workforce crisis.
Dozens of Herald readers have described their experiences of being pushed into private dental care costing thousands of pounds, or being left in pain due to a lack of available treatment. Others have spoken of having absolutely no access NHS dentists anywhere in their area, with some travelling to England or jetting abroad for care instead.
By the time Boris Johnson was stepping back into Number 10 Downing Street on December 13 2019 as a newly-elected Prime Minister, Covid - a disease that would nearly claim his life and define his premiership - had already begun spreading in China.
Researchers in Scotland are trying to unravel the complex relationship between sleep, dementia, and the brain's immune cells in a new study into Alzheimer's disease. The 18-month pilot project, funded by a £70,000 investment from Alzheimer's Research UK, will be carried out at Strathclyde University.
Fewer than three quarters of expectant mothers in some parts of Scotland have been vaccinated against whooping cough during pregnancy, according to figures obtained by the Herald. Health board data shows large regional variations in uptake during in the 12 months to the end of March this year, with coverage ranging from 73% in Tayside and Grampian to more than 95% on Orkney.
It was the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS – a scandal characterised by "an attitude of denial" and a "lack of openness, transparency and candour".
A charity has called on politicians to tackle "our broken food environment" amid an "alarming" increase in cases of Type 2 diabetes among young people. The charity estimates that the number of adults under 40 in Scotland diagnosed with the condition has climbed by 32%, from 6,293 in 2016/17 to 8,338 in 2022/23.
Final compensation payments to victims of the infected blood scandal will begin being made before the end of this year, the UK Government has promised. The UK Government's Paymaster General, John Glen, has outlined plans for the scheme which he said will deliver "comprehensive compensation" for those infected with HIV or hepatitis by contaminated blood products used in the NHS during the 1970s and 1980s.
Thousands of lives "continue to be blighted" by the infected blood scandal, a charity has said, as a long-awaited report into the tragedy is published today. More than 30,000 people were given blood or blood products contaminated with HIV, hepatitis C, or both, between the 1970s and 1990s - including an estimated 3000 people in Scotland - in what is known as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
The massive whooping cough outbreak sweeping Scotland is likely to get worse over the coming months, an expert has warned. Dr Sam Ghebrehewet, head of immunisation and vaccination at Public Health Scotland (PHS), said infections would probably not peak until the autumn. It comes days after PHS revealed that a total of 2,232 laboratory-confirmed cases of pertussis - better known as whooping cough - had been detected in Scotland up to May 13.
