THE only course for training much-needed hospital theatre staff in Scotland is threatened with closure at a time when hundreds of operations a month are cancelled due to capacity shortages.
RESEARCH into extending the length of GP appointments has exposed the battle doctors face dealing with complex problems in 10 minute slots.
A LEADING NHS public health expert is calling on the Scottish Government to "get on" with adding folic acid to flour in a bid to prevent birth defects.
THE airwaves above Scotland crackled with uplifting stories about the NHS last week. Patients described swift treatment and caring staff while relatives talked about well co-ordinated care. Not surprising really, except the chorus of complements followed the publication of an independent assessment of NHS Scotland considered “damning”.
THE head of the Scottish NHS has pledged the service will be in a better place by 2020 following a damning report by public spending watchdog Audit Scotland.
LOCUM consultants have cost Scotland's largest health board more than £400,000 each to work for less than a year.
NHS Scotland is hitting one out of the eight key performance targets set by the Scottish Government.
THE NHS is facing “unprecedented” cuts to frontline services and ministers have failed to outline a coherent vision for the health system, a damning report by the public finances watchdog has revealed.
NEW attempts to treat incurable cancers will be tested in Scotland as part of a groundbreaking research programme.
FOR every person who uses a food bank in Glasgow almost another four face going hungry, a study has revealed.
