NHS
How did NHS England slash its waiting lists - and are there lessons for Scot Govt?
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17175950.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17175950.jpg)
![Some of the staff and patients at the NHS Golden Jubilee in Clydebank](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18163301.jpg)
![Some of the staff and patients at the NHS Golden Jubilee in Clydebank](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18163301.jpg)
TV REVIEW
![Scottish Covid Inquiry: Care home residents died in ‘droves’ after hospital transfers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12343649.jpg)
![Scottish Covid Inquiry: Care home residents died in ‘droves’ after hospital transfers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12343649.jpg)
![We have 10% less practices than we had 10 years ago](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13029710.jpg)
![We have 10% less practices than we had 10 years ago](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13029710.jpg)
![The NHS faces ever greater pressures](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17937042.jpg)
![The NHS faces ever greater pressures](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17937042.jpg)
![Number of patients waiting longer than eight hours at Scotland's A&E's increases](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16558000.jpg)
![Number of patients waiting longer than eight hours at Scotland's A&E's increases](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16558000.jpg)
![Neil Gray MSP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17739845.jpg)
![Neil Gray MSP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17739845.jpg)
![Neil Grayb has just taken on the worst job in Scottish politics](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17739843.jpg)
![Neil Grayb has just taken on the worst job in Scottish politics](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17739843.jpg)
![People are urged to get the MMR vaccine amid a surge in measles cases](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16820820.jpg)
![People are urged to get the MMR vaccine amid a surge in measles cases](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16820820.jpg)
![There are calls for people to get vaccinated after a second case of measles has been confirmed in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17660334.jpg)
![There are calls for people to get vaccinated after a second case of measles has been confirmed in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17660334.jpg)
![Could less emphasis on a nine-to-five, five-day-a-week system be the key to easing waiting times?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17657246.jpg)
![Could less emphasis on a nine-to-five, five-day-a-week system be the key to easing waiting times?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17657246.jpg)
![The number of newborn babies showing signs of substance dependency has increased in the last year. (Andrew Matthews/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16907141.jpg)
![The number of newborn babies showing signs of substance dependency has increased in the last year. (Andrew Matthews/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16907141.jpg)
![Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been on a fact-finding trip to Singapore](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17542079.jpg)
![Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been on a fact-finding trip to Singapore](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17542079.jpg)
![Care homes in Scotland have seen hundreds of complaints upheld](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17532477.jpg)
![Care homes in Scotland have seen hundreds of complaints upheld](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17532477.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17453459.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17453459.jpg)
Updated
![Matt Hancock took the position he should ultimately decide who should live and who should die](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17401387.jpg)
![Matt Hancock took the position he should ultimately decide who should live and who should die](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17401387.jpg)
UK COVID INQUIRY
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16843261.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16843261.jpg)
![Sir Ed Davey](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17269614.jpg)
![Sir Ed Davey](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17269614.jpg)
![Cheap fillers could leave you with black lips or even blind, a Glasgow doctor has said (SWNS)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17263399.jpg)
![Cheap fillers could leave you with black lips or even blind, a Glasgow doctor has said (SWNS)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17263399.jpg)
![Sir Tom puts the budget into focus](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16981727.jpg)
![Sir Tom puts the budget into focus](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16981727.jpg)
![Scots with rare cancers to test new treatment in first-of-its-kind trial](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17185425.jpg)
![Scots with rare cancers to test new treatment in first-of-its-kind trial](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17185425.jpg)
![Michael Matheson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17112549.jpg)
![Michael Matheson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17112549.jpg)
![Western General Hospital in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17063037.jpg)
![Western General Hospital in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17063037.jpg)
![NHS Lanarkshire](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17060489.jpg)
![NHS Lanarkshire](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17060489.jpg)
![Generic image - A lonely Young Sad Calm Girl Or Woman stands against a white wall, in a psychiatric clinic or at home, in the rays of sunlight, with her eyes closed. The Concept of Depression from Illness and Quarantine, Fatigue and Impotence. Picture:](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17032653.jpg)
![Generic image - A lonely Young Sad Calm Girl Or Woman stands against a white wall, in a psychiatric clinic or at home, in the rays of sunlight, with her eyes closed. The Concept of Depression from Illness and Quarantine, Fatigue and Impotence. Picture:](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17032653.jpg)
![SNP Health Secretary Michael Matheson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13140664.jpg)
![SNP Health Secretary Michael Matheson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13140664.jpg)
![SNP deputy Westminster leader Mhairi Black](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16965236.jpg)
![SNP deputy Westminster leader Mhairi Black](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16965236.jpg)
![Matheson hails ‘extraordinary service’ of NHS staff on 75th anniversary](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16963308.jpg)
![Matheson hails ‘extraordinary service’ of NHS staff on 75th anniversary](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16963308.jpg)
![In Scotland, nearly 7000 people have been waiting over two years for an operation compared to just 559 in England. But what's really going on behind the figures?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16919306.jpg)
![In Scotland, nearly 7000 people have been waiting over two years for an operation compared to just 559 in England. But what's really going on behind the figures?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16919306.jpg)
SPECIAL REPORT
![Robert Stone (pictured with his daughter, Carol, at home in Arrochar) was supposed to undergo a knee replacement in April but it was cancelled pending the results of a second ECG. He is still waiting for an appointment for the scan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16917234.jpg)
![Robert Stone (pictured with his daughter, Carol, at home in Arrochar) was supposed to undergo a knee replacement in April but it was cancelled pending the results of a second ECG. He is still waiting for an appointment for the scan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16917234.jpg)
CASE STUDY
![One on five consultant physicians reported feeling on the verge of burnout](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16912843.jpg)
![One on five consultant physicians reported feeling on the verge of burnout](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16912843.jpg)
![The 10-year plan was announced amid concern over the impact of rising cancer incidence on the NHS](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16892646.jpg)
![The 10-year plan was announced amid concern over the impact of rising cancer incidence on the NHS](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16892646.jpg)
![The three-year study shows that the AI software can be used to improve detection of breast cancer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16890473.jpg)
![The three-year study shows that the AI software can be used to improve detection of breast cancer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16890473.jpg)
![A GMB union member on the picket line](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16381551.jpg)
![A GMB union member on the picket line](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16381551.jpg)
![Dr Iain Kennedy said there was no area of the country not facing a medical staffing crisis](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16863191.jpg)
![Dr Iain Kennedy said there was no area of the country not facing a medical staffing crisis](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16863191.jpg)
Exclusive
![“Targets are not an answer... but as soon as the government sets one, the expectation is that support is then provided to individual hospitals and trusts to deliver.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15974828.jpg)
![“Targets are not an answer... but as soon as the government sets one, the expectation is that support is then provided to individual hospitals and trusts to deliver.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15974828.jpg)
Exclusive
![NHS spent £163m on compensation to patients since 2018](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16826856.jpg)
![NHS spent £163m on compensation to patients since 2018](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16826856.jpg)
![The survey was carried out before recent pension tax changes announced in the UK's Spring Budget](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16709587.jpg)
![The survey was carried out before recent pension tax changes announced in the UK's Spring Budget](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16709587.jpg)
![Medics at the Golden Jubilee Hospital carried out 40 of the procedures in 2022-23.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3810880.jpg)
![Medics at the Golden Jubilee Hospital carried out 40 of the procedures in 2022-23.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3810880.jpg)
![Dr Samantha Fenwick, a GP in Aberdeen and medical director for the Grampian LMC, said the collapse of a previously stable GP surgery Inverurie was 'a warning' of the dangers engulfing general practice](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16668241.jpg)
![Dr Samantha Fenwick, a GP in Aberdeen and medical director for the Grampian LMC, said the collapse of a previously stable GP surgery Inverurie was 'a warning' of the dangers engulfing general practice](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16668241.jpg)
SPECIAL REPORT
![Tory MP calls on UK Government to ease up on medicinal cannabis red tape](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16233436.jpg)
![Tory MP calls on UK Government to ease up on medicinal cannabis red tape](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16233436.jpg)
![Third of Scots A&E patients still waiting over four hours despite slight improvement](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16655048.jpg)
![Third of Scots A&E patients still waiting over four hours despite slight improvement](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16655048.jpg)
![Scotland's cancer waiting times now 'worst on record'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16447497.jpg)
![Scotland's cancer waiting times now 'worst on record'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16447497.jpg)
![Difficulty accessing services and low staffing appear to be the main reasons for the reduction, the British Social Attitudes survey found](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16281457.jpg)
![Difficulty accessing services and low staffing appear to be the main reasons for the reduction, the British Social Attitudes survey found](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16281457.jpg)
![A&E waits worsen again on Yousaf's last day as Health Secretary](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16604762.jpg)
![A&E waits worsen again on Yousaf's last day as Health Secretary](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16604762.jpg)
![Scottish A&E waiting times slump with less than two-thirds of patients seen on time](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16558000.jpg)
![Scottish A&E waiting times slump with less than two-thirds of patients seen on time](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16558000.jpg)
Updated
![RCN votes to accept pay deal but Scottish Government sent warning by union](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8044253.jpg)
![RCN votes to accept pay deal but Scottish Government sent warning by union](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8044253.jpg)
![There are fears that the impact of Covid on population health and the NHS is leading to a surge in excess mortality. But is that really the case - and if so, how is Scotland faring?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16567657.jpg)
![There are fears that the impact of Covid on population health and the NHS is leading to a surge in excess mortality. But is that really the case - and if so, how is Scotland faring?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16567657.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![Refugee girl returned to Ukraine for urgent dental care due to lengthy NHS wait](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5500733.jpg)
![Refugee girl returned to Ukraine for urgent dental care due to lengthy NHS wait](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5500733.jpg)
![Dr Carey Lunan: “There’s no point in transfusing the workforce if it's continuing to haemorrhage blood.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16546980.jpg)
![Dr Carey Lunan: “There’s no point in transfusing the workforce if it's continuing to haemorrhage blood.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16546980.jpg)
Investigation
![56,004: The number of patients registered with Scotland’s biggest GP practice](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12137854.jpg)
![56,004: The number of patients registered with Scotland’s biggest GP practice](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12137854.jpg)
INVESTIGATION
![The BMA said GP services in Scotland are at “a tipping point”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16546730.jpg)
![The BMA said GP services in Scotland are at “a tipping point”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16546730.jpg)
Investigation
![Nicola Sturgeon will look into Harvey Martin waiting seven months for treatment](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16540862.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon will look into Harvey Martin waiting seven months for treatment](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16540862.jpg)
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