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NewsSafe staffing laws needed in England and all settings, warn nurses
Safe staffing laws should be introduced across the whole of the UK and in all health and care settings, nurses have urged as they committed to lobby government more on the issue.
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CommentSo far the campaign trail is lined with hollow promises
Wishful thining and acrimony from the parties
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NewsCall for separate Scottish GP contract
A separate Scottish contract should be set up for GPs working north of the border, a think-tank has proposed.
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News'More Legionnaires' deaths possible'
Further deaths from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease cannot be ruled out, doctors warned, as people from further afield fell ill.
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NewsScotland's Legionnaires' cases increase again
Cases of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease have risen again, the Scottish government has confirmed.
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Waiting times row health board misses treatment target
PERFORMANCE: A health board in Scotland that manipulated waiting times is the only one in the country that failed to meet a key target for treating patients, figures have shown.
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NewsMinimum alcohol price set to become law
Plans for minimum alcohol pricing will be approved in Scotland today, which will become in the process the first part of the UK to pass the legislation.
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CommentMichael White: the battle over waiting times is blurred by both sides
Headline-grabbing allegations are nothing a good figures massage can’t sort.
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NewsPolice investigate health board over serious incidents
Detectives are “assessing” whether a health board which failed to provide information about 56 serious incidents at its hospitals was guilty of any “criminality”.
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NewsHealth board management to be scrutinised over waiting times
An independent review is to be carried out into the culture of management at a Scottish health board accused of doctoring waiting times figures to meet official targets.
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NewsIndependent advice service for NHS patients launches
A new independent advice service for NHS patients in Scotland begins its work today.
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NewsSNP claim independence will safeguard NHS
Scotland’s National Health Service can only be “fully guaranteed” by independence, deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsHospitals meet 18 week waiting time target
A target on hospital waiting times in Scotland has been met, with more than 90 per cent of patients treated within 18 weeks or less.
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NewsFears over hundreds of staff employed without security checks
A Scottish health board has demanded an urgent review after it emerged a private contractor failed to perform necessary checks on employees at a hospital.
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NewsHospital closure plan rejected by health secretary
Scotland’s health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has rejected an NHS board’s recommendation to close a hospital.
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NewsGovernment alcohol pricing plans backed
A leading academic on the alcohol industry and the chief executive of a brewery have backed the Scottish government’s plans to introduce minimum pricing.
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NewsPositive waiting time data called into question
New figures showing that the NHS in Scotland is close to reaching its target for reducing hospital waiting times has been played down by statisticians.