The facility provides low secure care care to residents across Grampian, Orkney and Shetland. It was built around 35 years ...

Scotland’s struggling NHS is spending £8.53 per pack of paracetamol under the SNP Government’s free prescription policy. Figures from the Public Health Scotland agency show nearly 2.5m ...

Six new drugs, including a treatment for patients with advanced breast cancer, have been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has given the green light ...

John Swinney admitted at a summit of health chiefs that he had an “electoral problem” with the state of Scotland’s NHS, it has been alleged. The First Minister invited leaders from a range ...

David Phillips of the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the NHS had failed to return to pre-Covid productivity levels. Extra funding for Scotland's NHS has not yet translated into a ...

Since 2020/21, more than 4,000 youngsters, some still nursery age, have been referred by NHS Scotland health boards for weight management assistance. The specialist services involve a host of ...

The SNP has been urged to “urgently improve NHS recruitment” after it was revealed there has been over £900 million spent on temporary nurses and consultants since 2019. Scotland’s health b ...

Nurse leaders have warned that Scotland lacks the staff to deliver care to all who need it, as new figures reveal Scottish health boards have spent £521m on agency nurses in the last six years. The ...

More than £900 million has been spent on agency nurses and locum doctors in Scotland’s NHS since 2019. The SNP is now being told to “urgently improve NHS recruitment”, after new figures ...

John Swinney has denied a report detailing the harrowing testimonies of nursing staff shows the “deadly reality” of the NHS in Scotland. The First Minister said the survey by the Royal College ...

First Minister John Swinney’s plans to ‘renew’ the NHS in Scotland has received a mixed response from Lanarkshire politicians. Mr Swinney laid out a plan to improve Scotland’s ailing ...