Pandemic 'exacerbated NHS struggle to meet demand'
NHS Scotland must treat at least 20% more non-emergency hospital cases over the next three years to eliminate the backlog ...
Can taking hard drugs in an NHS room save lives?
The UK's first safer drug consumption room will open in Glasgow's East End on Monday. It will allow users to take illegal ...
Rate of people waiting longer than four hours in Dumfries and Galloway A&E hits record high
New figures show that nearly 1,000 patients waited more than four hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged in November ...
BBC star dies from influenza A aged 56 after being put into coma
A BBC star who appeared on a Johathan Ross show has died from a flu aged 56. Kerry Wilson died on January 3 after being put ...
One million NHS Scotland waiting list backlog projections branded ‘terrifying’
The analysis produced by the University of Edinburgh has revealed the full scale of what it would take to clear the Covid-19 ...
Report says 10 per cent of Scots are on NHS waiting list
Around 10 of the Scottish population is currently on an NHS waiting list, as a new report says a 20 boost is needed to clear the backlog ...
In the UK, Scottish independence and Irish reunification have lost their appeal
NEWS ANALYSIS. On December 1, the Irish rejected the country's pro-reunification party in the parliamentary elections. The ...
SNP’s ‘fix rooms’ could be made exempt from smoking ban so users can inhale crack
Swinney praises Glasgow centre as ‘first of its kind’ while critics say it ‘does nothing to address root causes of addiction’ ...
Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room
Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over ...
Inside Scotland's £2.3million shooting gallery for addicts to inject their heroin in comfort
A £2.3million 'shooting gallery' where drug-users can inject their own heroin and cocaine will fuel addiction and overdose ...
Pharmacists hit out at difficulties stocking flu jabs amid warning illness yet to peak
Panic over sky-high rates of flu in hospitals has left chemists struggling to stock jabs even before cases of the illness peak, pharmacy leaders have warned. At such a critical moment in US history, ...
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Transforming staff travel at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde through the Cycle Access Fund
With support from Cycling UK’s Cycle Access Fund, NHSGGC acquired an e-cargo bike to transform how the Active Travel Team ...