Health

Scottish Ambulance Service staff have faced a huge number of violent incidents at work in the last five years. Picture: John Devlin

Hundreds of Scottish Ambulance Service workers attacked each year

Criticism of the Scottish Government’s stewardship of NHS Scotland, or indeed any area of devolution, is often met with whataboutery from ministers who assure the Scottish public things are just as bad south of the border.

Analysis: Scottish Government can no longer indulge in whataboutery on NHS

Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

Canada will be the first country to print warnings on individual cigarettes.

Canada to become first country to print health warnings on individual cigarettes

The NHS is a loved and well-respected institution that is being brought to its knees (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

SNP must act over two-year waits for NHS treatment – Scotsman comment

As of March 31, 7,849 Scots had been waiting over two years for inpatient, outpatient or day care treatment from NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland's waiting times 'demonstrably worse' than south of the border

First Minister Humza Yousaf during a visit to Castlebrae Community Campus in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Scottish Government misses huge target pledged by Yousaf as waiting times rise

The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games featured a celebration of the NHS (Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

As patients in pain go private, the health service is being lost

Police Scotland will continue responding to emergency mental health incidents. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Police Scotland confirms officers will respond to mental health calls

Some of the spas that have been shortlisted to be crowned the best in Scotland.

The 8 luxurious spa hotels shortlisted to be crowned the best in Scotland

The wedding of Annmarie Maclean and Mathew Bodie took place on Friday. Pics: Scott Louden

Couple given gift of a wedding

All police forces must focus on their core duties of keeping us safe and fighting crime (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Public services are being crushed by a lack of resources and high expectations

Child refugees in particular can experience a high level of stress that affects their education (Picture: Aref Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)

Ethnic minority children are more likely to internalise mental health problems

A child at play. More than 8,000 nursery and childcare staff have been absent as a result of mental health issues over the past five years, figures from the Scottish Conservatives claim. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Thousands of nursery staff in Scotland off with mental health issues

Medics in the NHS have sounded the alarm on Scotland’s vacancy crisis - with GPs under “immense pressure”, patients in hospitals being ignored by overworked staff, and carers being asked to take blood samples.

Medics lift lid on 'immense pressure' on staff as patients left unattended

We rely on the NHS to care for us. Now we need to look after it (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Labour won't just save the NHS from the SNP and Tories, we'll transform it

First Minister Humza Yousaf tours the recently completed Clarice Pears building during a to visit to the University of Glasgow. Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Labour blasts Humza Yousaf as more than 2,200 Scots wait two years for surgery

Naomi McCabe is one of the ten per cent of women worldwide affected by endometriosis

I hate my uterus: endometriosis is a living nightmare for far too many people

The NHS paid out more than £160m in compensation to patients between 2018 and 2022, figures show, with one case involving a baby who died after an improper examination. Pic: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Millions paid out for botched NHS treatments, including ovary removal

Ma tha amharas idir ann, bu chòir comhairle meidigeach a shireadh.

Bu chòir a bhith nas tuigsiche mu Tinneis Lyme

Young people with significant problems are being turned away by mental health services because they are 'not bad enough' (Picture: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

Mental health services can't only be there for those who've hit rock bottom

Sam Petrie, Hayley Dorian and Naomi Brehm from the Wild Sea Women swimming group get ready for a dip in the sea at Seaburn beach in Sunderland -- the women have been taking part in a unique study which sought to identify biological changes in the body caused by exposure to cold water. Picture: David Wood

Scottish women sought for study into health benefits of cold-water plunge

More than half of women going through menopause report struggling

Ad Feature Five leading supplements to help women though the menopause

Former Aboyne Academy pupil and Scotland team athlete Kathryn Christie. PIC: Moyra Gray.

Highland Games introduces female-only events to beat 'intimidating' atmosphere

Nitrous oxide

Chroming: The new drug trend sweeping TikTok and taking young lives

Figures, obtained by the British Medical Association (BMA) and given exclusively to The Scotsman, show Scotland has lost around 100 GP surgeries over the last decade. Pic: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

GP crisis laid bare as one in ten surgeries refusing to accept new patients

A poster for the Engine Off, Every Stop campaign in London

Watch out entitled drivers, further curbs are coming - Alastair Dalton

Glasgow's low emission zone is bounded by the M8, River Clyde and High Street/Saltmarket. Picture: John Devlin

All you need to know about driving into Glasgow's new low emission zone

High levels of lead exposure in children can affect the central nervous system and brain development, according to the World Health Organization.

Calls for ban on vaping products in supermarkets following lead findings

Jo Cameron, 75, who lives near Loch Ness in the Highlands, who made headlines in 2019 when UCL scientists announced that mutations in the previously unknown FAAH-OUT gene made her feel no pain, stress or fear.

Scientists uncover how rare genetic mutation allows Scots woman to feel no pain

Women are far more likely to die after a heart attack than men, a new study has revealed. Picture: Getty Images

Women more than twice as likely to die after heart attack than men, says study

Scotland's junior doctors have threatened strike action similar to that seen south of the border unless its pay restoration demands are met. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

NHS medics keep strike threat despite 14.5% pay offer

Health secretary Michael Matheson. Picture: Getty Images

Analysis: Health secretary asks junior doctors to meet him halfway with offer

Junior doctors have been presented with a new pay offer. Picture: Getty Images

Junior doctors offered 14.5% pay rise over two years

Scottish seaweed supplement brand to cash in on global attention

Former Scotland rugby star Nick De Luca is joining Merchiston Castle School. Picture: Oscar J Ryan

How sport can help young people handle Covid aftermath - Nick De Luca

Surfers Against Sewage have been staging demonstrations across the country, including at Portobello beach on the outskirts of Edinburgh, demanding urgent action to tackle the massive outpourings of waste into rivers and seas. Picture: Karl Mackie

Rain drain Why sewage is spilling into seas and rivers near you

Panic attack in public place. Pic: Adobe

Anxiety has informed my major life decisions - Gaby Soutar

A Scottish rugby player says taking performance-enhancing drugs is becoming normalised in gyms.

Rugby player calls on performance-enhancing drugs action

Bike training schemes are under threat. Picture: Forth Environment Link

21 jobs threatened by Scottish Government cycling and walking funding hiatus

Wendy Chamberlain (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Fife MP’s Bill to give carers the right to unpaid leave set to become law

All doses of the drug led to weight loss regardless of original BMI

New once-a-week obesity jab could help people shed body fat

The data for Great Britain shows a rise in experimental vaping among 11 to 17-year-olds, from 7.7 per cent last year to 11.6 per cent this year.

Number of children vaping has doubled amid calls for e-cigarette ban

The Baird Family Hospital's original design. Picture: Graham

Ventilation issues at hospital raised with NHS board three years ago

Shona Robison. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

National Care Service plans face ‘inevitable’ changes, says Shona Robison

Junior doctors take part in a rally in Trafalgar Square during a nationwide strike on April 11, 2023 in London. Junior doctors in England held a 96-hour walkout hoping to achieve full pay restoration after seeing their pay cut by more than a quarter since 2008. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Analysis: Why staffing crisis is in fact 'all about pay', Mr Health Secretary

The SNP's Alison Thewliss warned the price of infant formula was too high. Picture: PA

SNP MP urges baby formula price action amid claims families needing to steal it

First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking to staff during his visit to NHS 24's Dundee contact centre. Picture: Euan Cherry/PA Wire

Humza Yousaf commits to investing in nursing staff recruitment

The numbers of full-time-equivalent doctors working in GP surgeries looks likely to decline further, says Dr Andrew Buist (Picture: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

GP shortage is now beyond a crisis. Health Secretary must act – Dr Andrew Buist

Ambulances sit at the accident and emergency at the Glasgow Royal Hospital. Picture: Getty Images

Proposed National Care Service will help fix ailing NHS, says new health chief

Ambulances sit at the accident and emergency at the Glasgow Royal Hospital. Picture: Getty Images

Corridor care is ‘increasingly common’ in Scotland’s hospitals

Last week, the First Minister said the Scottish Government’s expert group is currently considering a ban on the smoking alternative

Vaping ban: Proposed ban on alternative smoking products backed by charity

Pupils using the active travel hub at Bannockburn High School in Stirling which is awaiting funding to continue. Picture: Forth Environment Link

Uncertainty over funding to boost walking and cycling ‘completely unacceptable’

More than 75,000 NHS staff have taken absence with mental health issues in the last five years, according to new figures - with the number of absences doubling since 2018.

NHS Scotland: Tens of thousands of staff take sick leave due to mental health

Sandy Sexton with her daughter Catherine, who is getting married in July

As treatment improves, even incurable cancer will become a chronic illness

Tickets will be popular at this innovative event where mindfulness meets science, as Edinburgh kicks off a five year programme

Ad Feature Edinburgh world premiere draws in top names

Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary Health and Social Care

NHS on alert for strikes as minister claims staffing issues 'not all about pay'

SNP ministers urged to scrap ‘shambolic’ National Care Service plan

IbisVision’s refractive technology means optometrists can run standard eye tests over the internet and enable entire optical prescriptions to be conducted remotely.

Glasgow pioneer behind remote eye testing tech gets £4.5m growth boost

Lord President of the Council, Penny Mordaunt, holding the Sword of State walking ahead of King Charles III during the coronation. Picture: Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Mordaunt: 'I took painkillers for King Charles III coronation'

Cats can contract Covid from humans

Warning as Scottish study shows cats can contract Covid from their owners

Britain became the first country in the world to formally allow mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) when the HFEA gave a cautious green light to the procedure in 2017

Baby with DNA from three people born in UK first

Maree Todd said the pause offers an opportunity

Care service delay allows for ‘meat to be put on bones’, says minister

Milestone House in Edinburgh was the UK’s first purpose-built AIDS hospice.

Princess Diana's signature to feature in exhibition on Scotland's HIV heritage

Scotland is lagging behind other countries when it comes to transparency over lobbying (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

'I believe this to be a world-first for children's commissioners'

Picture: HANNAH MCKAY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Junior doctors in Scotland 'could be on strike by end of the month'

Scottish ambulances are being called out to more than 50 drink-related incidents a day, according to new figures obtained by The Scotsman.

Ambulances are called out to alcohol-related incidents over 50 times a day

Junior doctors in Scotland have voted to strike. Picture: PA

Junior doctors vote overwhelmingly to strike in first national walkout

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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a 'Making Britain Work For Scotland' rally

Gordon Brown’s latest ‘save the Union’ plan faces reality check

Has the UK Government turned into a 'Just Say No' machine?

The investigation – dubbed Operation Branchform – began in 2021

Police chief defends tent on Nicola Sturgeon's lawn during SNP finance probe