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Concerns have been raised over the state of the NHS

Scots NHS 'will struggle to see out another year without reform'

SNP ministers will boost capacity for its Hospital at Home programme

SNP to create 'biggest hospital in Scotland' with more beds at home

Time for talking on the NHS is running out Iain Kennedy

The BMA in Scotland has threatened to "undertake the kind of industrial action seen elsewhere in the UK", such as the junior doctors' strike pictured above in England.

Union warns Scottish Government it would consider NHS strike action

NHS Scotland strikes averted as BMA and Scottish Government reach breakthrough

First Minister Humza Yousaf meets patient Paul MacIntosh during a visit to NHS Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS.

Yousaf pledges 'biggest ever' offer to avoid crippling junior doctors strike

Junior doctors hold placards on a picket line. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scotland junior doctors: What is a junior doctor? When are the strikes?

Scotland's NHS is under extreme pressure

In Scotland's NHS, everything is just a different shade of bad right now - BMA

Michael Matheson said the demands from junior doctors were "simply unaffordable"

Health secretary to do 'everything possible' to avoid strike action

Nearly half of all senior hospital doctors in Scotland aged 50 and over intend to retire before normal pension age, according to researchers from the University of Dundee. Picture: PA Wire/PA Images

Half of older doctors plan to retire before pension age

A demonstrator holds up a placard during a protest by junior doctors. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Scottish Government and union agree to formal pay negotiations

Crowds gather as people take part in a junior doctor's strike in Trafalgar Square. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Scottish Government meets with union reps in bid to avoid NHS walkouts

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

A snap survey of BMA Scotland junior doctors revealed nearly half (44 per cent) have actively researched leaving the NHS in the last 12 months. Picture by Getty

NHS Scotland: Health service facing 'mass exodus' of doctors

According to the latest Public Health Scotland data, just 65.3 per cent of the 97,659 patient attendances at Scottish emergency departments in January were seen within the Scottish Government’s target of four hours.

Estimated 64 patients die each month due to 'dangerously long waiting times'

Action must be taken to reduce the problem of delayed discharge of patients from hospital (Picture: Peter Byrne/PA)

NHS's founding principle, of being free at the point of need, must be protected

Dr Andrew Buist from the British Medical Association has warned of 'doctor-light' GP surgeries in deprived parts of Scotland. Picture: PA

Deprived areas will see fewer GPs as health gap widens, warns BMA

A doctor has warned that patients in Scotland’s hospitals over the festive period could die “for no other reason than the broken system failing them”.

Patients ‘will die across NHS over Christmas because of broken system’ - doctor

Angry GPs have gathered in Clydebank for an annual conference

NHS crisis: Mild mannered doctors are becoming radical firebrands

Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan watches a demonstration of a new stretcher on the first day of the new National Health Service in 1948 (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Our NHS has always been a two-tier system

Junior doctors make up around half of Scotland’s medical workforce

NHS must retain the staff it already has as well as recruiting more - Chris Smit...

The BMA has issued a warning over increasing pressure on the NHS

NHS in Scotland is enduring ‘perpetual winter’ amid crisis

The NHS need to be a better place to work for everyone (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

NHS must tackle the racism that is driving Black and Asian doctors to quit

Scotland's doctors have to 'bear the brunt' and are ready to quit according to BMA chair Dr Lewis Morrison
Pic: BMA Scotland

Scotland's doctors ‘bearing the brunt’ of NHS failings, BMA warns

Rates of a number of health conditions are higher among LGBT+ people (Picture: David Silverman/Getty Images)

Treating all patients the same can do some a disservice – Molly Usborne

Up to 95 per cent of junior doctors not getting scheduled breaks, says BMA. Picture: PA File

Up to 95 per cent of junior doctors not getting scheduled breaks, says BMA

Lewis O'Connor, chair of the BMA’s Scottish Medical Students Committee.

Request for medical students to help NHS shows staffing crisis, says BMA

Soldiers have already been deployed to drive ambulances in Scotland. Picture date: Friday September 24, 2021.

Scottish Government requests military support for two Scottish health boards

Liam McArthur wants 'competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with assistance to end their life' (Picture: Toby Williams)

Readers' Letters: Good palliative care best for terminally ill

Medical professionals need to be able to be straight with people about the consequences of a bad diet and over-eating (Picture: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

We need doctors to be straight with us about obesity – Stephen Jardine

The BMA’s Sexism in Medicine report showed the stark reality of gender-based discrimination in the NHS (Picture: Lynne Cameron/PA)

Sexism in medicine is damaging the care given to women – Dr Patricia Moultrie

Picture: Getty Images.

Covid Scotland: Health workers 'very worried' ahead of winter pressure

Parents should try to keep an extra eye on their kids to stop them taking risks like scaling high trees (Picture: Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

With NHS under pressure, parents should speak to their kids – Graeme Eunson

A doctor's room in a health centre GP practice. Picture: PA

Scotland's GPs 'at breaking point' amid rising Covid workloads

Inside the Covid ICU unit at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Election campaigning on NHS does not reflect reality, says BMA chair

Marina Politis

Why we need to teach gender awareness in medicine - Marina Politis

J.K. Rowling buries a time capsule to mark the start of building work at the Anne Rowing Regenerative Neurology Clinic, following her £10 million donation. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Inane corridor chatter has taken on new significance - Dr Zack Hassan

Forth Valley Royal Hospital Intensive Care Unit. Picture: Michael Gillen.

BMA sounds fresh alarm over doctors' wellbeing

Vaccinating people against the Covid-19 coronavirus is so rewarding, says Dr Andrew Buist (Picture: Mary Altaffer/AP)

Here's what it feels like to give people the Covid vaccine – Dr Andrew Buist

Medical student Lewis O'Connor thought working for the NHS would make him feel superhuman but shifts on a Covid ward leave him exhausted (Picture: Courtesy Lewis O'Connor)

Here's what it's like to work 12-hour shifts on a Covid ward – Lewis O’Connor

GPs will be taking part in the Covid vaccination programme but will not be able to personally give the shot to everyone (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Please be patient and stick to the Covid rules – Dr Patricia Moultrie

GP practice staff are facing abuse, said Dr Buist.

Top Scottish GP asks patients to 'be kind' as staff struggle with Covid workload
A top Scottish GP has asked members of the public to be kinder to staff at GP surgeries and all health workers, as he says many are facing abuse from frustrated...

Dr Beth Hadden tweeted a picture of the 'PPE'

Scots GP sent ‘repurposed bin bags’ as PPE

The Covid outbreak has had a major effect on the way NHS staff deal with patients (Picture: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

NHS must not cut services to same extent as first Covid wave – Alisdair Gilmour

GPs are inundated with demand, Dr Buist said.

GPs inundated with demand and struggling to cope, warns BMA Scotland

As the number of Covid cases rises once again, new restrictions are being imposed and health service staff are getting anxious about what lies in store for them (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Some doctors are already in constant crisis mode over Covid – Dr Graeme Eunson

GPs have been taking advantage of video conferencing but some patients still do need to have a face-to-face appointment (Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas - Pool/Getty Images)

How Covid has helped GPs find a different way of working – Dr Andrew Cowie

NHS staff protest about the underfunding of the NHS and other issues outside the gates of Downing Street in London protest (Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

Why next month should see radical changes for NHS staff – Dr Chris Sheridan

British tech firm Medicspot are transforming safety in GP surgeries

A third of Scottish doctors depressed in BMA Covid-19 poll

Third of Scottish doctors depressed in BMA poll

Doctors and nurses have raised concerns about the adequacy of PPE

Thousands of doctors and nurses concerned about 'inadequate' PPE

Doctors to decide 'survival of the fittest'

Doctors face ‘grave decisions’ on survival of the fittest

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced £15m more for GP surgeries.

GP practices get £15m extra to cope with coronavirus

Peter Bennie of BMA Scotland

BMA chairman quits with call for action on staff and bed shortages

Junior Scots doctors to get 46-hour respite after night shifts

A survey revealed eight in 10 doctors believe NHS is underfunding is significantly affecting quality and safety in the health service

NHS in grip of year-long crisis, says BMA chairman

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