Doctors

Sir Chris Hoy admits his cancer diagnosis has put the pressure of his cycling career into perspective. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire.

Hoy gives cancer update as he appreciates life 'more than ever'

John Swinney has spoken movingly about his struggle to decide how to vote on the assisted dying Bill (Picture: Andy Buchanan/pool)

MSPs must consider effects of assisted dying law on doctors Scotsman comment

Campaigners hold placards in support of assisted dying in November last year in London. Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images

Exclusive Doctor involvement in Scotland's assisted dying plans could be capped

People take part in a demonstration at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London, to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

John Swinney reveals how he will vote on assisted dying next week

Lorraine Kelly attends The Sun Military Awards 2020 at Banqueting House on February 06, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Lorraine Kelly gives 'huge thanks' update following surgery

An historic photograph of a commissioning ward bay in Ninewells Hospital is part of the exhibition.

The 'innovative' hospital celebrated in new V&A Dundee exhibition

Kenny Higgins, 48, lost 22 stone after frightening wake-up call

I recorded a goodbye message to my family...then I lost 22 stone

Dr Clara Doran has turned personal experience into a revolution in caring for brain health

The GP who left medicine to help people beat brain fog

GPs in Scotland will be forced to cut their services unless they receive a huge and sustained injection of cash, doctors have warned

Analysis Will lack of GPs derail SNP's NHS election pledge gamble

Hospital receptionist Cathie Lackie at work

Hospital receptionist retires at 90 after 58 years of service

Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: the wellness expert on bringing tour to Scotland

Lochmaddy, on North Uist

GPs wanted for new practice on Scottish island with salary up to £160k

GPs are facing burnout and the risk of insolvency, doctors have warned

Exclusive GP practices may go bust amid 'perfect storm', warn doctors

Beka Naylor at work. The NHS nurse, from Doncaster, was recovering from cancer treatment at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital when her car was stolen from outside her home. Photo: Beka Naylor/SWNS

Video: Scumbag thief steals car of cancer patient during hospital stay

Patients regularly ask when they can have sex again

'Low impact' sex guide for injured lovers recovering from surgery

Nurses need to have the time to care for their patients, not just treat them (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

NHS nurses are voting with their feet as SNP's boasts ring hollow Scotsman comment

From left is senior charge nurse Joanne Auld, Health Secretary Neil Gray, deputy charge nurse Siobhan Griffin and clinical nurse educator Hannah Spruce at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.

Government under pressure to deliver amid £1.5bn extra funding for NHS

A bride given less than six months to live after losing her leg to cancer made it down the aisle to marry her partner -for the second time.

I lost my leg and was given six months to live...I just got married

Nurses want to do the job they were trained to do – and should not feel like they have been set up to fail (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

The £900 million reason why Scotland's NHS must be better managed Jackie Baillie

Millions has been spent on agency nurses and consultant locums in Scotland’s NHS.

The health boards that have spent the most on temporary nurses

Campaigners in Parliament Square, London, in favour of the proposed bill to legalise assisted dying.

Findlay: Westminster debate made me more cautious about assisted dying

Baby Talia and father Euan. Anna Jackson, 22, started getting a pain in her abdomen, but had put it down to period cramps. Picture: Anna Jackson/SWNS

Woman who thought she had burst appendix gives birth in hospital

Bethany Wright with partner Cameron and son Archie

'Devastated' mother diagnosed with brain tumour at 34 weeks pregnant

Concerns have been raised over the state of the NHS

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

Water beads have been linked to deaths in children abroad and caused serious harm to children in the UK.

Doctors issue warning over giving water beads as a gift to children

The Christmas holidays will impact the opening hours of your doctor’s surgery.

Where to go if you need medical care over the Christmas holidays

Levi Lithgow, who has been left blind in one eye

Toddler left blind in one eye after head bump suffered at nursery

MPs gathered to hear the result of the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

What happens next with the assisted dying bill?

Monica McGhee, a Scottish opera singer who feared losing her voice to cancer, has teamed up with two other survivors to compose a song highlighting NHS wait times. Picture: Daniel Lewis/PA Wire

Watch: Opera singer's song on NHS wait times after cancer battle

Cat Rubens, with her mother, Jane, before her accident.

Family's 'hell' amid insurance row over repatriation of Scottish woman

Junior doctors in Scotland have accepted an 11 per cent pay rise

Scottish junior doctors accept 11% pay rise worth £64.1m

BBC’s Glenn Campbell: 'I want to show life with a brain tumour'

The assembled winners from Scotland's Health Awards 2024. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scotland's Health Awards 2024: The winners in full

Queen Camilla will not attend Remembrance Sunday 2024 after pulling out of her royal engagements this week due to a chest infection.

Queen to miss Remembrance weekend events to protect others

Brooke MacFadyen, 24, from Coatbridge, underwent Awake Craniotomy. Picture: NHSGGC

'Life changing': Woman speaks of having brain operation while awake

Superbugs like Staphylcocus epidermidis could kill eight million people a year by 2050 (Picture: William West)

How supermarkets help spread deadly antibiotic-resistant diseases Philip Lymbery

Scotland's Health Awards 2024 is celebrating the individuals, teams and unsung heroes on the frontline

The full list of Scotland’s Health Awards 2024 finalists revealed

Campaigners have been calling for the birthing suite at Galloway Community Hospital - closed in 2018 - to be reopened

Fears of increase in roadside births after maternity unit mothballed

Martin Dillett with his wife, Danielle, and their two young daughters. Martin, from Broxburn, near Edinburgh, has had four liver transplants before the age of 30. Picture: Stripe Communications/PA Wire

'Nearly out of hope': Father-of-two survives four liver transplants

The Scottish Government will outline its winter plan for the NHS

How Scotland's NHS 'perma-crisis' must be fixed to avoid worst winter

According to the pseudoscientific theory of 'phrenology', the shape of someone's skull could reveal their character (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty)

Why Queen Victoria asked Edinburgh lawyer to study her son's head Susan Morrison

How doctors performed the world's first whole-eye transplant
Aaron James lost his left eye and most of his face after an electrical cable touched the left side

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died. Picture: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76

Danni Cooper was left unable to walk or talk after cost of living stress triggered a rare neurological condition.

Watch: Money stress triggered woman’s rare neurological condition

Alicia Reid and Ryan Reid.

Watch: Audio reveals moment hero boy, 8, saved mum's life calling 999

Staff on a NHS hospital ward. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

'Traumatised' patients at risk as safety post not filled

Expert reveals why we shouldn't rely on voice assistants for medical advice. (Photo: Pexels, Jonathan Borba)

Tech expert warns against using voice assistants for medical advice

Almost a quarter of people do not know the difference between a physicians associate and a doctor a new poll has discovered. (Photo: Pexel/Etatics Inc)

What is the difference between a physician associate and a doctor?

Scottish GPs could be in line for a six per cent pay rise.
(Photo: Charles Milligan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Scotland's GPs in line for pay rise - but others may miss out

Here are 8 top tips from our experts on how to stay healthy at Glastonbury Festival. (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images, NENAD MIHAJLOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

How to stay well at Glastonbury and avoid these 8 common mishaps

Exclusive Doctors issue plea to patients: 'Write to your MSPs over NHS in crisis'

Scottish actors Peter Capaldi, David Tennant and Sylvester McCoy have all played Doctor Who - but how popular were they?

Most Popular Doctor Who: All 13 timelords ranked - up to Ncuti Gatwa

Shock Horror: A Ghost Story

Shock Horror: A Ghost Story to open in Perth this Autumn

If a person has only a few days to live, medics can withdraw treatment at the patient's request, says reader (Picture: Robert Kneschke/Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Sometimes people just need to die

NHS Western Isles is trying to recruit 'at least five' GPs to the Benbecula Medical Practice, on an island 'with lochs and lochans, endless sea and spectacular seascapes and surroundings'

'Dream' £150,000 jobs up for grabs on remote island

The NHS needs more doctors, not 'physician associates' (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

NHS crisis won't be solved by hiring 'physician associates' instead of doctors

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries