Harry Burns

Steuart Padwick working on The Child of Hope model in his London studio (Picture: James Rudoni)

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Lord Jack McConnell of Glenscorrodale was told he should close schools due to the Avian flu outbreak in 2006.

Officials advised in favour of school closures during 2006 bird flu outbreak

Pandora and her box, from which hope was the last ill to leave. PIC: Creative Commons.

Like Pandora, we must not let go of hope - Karyn McCluskey

The NHS has reached a significant fork in the road (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

NHS crisis risks becoming an existential threat – Scotsman comment

Front-line NHS staff need more autonomy and to be made to feel valued (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

NHS staff burnout poses a real risk to its recovery from Covid – Harry Burns

Scottish clinical director Jason Leitch, seen with Health Secretary Humza Yousaf during a visit to Monklands Hospital, is a world-leading expert, says Harry Burns (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS needs to rediscover ideas that once transformed it – Professor Harry Burns

A nurse prepares a dose of Covid-19 vaccine (Picture: Nick Potts/PA)

Chief Medical Officers deserve trust over Covid vaccine for kids – Harry Burns

NHS staff prepare to go to work on an intensive care unit in May (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

NHS rose to the Covid threat. Now it needs our help – Scotsman comment

Combining the science and art of medicine to understand the needs of patients results in significant health benefits (Picture: Steve Parson/PA)

Under-pressure NHS risks losing life-saving compassion – Professor Harry Burns

Covid is spreading most rapidly in the young who need to be vaccinated as quickly as possible to allow society to re-open further in a responsible way (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sturgeon right to be cautious as Johnson puts economy over lives – Harry Burns

The NHS down south is proposing a massive data collection project

Is big data good for your health? - Harry Burns

The swift development of a Covid vaccine was fortunate, but the next pandemic organism could be a fungus, rather than a bacterium or a virus, warns Professor Harry Burns (Picture: Michael Gillen)

The next pandemic could be caused by fungus – Professor Harry Burns

The Men's Shed movement began in Australia, but has since spread to countries around the world, including Scotland (Picture: Torsten Blackwood/AFP via Getty Images)

How to help Scots who are among Europe's most disadvantaged people – Harry Burns

A member of staff at University Hospital Monklands tends to a Covid-positive patient in the intensive care unit earlier this month (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why the Covid pandemic is a warning about climate change – Professor Harry Burns

Private US healthcare firms are posed to take over parts of the NHS with help from Conservative MPs, says Professor Harry Burns (Picture: Steve Parsons/PA)

Tories are putting NHS on open market for private US firms – Harry Burns

People still need to wear face masks to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Covid: Do you have 'blood on your hands'? – Scotsman comment

Being on the frontline of the fight against Covid, nurses and other health staff can suffer from exhaustion, post-traumatic stress and 'moral injuries' (Picture: Steve Parsons/PA)

How Covid can cause injuries to NHS staff that we cannot see – Harry Burns

Bhutan was mocked when it adopted the idea of Gross National Happiness in the 1970s but increasingly countries are realising it is a better way of measuring human progress than Gross Domestic Product (Picture: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images for Lumix)

Scotland is waking up to a 220-year-old idea of measuring happiness –Harry Burns

Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland was not in the same situation as Wales in terms of the Covid outbreak (Picture: Scottish Government/Flickr)

To avoid Wales-style lockdown, we must stick to the rules – Scotsman comment

Young people have reasons to fear Covid-19 even if it does not kill them (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Why young people should fear 'herd immunity' Covid plan – Professor Harry Burns

Ken Morrice and Derek MacFeate of Glasgow-based MM Search. Picture: Matthew McGoldrick

Solid second year for Glasgow-based MM Search thanks to global assault

Professor Sir Harry Burns

Some kids will need extra help after Covid-19 – Letters

Children may suffer long-lasting effects as a result of neglect and abuse, with the lockdown producing an increase in calls to domestic abuse helplines (Picture: John Devlin)

Coronavirus may have caused hidden psychological damage – Professor Harry Burns

A guest goes through a temperature check designed to spot one symptom of Covid-19 coronavirus infection before entering the Disney Springs shopping, dining and entertainment complex in Lake Buena Vista, Flordia (Picture: John Raoux/AP)

Evidence that Sturgeon is right to be cautious over Covid – Harry Burns

Boris Johnson's Government failed to bring in the lockdown quickly enough as the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak began in the UK, says Professor Sir Harry Burns (Picture: Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street)

UK's Covid failures shows Scotland is right to go own way – Harry Burns

NHSClinical staff wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Picture: Neil Hall/PA Wire

Number of virus cases needs to fall 'substantially' says Scottish disease expert

Former Chief Medical Office Sir Harry Burns.

Former CMO says all Scots should be tested for coronavirus

A charter flight carrying personal protective equipment (PPE) and NHS supplies arrives at Prestwick Airport from China (Picture: Scottish Government)

After pandemic breaks global supply chain, we need 'new normal' – Professor Harr...

Professor Sir Harry Burns

Harry Burns: UK must rebuild chemicals industry to fight virus

Image of Dr Catherine Calderwood who has been removed as the face of the SNP government NHS campaigns, but will keep her role as adviser - Scotland's chief medical officer has apologised "unreservedly" for visiting her second home in Fife during the coronavirus lockdown. Dr Catherine Calderwood said she would continue to focus on her job.
She is facing mounting criticism after pictures of her family trip to Earlsferry were published in The Scottish Sun. There have been calls for her to step down over the matter with MSPs describing her position as "untenable". Together with Nicola Sturgeon, Dr Calderwood has been leading calls for the public to stay at home to defeat the virus. In a statement issued on Sunday she said: "While there are reasons for what I did, they do not justify it and they were not legitimate reasons to be out of my home.
"While I and my family followed the guidance on social distancing at all times, I understand that I did not follow the advice I am giving to others, and I am truly sorry for that.
"I know how important this advice is and I do not want my mistake to distract from that.
"I have a job to do as chief medical officer to provide advice to ministers on the path of this virus and to support the medical profession as they work night and day to save lives, and having spoken with the first minister this morning I will continue to focus entirely on that job."
PICTURE: SNP/UNPIXS (EUROPE) 05/04/2020

So who exactly is Doctor Catherine Calderwood?

NHS staff want to do the best for their patients, while some doctors in the US may make decisions based on the threat of being sued or the pressure to maximise profit (Picture: Greg Macvean)

If you love the NHS, you should fear for its future – Professor Harry Burns

It's A Wonderful Life is a Christmas classic with political, economic and health implications

It could be a wonderful life in Scotland – Prof Sir Harry Burns

Dogs provide companionship and the simple act of taking them for a walk may have a big impact on health (Picture: Michael Gillen)

The evidence that owning a dog could save your life – Professor Harry Burns

Processed red meat like bacon has been linked to cancer and other potentially deadly diseases, but a major new study suggests the effect may only be small. Picture: PA

Frustrated by red meat health advice? There’s another key factor – Harry Burns

Shona Robison has been appointed convener of a new SNP commission on social justice.

Shona Robison to head new SNP poverty commission

Historian Sir Tom Devine is among the senior Scottish figures who have signed the open letter to Boris Johnson.

Senior Scottish figures in politics, academia and the arts condemn Boris Johnson...

A major study by the Scottish Centre For Employment Research is ongoing into how to improve management practice to boost productivity and better enable innovation.

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Vaping: The evidence that suggests it may not be safe – Professor Harry Burns

Boris Johnson has apparently been talking about building a 'mega-prison' (Picture: Julian Simmonds/The Daily Telegraph/PA Wire)

Why Boris Johnson should build universities, not ‘mega-prisons’ – Harry Burns

Exercise is not just for young people or to lose weight

Exercise is not just for the obsese - Sir Harry Burns

A supermarket boss brought in by Margaret Thatcher's Government was the author of 1980s NHS reforms that are still having a devastating effect on its staff

Thatcher made NHS a factory, SNP should restore health service of old – Harry Bu...
The decision by Margaret Thatcher’s Government to hand power to NHS managers concerned more about money than patient care and turn doctors into workers on a fac...

Asking NHS staff how to improve care has had a dramatic effect

Why NHS Scotland was just praised as world-leader by top expert – Harry Burns

Vaccines help protect children against life-threatening diseases (Picture: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images)

For your children’s sake, don’t lose faith in this life-saving medical breakthro...

During the 28 month project the research team, will work with businesses and workforces in Scotland and the North East of England.

Ad Feature Strathclyde Business School lands £1m innovation fund

Professor Sir Harry Burns hails a new study about the effects of weight loss on type 2 diabetes (Picture: Jayne Wright)

Scientists have just made a great leap forward for type 2 diabetes – Harry Burns

A view from Glasgow's Necropolis (Picture: John Devlin)

Harry Burns: What the ‘Glasgow Effect’ and ‘deaths of despair’ tell us about aus...

The SNP introduced legally binding NHS waiting time targets in 2012, but they have been breached more than 150,000 times (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Leader comment: SNP's extra Â£655m to cut NHS waiting times is a gamble

Harry Burns says early intervention is key.

Former top Doctor: Early intervention is crucial to changing lives

Chris Marshall: Less than 1% of population suffers 57% of all violence

Smokers will be pushed further and further from lobbies and doorways out into the street, says Brian Monteith. Picture: Julie Howden

Brian Monteith: Scotland has become a failing McNanny state

Actor Brian Cox. Picture: Greg Macvean

Scots civic leaders launch declaration to prevent Brexit

One of Nicola Sturgeon's closest advisors has warned against drive for national testing of young Scots school pupils. Picture: John Devlin

Nicola Sturgeon's key advisor warns against drive for national testing

Senior medic calls for NHS to focus on patients instead of targets

Health Secretary Shona Robison chats with Head of Nursing Brendan Forman and Senior Charge Nurse Diane Gardiner whilst visiting Perth Royal Infirmary . Picture; PA

Winter pressure '˜highlights lack of funding for NHS'

NHS Scotland has been told by doctors not to dismiss problems as an every-winter occurrence

Top Scotland doctor calls for NHS funding, not thanks

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