Health Secretary

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks outside her home after being cleared by police in Operation Branchform

Sturgeon reveals her vote on assisted dying in 'hardest decision'

The Tories say patients' lives are being "put at risk" after figures revealed some waited almost five years for key diagnostic tests

Health board escalated to stage 4 as risk branded 'hugely concerning'

Greig Rooney, Managing Director at Valneva Scotland Ltd, and Scottish Government Health and Social Care Secretary Neil Gray

Health Secretary tours site of Scotland’s largest vaccine producer

An elderly woman in a wheelchair is assisted by a care-worker as she lays flowers outside Windsor Castle following the death of Queen Elizabeth

Exclusive SNP facing social care 'meltdown' as £560m black hole risking services

Michael Matheson

iPad row Michael Matheson to stand down as MSP next year

Health Secretary Neil Gray (left) has spoken on the case of nurse Sandie Peggie (right)

SNP minister refuses to back Sandie Peggie in trans changing room row

Michael Matheson

Michael Matheson: iPad scandal got 'blown out of all proportion'

Health Secretary Neil Gray has said he will take responsibility if the SNP government's bid to reduce NHS waiting times to 12 months by 2026 fails (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Scottish Tories to bring vote calling on Neil Gray to resign

Neil Gray

Swinney issues declaration on under-fire health secretary Neil Gray

John Swinney will set out his plans to revive the NHS (Picture: Lesley Martin)

John Swinney pledges 150,000 extra appointments in bid to revive NHS

Health Secretary Neil Gray during a visit to Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Picture: Michael Gillen

Swinney told to sack 'disgraced' Health Secretary after limogate row

Nine in 10 of those surveyed in Scotland said patient safety is being compromised

‘Devastating' nurse testimonies lay bare crisis in Scotland's NHS

Neil Gray expressed concerns over nursing numbers

Number of nursing students accepted is 'a worry', Neil Gray says

Health Secretary Neil Gray.

Neil Gray to take responsibility if SNP miss NHS waiting times targets

Health Secretary Neil Gray apologised to MSPs for using a Scottish Government car to attend football matches involving Aberdeen FC

SNP chief 'struggling' to understand why Gray is a scandal

Neil Gray

Analysis Final whistle yet to blow on Neil Gray football chauffeur row

Neil Gray

Neil Gray apologises for 'impression given' by football chauffeur row

Neil Gray is due to make a statement at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday

Why and when Neil Gray is making chauffeur football row statement

Health Secretary Neil Gray is under criticism for his trips to Hampden. Picture: PA/NationalWorld

Demands for Gray to explain why he was chauffeured to football games

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting wants to make Britons slimmer - with a jag (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: We should get behind Streeting's controversial obesity plan

Sorry Mr Health Secretary - the NHS in Scotland is clearly in crisis Scotsman leader comment

A young nurse wear holds the hand of an elderly person dealing with Alzheimer's disease

Scotland reviews whether to copy 'deeply disappointing' Alzheimer's drug block

Wes Streeting. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Streeting warns of online 'threat' as he condemns 'sickening' riots

McAllan’s ‘brave’ bid to make us forget Matheson scandal may backfire Scotsman comment

A9 stands as an unfinished monument to the SNP's ineptitude and lack of purpose Scotsman comment

Health Secretary Neil Gray

Neil Gray: Scottish Government committed to conversion therapy ban

Health Secretary Neil Gray

Scottish Government once again urged to implement the Cass review

Michael Matheson must resign as an MSP (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Matheson has no option but to resign as an MSP, and almost everyone knows it

Yousaf has spent year just going through the motions as First Minister Jackie Baillie

Just how bad can Holyrood get if we don’t discuss its future? Brian Monteith

Michael Matheson, who has resigned as Health Secretary, should have gone long ago (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Michael Matheson's resignation comes too late to be called honourable

As Matheson fought for his job, deadly NHS scandal was left unresolved Jackie Baillie

Humza Yousaf under fire for backing Michael Matheson over iPad bill furore

After Matheson quits, Yousaf's failure to bring back Forbes is a big mistake Euan McColm

Health Secretary Michael Matheson has been accused of presiding over 'deadly disarray' in Scotland's NHS. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Matheson facing calls to quit over ‘deadly disarray’ in A&E departments

National clinical director Jason Leitch should have told Humza Yousaf to stick to the letter of the Covid rules on masks (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

National clinical director's advice to Yousaf at odds with spirit of mask rule

Scottish Government's culture of secrecy over Covid response was widespread Scotsman comment

Values of Darling and Douglas-Hamilton put SNP Health Secretary to shame Murdo Fraser

Michael Matheson far from the right man for NHS in Scotland Euan McColm

Matheson's iPad expenses bill is not the only reason why he should be ashamed Jackie Baillie

Even SNP supporters realise Michael Matheson must resign Scotsman comment

Douglas Ross helped expose Matheson scandal, but it won't halt Tories' decline
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross refused to accept repeated attempts by Humza Yousaf to declare the matter closed
Euan McColm

Michael Matheson is a scoundrel and unfit to be Scotland's Health Secretary Jackie Baillie

Michael Matheson agrees to reimburse full cost of £11,000 iPad bill after row

Matheson’s roaming charges may actually be the least of Yousaf’s worries Murdo Fraser

Health secretary Michael Matheson speaks to the media after the public session of NHS Forth Valley's Annual Review for 2022/23. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Matheson 'confident’ in his record in wake of iPad bill admission

Health Secretary Michael Matheson gave a personal statement to the Scottish Parliament over an £11,000 data roaming bill on Thursday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Matheson did not mislead me in iPad data revelations says Humza Yousaf

Yousaf may come to regret not sacking Matheson over football fibs Euan McColm

SNP ministers have long thought they could do what they liked Brian Wilson

Health Secretary Michael Matheson leaves the chamber following First Minister's Questions at Scottish Parliament (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Matheson’s position ‘untenable’ after iPad data revelation, say Tories

Minister for Health and Social Care Michael Matheson speaks to the media after making a personal statement to the chamber at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Analysis: Matheson's position on the brink after extraordinary statement

Health Secretary Michael Matheson is under pressure after running up an £11,000 bill for roaming charges while in Morocco Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Matheson set to make personal statement to Holyrood over £11,000 iPad bill row

Tory rhetoric about LGBT+ people will make their lives worse Vic Valentine

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins 2023: Odds, start date, cast

Michael Matheson

Matheson offers to mediate between English junior doctors and UK Government

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth has vowed to focus tight budgets on helping the Covid generation in schools and nurseries (Picture: oksix - stock.adobe.com)

Readers' letters: 'Efficiency' savings means cuts to university funding

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