NHS Greater Glasgow

Waiting lists for cataract surgery are soaring.

Thousands of Scots going private for eye surgery as waiting lists soar

Staff on an NHS hospital ward

Almost £2bn spent on temporary nurses and midwives over five years

Lexacom Echo is helping GPs give time back to patients.

Inclusive tech gives ‘time back to patients’ amid surge in cases, says Scottish ...

A general view of staff on an NHS hospital ward

Health boards pay out more than £227m in 'eye-watering' compensation

Ambulances outside the accident and emergency department at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Ambulances waited outside hospitals for the equivalent of more than 41 years in 2024, figures show. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ambulances waited outside Scottish hospitals 'for 41 years'

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow

Health board review findings 'completely unacceptable', says Swinney

Two ambulances have been damaged in the collison

Car crashes into two ambulances parked outside busy city hospital

Women are having to wait months for follow-up tests

Long waits for cervical cancer tests 'giving women sleepless nights'

Rod Stewart dances with superfan during surprise hospital visit

Heartwarming moment Rod Stewart dances with superfan in hospital

The baby was born at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Baby's death circumstances were of 'significant public concern'

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

At least 1,500 Scottish babies born addicted to drugs

Scott Gold, 37 with his family, wife Stephanie, 34, and their sons Oliver, five, and Myles, three. Picture: Family Handout/PA Wire

Father-of-two who had six operations 'grateful' to be home for Christmas

SNP ministers will boost capacity for its Hospital at Home programme

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

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

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

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

All three people had been engaged with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s services before their deaths.

Explainer Separate deaths of three people to be investigated in joint inquiry

Glaswegian nursing graduates have reportedly been told to look for work in England

Scottish nurses told 'find work in England'

Safe consumption facilities are designed to reduce the harmful effects of drugs, but risk normalising addiction (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Job vacancies for Scotland's first drug consumption room

Scottish Labour has called for the spiralling bill to be tackled. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Revealed: the £45m spent on private taxis by Scotland's NHS

Hundreds of Scots with eating disorders left suffering on waiting lists

Amid corporate homicide probe, health board bosses must be held to account Jackie Baillie

First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks to the media after First Minster's Questions. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Yousaf urged to 'do the right thing' and sack Glasgow NHS health board bosses

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Image: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Three patients die following failures in cancer screening programme in Glasgow

Many families living in food poverty need to use food banks. Picture: Getty Images.

Victorian-era 'poverty disease' once again rears its ugly head in Scotland

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Health boards spend £31m 'plugging staffing gaps' with agency junior doctors

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Image: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Health board accused of spying

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

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on Wednesday apologised to patients as it announced a pause to non-urgent elective procedures

Scotland’s largest health board pauses non-urgent elective care

Luke Louden suffered a broken neck and back

Robotic therapy gives paralysed man hope of walking daughters down the aisle

Graham Watson, executive chair at InnoScot Health, hopes to see positive progress in ophthalmology to serve thousands of patients in need. Picture: Martin Shields.

Innovative ophthalmic solutions key for tackling pandemic backlog - comment

Alert: Asbestos is 'safe' unless it starts to break up or crumbles. The dust can cause cancers.

Asbestos fears in more than half of Scotland's NHS buildings

Covid deaths in Scotland have fallen again

Covid Scotland: deaths fall to second lowest weekly total this year

NHS Lothian has temporarily closed its Hospital Sterilisation and Decontamination Unit (HSDU) at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh due to a small water leak.

Surgeries cancelled across Lothians after water leak

Women injured after vaginal mesh surgery held talks with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in 2019, accompanied by Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw (Photo John Devlin).

Concerns 'small number' of Scottish mesh survivors will go to US for surgery

Abortion care has come under the spotlight. Picture: Getty Images

'They were shouting ‘murderer’ - the women forced to have abortions in England

A nurse administers a Covid vaccine at a hospital. Picture: Michael Gillen

One in eight admitted to hospital with Covid diagnosed with heart inflammation

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomes Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill ahead of a meeting at Bute House on Friday

Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid after 'mild symptoms'

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Construction firm withdraws from Glasgow hospital cladding talks

A member of staff at University Hospital Monklands attends to a Covid-positive patient on the ICU ward on February 5, 2021 in Airdrie, Scotland. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Record numbers of people in hospital with Covid for third day in a row

The number of under 18s on the waiting list for the young people’s gender service at the Sandyford Clinic has risen from 151 in 2017 to 903 in 2022.

Young people on gender identity waiting lists dramatically increases

Four more deaths have been recorded

Four more deaths and 6,329 new cases ahead of Covid restrictions easing
Scotland has recorded four coronavirus deaths and 6,329 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to the latest figures published by the Scottish Government on ...

Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Covid Scotland: NHS Borders extends ban on all but essential hospital visits

Covid vaccination rates are still not as high as they could be (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Vaccine passports are useful weapon against anti-vaxxer lies – Scotsman says

Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Urgent appeal from Glasgow health board as staff 'struggle to cope'

Members of the public queue for vaccinations on a vaccination bus at West College Scotland Clydebank Campus on December 17, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Long queues for Covid booster jab at Clydebank vaccination centre

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Board to oversee infections at Glasgow hospital has not met for nine months

The reintroduction of pre-departure tests was announced around 6pm on Saturday. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Pre-flight Covid tests for international travel will cause ‘incalculable’ harm

18 Omicron cases recorded in Scotland

18 Omicron cases recorded in Scotland

Senior clinicians at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow have complained about “unfounded criticism” of clinical teams and staff.

Medics at Glasgow hospital 'condemn criticism' ahead of debate on safety

Andrew Slorance, who passed away in December last year at QEUH.

Widow of government official accuses troubled hospital of deliberate cover-up

NHS Lothian is “actively considering” a request for help from the military as it struggles to cope with high demand and staffing shortages.

NHS Lothian 'actively considering' request for Army support

Members of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard set up a Covid vaccination centre in Glasgow in January.

Covid Scotland: Fears of 'disastrous' winter as two further health boards reque...

Kimberly Darroch and daughter Milly Main

Mother says daughter's death after hospital infection was 'murder'

Picture: John Devlin

'A building almost killed our son', says father after hospital infection

Here are the latest coronavirus figures in Scotland.

Here are the latest coronvirus figures in Scotland

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

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

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