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The speculum and soft brush they use for the smear test

Exclusive Cervical smears: Number of women receiving vital health test plummets

The NHS board shamed for 6-year wait for mental health treatment

A general view of staff on an NHS hospital ward

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

The Supreme Court ruling is expected to have wide-ranging implications

NHS in Scotland awaits new national guidance on single-sex spaces

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'

Women are having to wait months for follow-up tests

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

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

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

The BMA said GPs have been starved of funding

Exclusive Locum GPs 'going unemployed' in Scotland despite frontline NHS crisis

'Accountants making clinical decisions': Diabetes patients slam NHS

Innovation Manager at InnoScot Health, Frances Ramsay.

NHS Scotland to make 'major green strides' this year due to innovation

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

The pathway for veterans to receive specific mental health treatment is being closed

Health board is missing the point on Veterans First Point - Sue Webber

At least 1,500 Scottish babies born addicted to drugs

A mother with her newborn in hospital. Picture: Getty Images

'Toxic' culture at Edinburgh maternity unit 'harming' mothers, babies

The Chalmers Gender Identity Clinic in Edinburgh. Picture: Google Maps

Scots health board gender clinic to resume referrals and assessments

Sir Chris Hoy and Sarra Hoy pose for a photo on the grid during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit in July. Picture: Mark Thompson/Getty Images

'A real life superhero': Lady Sarra Hoy praises husband Sir Chris Hoy

First-ever set of quadruplets born in Scottish region as mother 'speechless'

‘Concern’ as NHS racks up multimillion pound PR and consultancy bills

Here are the top ten quango heads by highest salary in Scotland

NHS Lothian was handed the penalty over the death of two men, aged 55 and 79

Health board fined £220,000 after two patients died in window falls at hospital

Former health secretary Jeane Freeman was giving evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry

Delay to new hospital was due to ‘failure of governance’ – Freeman

The number of Scots waiting for a cardiology appointment has increased again, breaking the highest number on record for a second time in a row.

Number of patients waiting to see a cardiologist breaks record for second time

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

SNP's mass cancellation of new health centres is a consequence of incompetence Jackie Baillie

The number of newborns diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) increased to 195 in 2023/24

SNP under fire as figures show rise in babies born with substance dependencies

The Scottish Government’s mental health treatment time target for children and young people was breached by more than 1.3m days last year, new figures show.

Child mental health targets breached by more than 1.3m days last year

Cutting back on NHS mental health services would be a mistake (Picture: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)

The NHS can't go on this way. Something needs to change or services will suffer

Low emission zones will be introduced in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee next year. Picture: John Devlin/The Scotsman

The Abbeyhill LEZ anomaly - John McLellan

A top doctor from NHS Lothian says staff are concerned about the upcoming winter because the pressure has been so bad during the summer. Image: Jeff Moore/Press Association.

Top doctor warns ‘money alone’ won’t fix the crisis facing the NHS

Dear NHS Lothian, stop trying to atone for slavery and focus on waiting times Tom Wood

Exclusive Major repair work starts at Edinburgh's new Sick Kids Hospital

The number of people dying after waiting more than four hours to be seen in Scotland's A&E departments soared between 2018 and 2022, statistics have revealed.

Number of patients dying in Scotland after long hospital wait more than doubles

Sick Kids' patient Rosa Carter, four, interacts with the meerkats. Picture: Chris Watt Photography

Meerkat enclosure to be built at Scottish children's hospital

The inquiry is looking into ventilation issues at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People at Little France. Picture: Scott Louden

'Ambiguity' surrounding ventilation standards in Sick Kids hospital contract

The NHS paid out more than £160m in compensation to patients between 2018 and 2022, figures show, with one case involving a baby who died after an improper examination. Pic: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Millions paid out for botched NHS treatments, including ovary removal

Scientist working with her microscope

'Significant issues' at NHS lab leaves operations at risk of cancellation

Newly elected leader of the Scottish National Party, Humza Yousaf. (Photo by Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

A&E figures: New performance figures are "an embarrassment for Humza Yousaf"

The ERI has been under severe pressure

Doctors warn of 'impending doom' in hospitals ahead of Hogmanay

People should not have to go private to receive treatment such as cataract surgery (Picture: Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images)

How Scotland's NHS is being ‘privatised by the back door’ – Foysol Choudhury

Dr Matthew Freer of Infix Support and NHS Lothian CEO Calum Campbell. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Start-up secures contract with NHS Lothian in bid to tackle surgery backlogs

Edinburgh's Western General Hospital

NHS Lothian issues apology as Western General hospital's IT system crashed

Picture: Scott Louden

Fire safety remedial work at new Edinburgh Sick Kids 'to start next year'
Fire safety remedial work at a flagship children's hospital will start next year, NHS Lothian has said, after concerns were raised over progress.

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary A&E Department has been operating over-capacity (Lisa Ferguson)

Edinburgh hospital over capacity every day last month

Courtney pictured with Trevor, who is so grateful for her and her skills on the day

Courtney's skills managed to save the life of Ben Nevis climber who suffered a s...

A mother from East Lothian has said she feels her children are "forgotten about" due to the recent E. Coli outbreak as well as mounting pressures over nursery hour funding being withdrawn (Photo: Edmond Terakopian/PA).

E.coli outbreak and withdrawn funded hours in nurseries 'total shambles'

Operations at NHS Lothian are expected to return to normal after they were suspended amid a small water leak at a hospital.

Surgery to resume after hospital water leak resolved

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

The outbreak is related to the Church Road Pear Tree Nursery in Haddington.

East Lothian E. coli outbreak at nursery leads to 28 cases

From left: Elaine Taylor, Jack Francis, Zoë Strong, and Jack Fisher of Pogo Studio. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Software-focused start-up Pogo Studio’s Long Covid tech platform set for rollout

Greig Brown fears Long Covid could mean he never regains the health and fitness he once had.

Lothian pilot scheme helps Long Covid patients

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Construction firm withdraws from Glasgow hospital cladding talks

Edinburgh's new Sick Kids hospital cost millions due to construction issues.

Labour blame SNP for £146m bill for Edinburgh and Glasgow hospitals

The new Sick Kids hospital exterior, covered in the potentially dangerous cladding.

Urgent action demanded over Edinburgh Sick Kids hospital's cladding

Covid Scotland: NHS Lothian ‘sorry’ for error in children’s coronavirus vaccine letters

Health board ‘sorry’ for error in children’s coronavirus vaccine letters

The new Sick Kids hospital exterior, covered in the potentially dangerous cladding.

Urgent review of safety of Edinburgh's Sick Kids hospital cladding

Alloysious Massaquoi and Pauline Davies at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (NHS Lothian)

Local woman who gave kidney encourages donors

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