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A PATIENT was forced to wait two days for an ambulance in a 'terrifying' case that lays bare Scotland's deepening 999 crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PATIENT safety could be at risk in Scotland's hospitals as NHS chiefs hire hundreds of cutprice 'doctors' to plug staff shortages, medics warned yesterday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ALMOST half a million Scots at risk of developing diabetes could soon be offered fatbusting weight loss jabs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ALMOST half a million Scots at risk of developing diabetes could soon be offered fatbusting weight loss jabs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

INADEQUATE water and ventilation systems at Scotland's superhospital created an 'avoidable risk' of infection to patients, an inquiry has heard. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCOTLAND'S obesity crisis has deepened as shocking figures show record numbers of Scots are grossly overweight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE head of the Scottish Ambulance Service has warned that emergency vehicles are 'not hospital beds'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MORE than a quarter of a million calls to NHS 24 were not picked up last year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PATIENTS at a cancer ward in a Scottish hospital have been infected with a bug linked to mould. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE family of a woman who died after being diagnosed with an infection linked to pigeon droppings have accused health bosses of a 'cover-up'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LIFE expectancy in Scotland is the lowest in western Europe, despite the latest statistics showing a slight rise in average longevity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MINIMUM Unit Pricing made no 'significant' difference to heavy drinkers - except they paid £24 a week more for their booze after the policy came into force. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE SNP Government monitored the social media posts of a former official's grieving widow before advising ministers what she said, an inquiry has heard Andrew Slorance died at the scandal-hit Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow after a stem cell transplant for lymphoma. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE SNP Government monitored the social media posts of a former official's grieving widow before advising ministers what she said, an inquiry has heard Andrew Slorance died at the scandal-hit Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow after a stem cell transplant for lymphoma. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PATIENTS in Scotland's A&E departments face a winter of 'corridor chaos' amid rising waits for treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CASES of tuberculosis in Scotland increased by just over 40 per cent last year to the highest total since 2017. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCOTTISH scientists believe a vital mineral in Brazil nuts could help find new treatments to prevent breast cancer spreading throughout the body. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUST nine Scottish dental practices have been given financial support from a government initiative to tackle NHS shortages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCOTLAND'S GPs are on a collision course with the SNP over pay that could cause widespread disruption to patients. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCOTLAND'S GPs are on a collision course with the SNP over pay that could cause widespread disruption to patients. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A BUSINESSMAN diagnosed with motor neurone disease was told not to waste his GP's time when early symptoms began. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE number of NHS patients in Scotland turning to private care to beat soaring waiting lists has more than doubled in the past four years. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MIGRATION has fuelled the fastest rise in Scotland's population since a post-war boom in the 1940s. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MIGRATION has fuelled the fastest rise in Scotland's population since a post-war boom in the 1940s. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HEALTH boards have begun rolling out a life-saving blood test for pregnant women at risk of pre-eclampsia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HOSPITAL corridors in Scotland are so overcrowded with delayed patients they look like 'scenes from the Crimean War', Labour claims. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 'GAME-CHANGER' prostate cancer drug has been approved for the NHS that will mean thousands of men can take pills at home instead of injections in clinics. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

VICTIMS of a rogue surgeon want 'no stone unturned' in a public inquiry into how he was able to harm 200 patients. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MANAGERS at Scotland's £1billion superhospital ignored patient safety amid a 'toxic' culture of cronyism, a senior doctor claimed yesterday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MORE than £28million of taxpayers' money has been 'wasted' on the SNP's doomed National Care Service (NCS). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW parents are being warned to 'stay sober' and make sure their babies have their own separate sleeping space, in fresh guidance aimed at reducing infant deaths. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SNP ministers are being told to 'admit defeat' and accept their controversial care reform plans are 'doomed' after local authority leaders pulled their support. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE Scottish Tories claim they are 'terrified of what winter will bring' the NHS after the Health Secretary said his bid to ease the pressures on staff involved boosting a medical hotline. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PEOPLE with peanut allergies are being warned to avoid food containing mustard amid contamination fears. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A DOCTOR told an inquiry she had a 'hunch' something was wrong at Scotland's superhospital when three children were infected with a rare bug that had first been identified by space scientists. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MORE than 3,000 Scots a year are dying because they don't get enough exercise, a new report has warned. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUNIOR doctors will now be known as 'resident doctors' after a vote by the British Medical Association. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCOTTISH ministers failed to investigate the infected blood scandal for decades over fears it would be an 'open cheque book' to victims, an inquiry found. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCOTS caught up in the contaminated blood scandal were studied without their knowledge, the inquiry found. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SCOTS are developing serious illnesses earlier in life than their parents' generation did amid a deepening 'health crisis', alarming new figures have revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THOUSANDS of Scots are paying £100 for check-ups with private GPs amid the waiting times crisis engulfing the health service. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HEALTH chiefs face pressure to scrap Scotland's controversial youth gender services after warnings children are being treated without evidence of likely impacts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HEALTH chiefs face pressure to scrap Scotland's controversial youth gender services after warnings children are being treated without evidence of likely impacts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MORE than 10,000 children in Scotland are stuck on 'catastrophic' NHS waiting lists, doctors have warned. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE number of Scots forced to pay for private operations has soared to record levels amid chronic NHS waiting times. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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ASKING women in Scotland to become egg donors without research on the long-term risks was yesterday described as a 'scandal' that should be halted. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PREGNANCY relaxation classes should be provided on the NHS to help women during labour and childbirth, experts have said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]