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Lack of local maternity services puts rural Scottish mothers at risk
On a freezing cold January afternoon in 2017, expectant mother Pranjali Christian felt her contractions start. It was four weeks
Growing patient lists and unsafe working: patients and doctors speak out from the front lines of primary care
Amid rising concerns over heavy patient lists and unsafe work conditions in primary care, patients and doctors share their experiences
Revealed: the drugs that are poisoning Scotland’s water
Medicinal drugs have polluted Scotland’s waterways in breach of safety levels more than 2,300 times over seven years,
Fish farm pesticide ‘risk’ for swimmers, says industry report
Wild swimmers face “a risk” to their health from a toxic pesticide discharged into lochs and the sea from over
Scotland’s public boards still failing on gender equality
Women board members appointed to Scotland’s public bodies get paid half a million pounds less than their male counterparts,
Delayed discharges from mental health wards of more than three years recorded
People have faced “unacceptable” delays of more than three years before leaving mental health wards, despite being well enough to
NHS patient data breached at least 1,395 times in two years
Dozens of NHS staff have been disciplined after data laws to protect patient’s personal information were breached at least
Highland test centre staff claim ‘catalogue of failures’ led to Covid-19 outbreak
Mitie workers at a Covid-19 test centre in Inverness, which was at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak, have alleged
MSPs urged to learn from Skye nursing home Covid-19 outbreak
As Scotland’s health secretary hints that our system of social care is in need of a fundamental review, the
NHS struggled to recruit senior anaesthetists before coronavirus
Many Scottish health boards have struggled to recruit as many consultant anaesthetists as they need, making it harder to keep
NHS Highland director Woerden tried to hide his £155,000 salary
An NHS Highland director has been criticised for attempting to hide his salary of more than £155,000 a year.
Pay rises for NHS bosses while Highlands faces ‘unprecedented’ health cuts
The salaries of senior executives in charge of a widely-criticised Scottish health board have kept rising while they made severe