Half of patients kept out of hospital in pilot paramedic blood testing scheme
A trial scheme by paramedics to provide blood testing at home for frail and elderly patients has resulted in more than half of the patients not needing to go to
Read MoreA trial scheme by paramedics to provide blood testing at home for frail and elderly patients has resulted in more than half of the patients not needing to go to
Read MoreThe Home Office has been accused of being the “only obstacle” to allowing 48 Ukrainian orphans to receive sanctuary in Scotland. The SNP’s Ian Blackford (pictured) told MPs he has
Read MorePoet Lemn Sissay says he felt obliged to accept his OBE because the award honours his younger self who overcame a “dehumanising” time in care. Mr Sissay detailed his experiences
Read MoreCouncil workers are to walk out over an equal pay dispute in two days of strike action that a union said will affect home care, schools and other services. Unison
Read MoreA campaigner who was sexually abused as a child after being groomed online has urged Facebook to abandon plans she says will weaken protections for vulnerable people and give predators
Read MoreThe Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has “overseen years of decline” in the performance of NHS cancer and waiting times targets, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts
Read MoreOlder people with low levels of vitamin B9 have a higher risk of dementia, a study suggests. Having low levels of the vitamin, also known as folate, has also been
Read MoreA black schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis. The “traumatic” search by Metropolitan Police officers took place at the
Read MoreRefugees fleeing the war in Ukraine could arrive in Scotland “very soon”, Nicola Sturgeon has said, after the UK Government gave its backing in principle to the First Minister’s “super
Read MoreA five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river was made by his parents to stand facing a wall “for 30 minutes at a time” as punishment, a court
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