Cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Scotland increased by just over 40% last year to the highest total since 2017, figures show. Public Health Scotland (PHS) data shows there were 283
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Rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson must give evidence at inquests into the deaths of 62 of his patients, a coroner has ruled, after the disgraced doctor launched a last-minute bid
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The authorities are “as ready as we can be” for the next stage of early inmate releases to ease the jail overcrowding crisis, a justice minister has said. Speaking in
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has declined to rule out using Treasury reserves to pay for emergency asylum accommodation, as she vowed to “end the use of hotels”. Her shadow James
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A nursing boss has apologised to families of Lucy Letby’s victims that action was not taken sooner over concerns raised about the child serial killer nurse. Letby was allowed to
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An outdoor activity company has been fined £10,000 for breaching health and safety legislation after a 12-year-old boy drowned in a river. Schoolboy, Kayden Walker (pictured), of Bridgeton, Glasgow, was
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A “maximum BMI for nurses” and an “NHS TV channel” are just some of the suggestions put forward as officials launched a national consultation on the future of the health
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NHS care can be a “death sentence” for some patients, the Health Secretary has said as the Prime Minister called for better use of technology to make the NHS “fit
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A coroner has ruled that “gross failure” in the hospital care of a disabled woman “possibly contributed to her death”. Chloe Every (pictured) had learning difficulties and a muscle-wasting condition
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A legal challenge against a regulator’s report into the collapsed charity Keeping Kids Company can continue following the death of its founder, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice
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