More needs to be done to help struggling ambulance services which have been forced to call in military support, a union has said. Unison said that “something is wrong” when
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Scotland recorded 805 deaths in 2020 which were likely to be suicides, a slight decrease from the previous year. Annual figures from the National Records of Scotland showed the number
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There is still potential for a “large” wave of Covid-19 in the autumn which could see 1,000 people admitted to hospital each day, an expert has warned. Professor Neil Ferguson,
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The head of a new fund aimed at compensating the survivors of abuse in care has been announced by the Scottish Government. Joanna McCreadie (pictured) will be chief executive of
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Nearly two-thirds of Scots back keeping the £20-per-week Universal Credit uplift in place at least until the economy improves, a poll has suggested. Some 35% of people surveyed by YouGov
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More than 13,000 hospital admissions of children each year between the ages of 11 and 15 are prevented because of early years centres, a report has said. The positive effects
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A “gorgeous” two-year-old boy who died in hospital after being found critically injured at a house in Bridgend has been named by police. Reid Steele died at University Hospital of
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The number of children attending hospital having self-harmed has risen to its highest level since the SNP came to power, new figures show. A total of 1,400 children went to
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More than one in 10 patients in the UK were infected with Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic while being treated in hospital in for another reason, research
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Rules on self-isolation in Northern Ireland are to be relaxed, Stormont ministers have agreed. People who are close contacts of positive cases will no longer have to isolate for 10
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