A hacker group is in possession of at least a “small number” of patients’ data following a cyber attack, NHS Dumfries and Galloway has said. Reports emerged on Wednesday of
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A group set up to campaign for care home residents’ rights during the pandemic has said that not being made a core participant for the part of the UK Covid-19
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The sentencing of a woman who stabbed a care worker to death has been postponed as no “suitable” secure hospital has been found, a court has heard. Kellyanne McNaughton, 33,
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A health board has been fined £220,000 for safety breaches after two patients died when they fell out of hospital windows in separate incidents, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
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The siblings of a student who took her own life after a campaign of abuse from her ex-boyfriend have been given permission to sue him. Law student Emily Drouet, 18,
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The Scottish Government “dismissed” concerns about the airborne transmission of Covid during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. Colin Poolman, director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland,
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The sentencing of a woman convicted of harming a child with laxatives, which affected his development, has been deferred so a psychiatric report about her can be prepared. Tracy Menhinick,
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A senior member of the Scottish Prison Service has apologised if protocols were not followed in the death of an asthmatic prisoner whose father said died alone in his cell
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A “lifesaving” helipad has opened next to an island hospital following a charity donation. The new helipad (pictured) adjacent to the Mull and Iona Community Hospital means that patients will
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A mother threatened to harm her Down’s syndrome daughter to force authorities to become involved because she was so desperate following the withdrawal of social work support during the pandemic,
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