Walk-in testing centres will be rolled out near universities in the coming days, Nicola Sturgeon said as she was questioned about coronavirus outbreaks in student halls across the country. The
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A former drug addict has converted a minivan into a safe consumption room for substance users in a bid to reduce death rates. Peter Krykant has kitted out the vehicle
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Lockdown measures have been reimposed around Glasgow and western parts of Scotland as coronavirus cases rise. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the move after 66 new positive tests were recorded
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Nicola Sturgeon said she is “consumed with sadness” and anger at the death of Mercy Baguma, who was found dead next to her starving baby in a Glasgow flat, as
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Thousands of NHS workers have taken to the streets across the UK to demand better wages for staff left “on their knees” by the coronavirus pandemic. In London, health workers
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An inquiry into two of Scotland’s newest hospitals has launched, with its chairman expressing hope affected families will feel “they have been listened to and able to put forward their
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A majority of people in Scotland support setting up drug consumption rooms, according to new research. Proposals to introduce Scotland’s first drug consumption room (DCR) in Glasgow, enabling people who
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Scotland’s care watchdog was warned more than 170 times about staff shortages at care homes amid the coronavirus crisis, an investigation has found. BBC Scotland’s Disclosure programme discovered that between
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A trial Covid-19 “clinic-on-wheels” testing facility is being launched in Glasgow. The Connected Mobile Health Clinic (CMHC) is designed to provide remote testing and tracking of care home residents and
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A cluster of coronavirus cases has been identified at a care home in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Speaking at the Scottish Government’s briefing on Monday, the First Minister said
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