Health leaders have warned a law to ensure safe staffing in the NHS will not achieve its objective as it currently stands. A panel of expert witnesses told Holyrood’s Health
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The use of mesh implants has been immediately halted in NHS Scotland for certain conditions, the health secretary has announced. In a statement at Holyrood, Jeane Freeman said an effective
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A second patient may have drunk cleaning fluid in the same hospital where an elderly woman died after consuming Flash, an inquest heard. Joan Blaber died six days after drinking
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A stroke victim accidentally drank floor cleaner which was in a water jug left at her hospital bedside by a member of staff, an inquest has heard. Joan Blaber died
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Many patients with healthcare associated infections (HAIs) like MRSA have reported feeling “like a leper” or “dirty” after being diagnosed, according to a new study. Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University
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Sexual incidents are “commonplace” on mental health wards, a new report suggests. Patients and staff have been left distressed after receiving unwanted advances and being spoken to in a sexualised
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NHS staff will be asked what needs to be done to make them feel safe and secure at work in the largest ever health and care engagement exercise. Health Secretary
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Ministers have been accused of driving through a “secret fire sale of valuable assets” as Labour Party research suggested the amount of NHS land put up for sale had risen
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The mother of a four-year-old girl who died from a meningococcal infection hours after she was sent home from hospital has told a coroner: “I took her away to die.”
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The parents of a 10-year-old boy who suffers from a form of cerebral palsy as a result of being starved of oxygen during birth have agreed a damages package approaching
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