Nicola Sturgeon has urged people across Scotland to limit their socialising to three households before and after Christmas to help combat the “exponential” rise of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Scotland’s
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Scotland could see a “tsunami of infections” from the new Omicron variant, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Scotland’s First Minister (pictured) said a rise in cases is “virtually certain”, with modelling
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You should cancel your Christmas parties, Public Health Scotland has said, amid rising concerns of a mutant coronavirus strain which scientists think is much more transmissible. Dr Nick Phin, the
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Record funding for health and social care in Scotland must be used to deal with “chronic workforce shortages”, doctors have insisted. The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh welcomed Finance
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Scotland’s under pressure health and social care sectors are to receive a record £18 billion next year, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes confirmed. Ms Forbes (pictured) unveiled her draft Budget for
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Job vacancies in the social care sector were more than three times higher last year than in any other form of employment, a report has revealed. The Staff Vacancies In
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Leaked footage of key members of Boris Johnson’s staff joking about a Christmas party alleged to have been held at the time of strict lockdown restrictions shows the “contempt” Downing
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Almost 2,000 youngsters have been left waiting over a year for specialist help with mental health problems – with the total having doubled in a year, figures show. At the
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Vacancies for nurses and midwives in Scotland have increased by almost 20% in just three months, new figures show. Official figures revealed that at the end of September the whole
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A health board has ordered a review after a woman’s body was left in a mortuary for six weeks, meaning a post-mortem examination could not determine the cause of death.
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