Appointments have been announced for two new deputy chief medical officers and a new chief pharmaceutical officer for the Scottish Government. Professors Nicola Steedman (pictured) and Graham Ellis are the
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Scotland’s Health Secretary and his wife have begun legal proceedings against a nursery they claim rejected her daughter. Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla applied for a place for
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Scotland’s new national care service could be expanded further than first anticipated and take control of drug and alcohol services, children and young people and social work, under Government plans.
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NHS staff have published a video revealing the abuse they have received from patients, including slurs, swearing, racial abuse and threats of legal action. The 90-second video by NHS Lanarkshire
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All local authorities in Scotland are ready to provide 1,140 hours of free childcare, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Scottish Government announced the flagship policy, aimed at allowing families to
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The Solicitor General “had no hesitation in apologising for the delays” in the investigation into the death of a young woman by suicide in custody, according to a statement on
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Boris Johnson has snubbed an invitation from Nicola Sturgeon to meet during his visit to Scotland this week. The Scottish First Minister had invited Mr Johnson to meet at her
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Most of Scotland’s remaining coronavirus restrictions are to be scrapped from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed, in what she hailed as “perhaps the most significant date so far” in the
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A shielding four-year-old is to help front a Scottish charity’s national summer fundraising appeal after overcoming the lockdown “struggle” last year. Anya Behl (pictured) has a rare condition called alternating
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Scotland’s Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has complained to watchdogs amid concerns over discrimination at a nursery that refused a place for his young daughter. Mr Yousaf (pictured) said he and
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