By early 2019, clinicians across the North of Scotland will have access to an integrated digital view of a patient’s health and social care data through a new web-based portal
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader has said the Scottish Government’s peformance on aspects of mental health is “truly terrible” as waiting times are the worst on record. Willie Rennie said instead
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A health board has apologised after the latest figures showed just 6% of patients suffering from chronic pain saw a specialist for help within the 18-week waiting time. Liz Moore,
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There is “still work to do to improve safety” for patients with diabetes in hospital, a charity has warned. The comments from Diabetes UK come after an audit examined the
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Today’s healthcare professionals are in the vanguard of the much needed change in how patient care is undertaken and evaluated. Between 1 April 2016 and 31 January 2017, there were
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A quarter of the population take up half of all GP appointments and hospitalisations, a new study has found. New research found that more than a quarter of adults in
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A health board has been slammed for “verging on scandalous” figures showing just 6% of patients suffering from chronic pain saw a specialist for help within the 18-week waiting time.
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Girls are being given a tool to educate them about female anatomy in a bid to stem the rising tide of requests for so-called designer vaginas. Experts said the booklet
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An elderly man died while waiting in an accident and emergency unit because of the “dangerous overcrowding of the department”, the trust’s medical director has said. An email leaked from
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A series of failings by a locum surgeon directly contributed to the death of a two-day-old baby who underwent emergency surgery for a stomach defect which could have waited, a
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