Tag: NHS lothian

Answers demanded as dad dies hours after leaving hospital

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 26, 2011

By Kirsty Topping THE FAMILY of an elderly man who collapsed and died just hours after leaving hospital has demanded answers from health officials. Harry Waugh...

Hospital helipad branded “almost useless”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 16, 2011

By Kirsty Topping A HELIPAD at a £184 million hospital has been branded “almost useless” after it was revealed that only a third of emergency...

Scots couple first in country to undergo new fertility screening

Lorenzo Dalberto - January 18, 2011

A SCOTTISH couple have become the first in the country to undergo groundbreaking fertility screening to prevent their son being born with cystic fibrosis. Lee...

Scots couple undergo groundbreaking fertility screening to prevent cystic fibrosis in child

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - January 17, 2011

A SCOTTISH couple have become the first in the country to undergo groundbreaking fertility screening to prevent their son being born with cystic fibrosis. Lee...

Sturgeon warns hospitals that there is no excuse for bad hygiene

Christine Lavelle - October 11, 2010

By Amanda MacMillan HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has slammed bad hygiene in hospitals warning there is “no excuse” for staff not washing their hands properly. Her...