Tag: nhs scotland

Four key medicines given the go ahead under NHS Scotland

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 9, 2015

NHS SCOTLAND is set to use four new medicines to treat pancreatic cancer, chronic myelogenous leukaemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and infertility. The move comes...

Health board asks Google to stop giving complaint dept as main number

Health

Deadline News Journalist - January 29, 2015

SCOTLAND’S biggest health board has asked Google to stop listing its complaints department as the main telephone number in search results. Greater Glasgow and Clyde...

NHS Scotland’s epilepsy services leading the rest of the UK

Health

Deadline News Journalist - November 26, 2014

A UK-wide epilepsy report has found epilepsy services in Scotland are improving and even outperforming the rest of the UK. The report, produced by the...

Proposals for more nutritional hospital meals sees widespread support

Politics

Deadline News Journalist - November 17, 2014

New guidelines unveiled by NHS Scotland on hospital catering may legally oblige hospitals to serve nutritional meals to patients. Health Secretary Alex Neil unveiled the...

Healthcare inspectors “extremely disappointed” by South Lanarkshire hospital’s cleanliness

Partner Posts

Deadline News Journalist - November 11, 2014

Scotland's healthcare improvement organisation has voiced its serious concern with on-going cleanliness issues at Hairmyres hospital in South Lanarkshire. The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) for...

Staff shortages at major hospital could pose risk to patients

Health

Deadline News Journalist - September 5, 2014

PATIENTS at a major Scottish hospital are at potentially “significant risk" as a result of staff shortages in accident and emergency. The standard of care...

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