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

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

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...

Care evictions spark concerns of deepening NHS ‘crisis’

AN MSP has warned that a decision to close sheltered housing units for frail pensioners in Edinburgh will lead to a deepening "crisis" for...

A quarter of NHS staff in Scotland claim they have been bullied

NEARLY a quarter of NHS staff in Scotland claim they have been subject to bullying in the workplace. New figures, released under Freedom of Information,...

Dishonest staff con NHS out of millions

DISHONEST NHS staff were behind eight of the ten biggest frauds against the health service in Scotland over the past four years. NHS Scotland has...

Cancer patients wait months for treatment

SCOTTISH cancer patients have been forced to wait months for potentially life-saving treatment – because of staff and equipment shortages. Almost 1,200 seriously ill patients...

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