Tag: nhs scotland

Zoo asked to scan obese patients

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 2, 2012

BOSSES at Edinburgh Zoo are turning down a request a month from Scottish health boards asking for help to carry out scans on obese...

Increase in number of young Scots with multiple sclerosis

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 29, 2012

HEALTH chiefs have revealed a seven-fold increase in the number of young Scots struck down by multiple sclerosis. The country’s biggest health board, Greater Glasgow,...

Epidurals on the rise for Scottish mums-to-be

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - October 18, 2012

INCREASING numbers of Scottish mums-to-be are choosing to have an epidural when giving birth – despite NHS efforts to encourage women to have natural...

Parents warned a daily baby bath could cause allergies in infants

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 23, 2012

SCOTS parents have been urged to cut back on bathing babies after new figures revealed a massive increase in prescriptions for allergies. Since 2002 the...

Scottish hospitals fail to care for elderly patients

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Deadline News Journalist - August 12, 2012

A TOP Government health spokesman has accused Scottish hospitals of failing to care for elderly patients. Duncan McNeil, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s health committee....