Tag: nhs scotland

Hospital infection rates slashed

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 4, 2012

INFECTIONS in Scotland's hospitals have reduced by a third since 2006. Health Protection Scotland’s Point Prevalence Survey, which involved 13,558 patients, 844 wards and 75...

Airport style check-ins for Edinburgh’s hospitals

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 28, 2012

AIRPORT-style check-ins machines are being installed at Edinburgh hospitals in a bid to speed up waiting times. The move will see people “check in” for...

Baby scans could cut abortion rates

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 25, 2012

WOMEN should be shown scans of their unborn child before having an abortion, claims the leader of Scotland’s Catholic Church. Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the Archbishop...

Top medic slams Scottish Government for Vitamin D failings

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 19, 2012

A TOP medical professor has slammed the Scottish Government for failing to medicate the population with Vitamin D. Professor George Ebers, has called on the...

Over £600,000 spent on tattoo removal by NHS

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - October 14, 2011

NHS chiefs in Glasgow have spent £600,000 in the past five years removing patients’ tattoos, it emerged today (fri). At least 204 Scots have received...