Tag: nhs

Fury as England approves muscular dystrophy drug denied Scots

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 15, 2016

ENGLISH health chiefs have approved a muscular dystrophy wonder drug recently refused to Scots children suffering from the disease. The £200,000-a-year treatment for Duchenne muscular...

Scots family plan to move south after approval refused for £200K drug

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - April 14, 2016

A SCOTS father is planning to move south of the border after health chiefs refused to approve the £200,000-a-year cost of drug that has...

Scots hospitals among worst in UK for stillbirths, according to new report

Health

Deadline News Journalist - February 14, 2016

SCOTS hospitals are among the worst in the UK for stillbirths, new data reveals. NHS Ayrshire and Arran comes second in a list of 21...

NHS Scotland criticised over plan for “spirituality” degree

Community

Deadline News Journalist - February 11, 2016

HEALTH chiefs have been criticised for paying universities to design undergraduate degrees in “spirituality”. NHS Scotland is set to pay £3,000 to universities to develop...

A&E lift lid on Xmas Day 2015 mayhem

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 3, 2016

A SCOTS NHS board has revealed the not-so-cheery side of Christmas - in a list of gruesome A&E attendances on Christmas day. There was little...

£4m spent on “zero benefit” parenting scheme

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 11, 2016

SCOTLAND’S biggest health board has spent £4m on a controversial “common sense” parenting scheme - despite experts admitting it has “zero benefits”. NHS Greater Glasgow...

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