Tag: nhs

Foreign IVF clinics put Scottish mums-to-be at risk

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 28, 2013

SCOTTISH women who travel abroad for fertility treatment are putting their lives at risk – top experts warn. Increasing numbers of couples desperate for children...

NHS chiefs banned from gagging employees

Scottish News

Guest - April 16, 2013

THE use of gagging clauses to stop NHS whistleblowers is being banned in Scotland. Health secretary Alex Neil has revealed a new confidentiality clause has...

Dishonest staff con NHS out of millions

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 29, 2013

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...

Western Isles is home to Scotland’s worst sleepers

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 14, 2013

THE residents of one of Scotland’s most tranquil and beautiful regions are suffering sky-high levels of sleeplessness and anxiety. Government statistics show prescriptions for sleeping...

Single-bed hospital rooms are “solitary confinement” for patients, medics warn

Scottish News

Guest - February 3, 2013

VULNERABLE hospital patients kept in single rooms are being treated like prisoners in “solitary confinement”, medical experts warned. Health workers said patients are frightened, isolated...

More than 1,000 mental patients escape from Scots hospitals

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 13, 2012

PATIENTS have escaped from Scottish mental hospitals an “astonishing” 1000 times in just five years. Vulnerable dementia sufferers as well as people detained under the...

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