Tag: nhs

Cancer patients wait months for treatment

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 2, 2012

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...

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,...

Hundreds set to travel abroad to get surgery

Scottish News

Guest - October 29, 2012

UP TO 500 Scots patients face being sent to Europe for surgery as a health board struggles to meet treatment targets. NHS Lothian said patients...

NHS pays out after leaving medical objects inside Scot patients

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - October 28, 2012

HEALTH chiefs have paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation - after leaving medical objects inside Scots patients after surgery. Needles, swabs, screws,...

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...

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....

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