Tag: nhs

New ID badge is really personal CCTV camera

Deadline News Journalist - July 4, 2010

By Martin Graham A SCOTTISH company has created a new personal CCTV system which could offer safety protection for frontline public service workers. Perth’s Scottish Communications...

Thieves steal £500,000 of NHS equipment

Deadline News Journalist - July 4, 2010

By Martin Graham HEARTLESS thieves are putting patients’ lives at risk by stealing half a million pounds worth of medical equipment from hospitals across Scotland...

Catholic church anger over abortion figures

Christine Lavelle - June 30, 2010

By Christine Lavelle THE Catholic Church says abortion is now being used as an alternative method of contraception among the nation’s school girls. The warning comes...

Thousands of operations cancelled every year

Deadline News Journalist - June 20, 2010

By Cara Sulieman MORE THAN 600 operations are cancelled in Scotland a week, with a quarter of them being scrapped by the hospital. NHS Fife chalked...

Anger as doctors pocket £142 for every cremation

Deadline News Journalist - May 16, 2010

By Michael MacLeod SCOTTISH doctors have pocketed an estimated £1.5 million by charging grieving families to have cremation certificates signed. The £71 so-called “ash cash”...

Public facing workers “deserving of abuse”

Deadline News Journalist - May 9, 2010

By Andrea McCallum NIGHTCLUB bouncers, call centre workers, parking attendants and receptionists are all considered “legitimate targets” for abuse from members of the public, according...

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