Tag: Patients

Pioneering American psychiatrist set to deliver talk on ’emergency rooms’ for mental health patients in Scotland

News

Isla Storie - September 11, 2024

A PIONEERING American psychiatrist is visiting Scotland this month to explain how "emergency rooms" for mental health patients could transform health care. Dr Scott Zeller...

Support worker allowed to return to care after failing to shower vulnerable patient with dementia after they’d soiled themselves

Community

Ivan Prothero - September 16, 2022

A SUPPORT worker has been allowed to return to care after failing to shower a vulnerable patient with dementia after they'd soiled themselves. Sandra Clark...

Where Compression Bandages Fall Short with Leg Ulcer Treatment for NHS Patients

Partner Posts

Guest - January 7, 2019

The idea of a universal healthcare system carries many benefits for patients and their families, but in practice, it is not without its risks....

Ambulance chiefs spend £3.5m on kit for fat Scots as obesity call outs more than double

Health

Deadline News Journalist - September 24, 2015

AMBULANCE chiefs have been forced to spend an estimated £3.5m on specialist equipment to treat Scots patients weighing up to 70 stone. The move follows...

£4m study to see whether antibiotics and paracetamol can help stroke patients

Health

Deadline News Journalist - July 29, 2015

Treating stroke patients with antibiotics and paracetamol could save up to 25,000 lives each year, researchers have said. A £4m study is to investigate whether...

Staff shortages at major hospital could pose risk to patients

Health

Deadline News Journalist - September 5, 2014

PATIENTS at a major Scottish hospital are at potentially “significant risk" as a result of staff shortages in accident and emergency. The standard of care...

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