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Cost of living crisis 'to cripple NHS' this winter as poverty-related hospital admissions rise

Winter hospital admissions linked to poverty set to soar as the health service faces a surge in flu cases along with the return of covid.

Daily Record · Oct 29, 2022

NHS Lanarkshire staff could accept new pay offer as union suspends strike action

Unison will ask its 50,000 members across the country if they are willing to accept the Scottish Government’s £2205 flat pay offer

Daily Record · Oct 28, 2022

Hundreds of Scots patients left waiting more than 48 hours in A&E hospital wards

The shocking figures were revealed by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar who claimed A&E departments were in "disarray".

Daily Record · Oct 27, 2022

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Health service’s future is at stake if Scottish Government don't make patients top priority

Improvements must be made in every area if we are to retain our 'cherished' NHS, writes the Record View.

Daily Record · Oct 27, 2022

Unison suspend strike ballot to consider pay rise offer from Scottish Government

Around 50,000 NHS staff members - including nurses, midwives and hospital porters - will now be asked if they are willing to accept the latest flat pay offer.

Daily Record · Oct 26, 2022

Humza Yousaf branded 'worst health secretary since devolution' as Labour warns over winter crisis

The SNP health secretary admitted the NHS was struggling but insisted the Scottish Government had already taken measures to ease pressure on staff.

Daily Record · Oct 26, 2022

Labour demands Humza Yousaf improve NHS Scotland winter plan or resign

The SNP health secretary has warned Scotland's already stretched health service faces one of its most difficult winters ever.

Daily Record · Oct 26, 2022

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Yousaf says NHS pay deal is Scotland's best ever but unions say it doesn't cut it

AN NHS pay rise hailed by Health Secretary Humza Yousaf as the largest since devolution has been branded a “kick in the teeth” and “deeply…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 21, 2022

NHS staff receive fresh pay offer in attempt to head off strike action

Staff would receive a £2205 flat rate sum - the equivalent of 11 per cent for the lowest paid

Daily Record · Oct 21, 2022

Dumbarton pensioner with dementia left waiting 18 hours for an ambulance after back injury

76-year-old Susan Nellis was left bent over a chair while she waited, while her daughter has said the long wait was 'traumatic' and left her mum extremely distressed.

Glasgow Live · Oct 19, 2022

76-year-old woman with dementia waited 18 hours for ambulance as 999 service went into meltdown

She was 'exhausted and white as a sheet', says daughter

Wales Online · Oct 19, 2022

Health Secretary to look into reopening two Dumfries and Galloway cottage hospitals

Facilities in Kirkcudbright and Newton Stewart have been closed since 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Record · Oct 19, 2022

Frail Scots OAP with dementia waited 18 hours for ambulance as 999 service hit meltdown

Dementia sufferer Susan Nellis, 76, was left bent over double and stuck in chair due to emergency chaos.

Daily Record · Oct 19, 2022

Humza Yousaf's 'significantly improved' pay offer for NHS staff is just 1% increase

The Record can reveal the Health Secretary's pay offer is an improvement of just one per cent.

Daily Record · Oct 19, 2022

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Daily Record · Oct 18, 2022

Ayrshire hospital crisis putting patient lives 'at risk' amid ambulance chaos at Crosshouse

The warning followed yesterday's worrying scenes outside Crosshouse Hospital.

Daily Record · Oct 18, 2022

Humza Yousaf accused of going 'AWOL' as people waiting over 8 hours at A&E soars to record levels

Statistics from Public Health Scotland released on Tuesday show that some 3,553 people waiting more than eight hours at emergency departments in the week up to October 9.

Daily Record · Oct 15, 2022

Dismay as new figures show 214 patients wait more than 12 hours at Ayrshire A&E departments

And a further 332 faced waits of more than eight hours over the same reporting period.

Edinburgh Live · Oct 14, 2022

Edinburgh health bosses brace for winter covid wave as people urged to get vaccinated

NHS Lothian have urged people to avoid using Accident and Emergency if possible, as figures show a "bit of an uptick" in positive Covid cases, with the Scottish Government braced for a fresh wave of infections.

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The National (Scotland) · Oct 13, 2022

No progress in NHS pay talks amid strike threat, says union

PAY talks between the Scottish Government and unions representing NHS staff “did not make any progress”, it has been claimed.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 12, 2022

Improved pay offer for NHS workers being put to unions, says Humza Yousaf

SCOTLAND’S Health Secretary has said that an improved pay offer is being put to unions representing NHS workers on Wednesday.

Edinburgh Live · Oct 12, 2022

Humza Yousaf issues Covid warning as Scottish hospital cases soar

The Scottish Government have said that more than 1.3 million vaccines have been delivered to protect against the latest strains of flu and Covid-19 across the country

The National (Scotland) · Oct 12, 2022

New wave of Covid-19 expected to hit Scotland, Humza Yousaf warns

SCOTLAND is expecting a new wave of Covid-19 over the winter, the Health Secretary has said.

Daily Record · Oct 12, 2022

NHS in Scotland facing 'most challenging' winter ever as service struggles to recover from covid pandemic

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf issued a dire warning to Scots ahead of the winter months saying it would be a "challenging" period.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2022

Dentistry services remain below pre-pandemic figures in last quarter

DENTISTRY services provided to adults across Scotland remained below pre-pandemic levels in the quarter to June, according to the latest statistics.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2022

'Regressive': Humza Yousaf opposes Suella Braverman changing cannabis to class A drug

HOLYROOD Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has hit out at reports that the UK Home Secretary was “receptive” to arguments that cannabis should be a…

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