The Latest Breaking News from NHS Scotland

Hospitals forced to fund flights and hotels for agency nurses on £100 an hour amid NHS crisis

A Sunday Mail investigation has revealed a 2000% increase in private contractors over the last decade.

Daily Record · Sep 4, 2022

Scottish Government's pay offer for NHS Tayside workers rejected

Disruption could be coming to Perthshire hospitals after unions rejected a five per cent pay offer for NHS employees including NHS Tayside workers.

Daily Record · Aug 16, 2022

Scots dad battling Lyme Disease for 12 years after tick bite says life 'has changed completely'

Rico Franchi, 40, of Glasgow has been living with the life-altering disease since 2010.

Daily Record · Aug 9, 2022

Plans for drones to transport medicines across Scotland take step forward

The project is being delivered by Glasgow Airport operator AGS, NHS SCotland and other organisations and will be the first UK drone network that can transport essential medicines, bloods and other medical supplies.

Glasgow Live · Jul 18, 2022

£10m funding granted for Scottish medical drone network

A CONSORTIUM led by the owner of Glasgow and Aberdeen airports, in partnership with NHS Scotland has secured £10.1 million in funding for its work…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 18, 2022

Nursing programmes in Scotland see 12 percent drop in applications

THERE has been a 12 per cent drop in applicants to nursing programmes in Scotland as compared to last year, new figures from UCAS have revealed.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 14, 2022

Scots nurse 'would be better paid at McDonalds' as NHS staff set to vote on pay strike action

Unison is to ask its 35,000 members across NHS Scotland to vote for a walk-out in the first of two ballots as some healthcare workers say they are struggling to pay bills.

Daily Record · Jul 10, 2022

Glasgow-based mental health call service goes 24/7 as demand soars during pandemic

NHS Scotland says it has seen a sustained increase in calls to their helplines since the beginning of the pandemic.

Glasgow Live · Jun 29, 2022

How to check if you have had polio vaccine - and what to do if you have not

Polio is believed to be in circulation in the UK for the first time in decades.

Daily Record · Jun 23, 2022

Warning over covid text scam issued as cases rise around Scotland

Although NHS Scotland's Test and Protect service stopped use back in May, people are still receiving very convincing texts telling them that they are a close contact.

Glasgow Live · Jun 21, 2022