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Should the SNP ditch walk-in GP clinics or are we judging too quickly?

The introduction of Scotland’s walk-in GP clinics has attracted some criticism with many newspapers reporting on how little they have been used so…

The National (Scotland)

Patient tests negative for Ebola at Glasgow hospital

The patient was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Ebola scare at UK hospital as patient tested for disease

Tests were carried out to ascertain whether the patient had contracted the disease

The Independent UK

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Patient being tested for Ebola at hospital in Scotland

A patient is currently undergoing tests for suspected Ebola virus at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, having been admitted in the early hours of Tuesday. Public Health Scotland has stated there are no confirmed cases of Ebola in Scotland at present, but confirmed that established protocols are in…

The Independent UK

Patient being tested for Ebola virus at Glasgow hospital

Tests are currently being carried out to confirm whether the individual has contracted the disease.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Scottish waiting lists, Easter eggs and rumours about a Plymouth hotel

Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Baby’s death was not related to built hospital environment, sheriff finds

The sheriff found there were no precautions which could reasonably have been taken that may have prevented Sophia’s death.

Evening Standard

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Scotland making 'good progress' towards eliminating HIV transmission

SCOTLAND is making “good progress” towards the goal of eliminating transmission of the HIV virus by 2030, a new report has said.

The National (Scotland)

Urgent warning after synthetic opioids linked to 38 deaths in Scotland over just three months

Between January and March 2025, nitazenes were detected in 38 deaths

The Independent UK

NHS Scotland spending up a quarter in a decade in real terms, figures show

SPENDING on the NHS in Scotland has risen by almost a quarter in real terms over the last decade, figures show ...

The National (Scotland)

No increased risk to child of Covid-19 infection or vaccination in pregnancy

The study examined data from 25,000 children born during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to extend free flu jabs to people in their 50s

About two thirds of those at-risk for influenza are yet to be vaccinated this winter, according to Public Health Scotland.

The Independent UK

Fact check: Labour MP claims SNP cause 'catastrophic' damage to Scottish NHS

Was the new Labour MP right?

The National (Scotland)

Pollution exposure linked to mental health hospital admissions, says study

Researchers from St Andrews found rise in nitrogen dioxide exposure associated with higher admissions

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Air pollution linked to hospital admissions for mental health, study suggests

The impact of four pollutants was tracked between 2002 and 2017 on people included in Public Health Scotland data.

Evening Standard

TB cases rose 40% in Scotland last year, figures show

Public Health Scotland said the most reported risk factor for the disease ‘was being a refugee or asylum seeker’.

The Conversation

Cheap grog, new drunkenness offence and mandatory rehab: why 9 experts think proposed NT alcohol reforms would be a disaster

The new Northern Territory government is planning a swathe of changes to alcohol policy.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Government 'resting on laurels' of minimum unit pricing

THE Scottish Government has been “resting on the laurels” of Minimum Unit Pricing and must take tougher action on alcohol marketing and…

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Funded residental rehab places in Scotland rocket by 75 per cent

The number of approved residential rehab places in Scotland has increased to more than 900 in the most recent year, new figures show.

The National (Scotland)

Update issued on E. coli outbreak as half of Scottish cases admitted to hospital

HALF of the patients in Scotland affected by a UK-wide E. coli outbreak have been admitted to hospital.

The Guardian - UK

Person dies in Scotland after UK E coli outbreak, health officials say

Health Security Agency confirms 30 cases across England and Scotland in patients aged seven to 81

The National (Scotland)

HIV diagnoses in straight Scots overtakes those in gay and bisexual men

NEW HIV diagnoses in Scotland are now higher in heterosexual people than gay and bisexual men, according to the latest figures.

The Independent UK

‘Minor updates’ made to alcohol report following review by statistics watchdog

Public Health Scotland and the Scottish Government has amended a summary document published in June after a complaint by the Tories.

The Independent UK

Alcohol deaths would have been higher without minimum unit pricing – minister

The figures showed 1,276 people died from alcohol last year, the highest since 2008.

The National (Scotland)

Tory MSP wrong in challenge of minimum alcohol pricing research, say medical experts

A group of medical experts have defended an agency’s research into the effects of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP), saying a Conservative MSP…

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