31 Dec 2019 The time it takes for ambulances to drop patients off at hospital and return to the road is increasing, new research has revealed. In 2016, 20 ambulances a day recorded turnaround times of more than one hour when dropping emergency patie… read more
30 Dec 2019 Major delays in processing checks for people who want to work with children and protected adults have been revealed. The SNP government is meant to ensure anyone applying for disclosure checks like Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) appl… read more
29 Dec 2019 Patients and families affected by the crisis at Scotland’s £800 million flagship hospital can’t wait any longer for answers from the health secretary, the Scottish Conservatives have said. Jeane Freeman must make a statement to Holyrood … read more
23 Dec 2019 Scotland’s coastguard received a record number of hoax calls in 2019, at a rate of nearly one a week. Statistics have revealed there were 51 prank alerts made to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Scotland last year. That’s more than … read more
22 Dec 2019 Dementia cases across Scotland have doubled in the space of a decade, new figures have shown. According to prescribing statistics, there were 270,000 drugs handed out to people suffering from the disease last year. That compares to just … read more