Helen McArdle

The prescribing of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to under-18s with gender dysphoria has been paused in Scotland for all new patients.  In a joint statement, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian - which oversee Scotland's Young Person Gender Service - said the treatments were being suspended as a result of the Cass Review, which criticised the "remarkably weak" evidence base.

Consultant vacancies in NHS Scotland are more than twice as high as official statistics suggest.

Are locum doctors an untapped resource or a patient safety risk? As the NHS spends increasing sums on 'freelance' medics, it is becoming increasingly important to look at how they are being used, and where improvements are needed.

Public health minister Jenni Minto has praised the "breadth of research and its impact" at Glasgow Caledonian University.  Ms Minto highlighted the university's work on preventing HIV, diabetic foot ulceration, alcohol and drugs addiction, and stroke rehabilitation ahead of a free event on April 23, celebrating partnership working.

The number of working-age adults in the UK who are economically inactive due to illness has exceeded three million for the first time.  New figures released by the Office for National Statistics revealed that there were 2,829,000 adults aged 16 to 64 not working due to long-term sickness in the three months to February this year.

Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli has announced his retirement in 2025 from the position of Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, following many distinguished years in the role.

If you think a little red wine is good for the heart, you're not alone - but you're wrong. "Pretty much everyone believes that red wine may have health benefits," said Professor Tim Stockwell, the former director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR). "It's a lovely idea, and people love to hear it, but the evidence doesn't stack up."

The publication a few days ago of the Cass Review was anomaly in an otherwise toxic and polarised debate. In contrast to the febrile culture war raging on and off-line, here was a calm, rigorous, and objective analysis of the evidence - or lack thereof - for prescribing puberty blockers and hormone treatments to gender-questioning children and teenagers.

A Glasgow businessman who hoped to raise millions for the NHS through advertising deals said he is "stumped" after potential backers dropped out. Bobby Preston, 77, has been in talks with Scottish Government officials and major marketing agencies with a view to erecting digital billboards in hospital car parks.

The cost of agency doctors hit the headlines last week after it emerged that NHS Western Isles spent almost £1.2 million in a single year on two locum psychiatrists.