FRESH questions about the system of checks on private hospital surgeons have been raised after it emerged a Scottish spinal surgeon who bungled operations potentially earned more than £250,000 from 400 operations in a year.
THE recommendations in two reviews into access to new medicines are unlikely to raise the number of drugs approved for use on the NHS, MSPs have been told.
FEARS have been raised by the Government watchdog that more patients' treatment may have been affected by a mysterious drop in success rates at Scotland's largest NHS fertility clinic.
SCOTTISH women could miss out on access to the genetic testing for breast cancer that prompted actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.
A SURGEON who bungled spine operations at a private hospital in Scotland could face further investigation after a tribunal allowed him to work for the NHS.
SCOTS scientists have been awarded £6.3 million to scour the seas for chemicals and compounds which could be used to develop new cancer medicines and antibiotics.
A cancer sufferer has described the upheaval facing her family after being told she would have to move to England just to get the drug she needs for free.
