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13,792 NHS workers in Scotland were attacked in 15 months

Almost half of all attacks on NHS staff occurred in one Scottish health board
Almost 14,000 assaults were recorded against NHS staff in Scotland between April 2022 and July 2023, the Scottish Conservatives can reveal today.

Edinburgh dad Thomas Lynch and son Ollie (7) Pic Gordon Terris

NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ Dad's the word: How Scotland's fathers are swapping bread-winning for child-raising

'This situation is getting worse:' Mental health patients 'trapped in hospitals'

Exclusive 'This situation is getting worse:' Mental health patients 'trapped in hospitals'

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Children in schools

Exclusive 'Mental health emergency' behind rise of violence in Scottish schools

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Nearly 40 per cent of births in Scotland last year were caesarean deliveries, with elective C sections seeing the largest increase over the past 20 years

ANALYSIS Scotland's changing birth trends: The rise - and rise - of C sections

Trade union RCN Scotland said it was the

Exclusive Patients 'in danger' as some nurses in Scotland working 'shocking' 18 hour shifts

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Nicola Sturgeon’s public statements were ‘unhelpful and confusing’ during pandemic, Matt Hancock has said

Nicola Sturgeon 'unhelpful and confusing' during pandemic, says Hancock

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Hundreds of healthcare workers gathered in Glasgow's Buchanan Street to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Healthcare workers to hold Glasgow vigil for fallen colleagues in Gaza

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Dr Andrew Buist, who is stepping down as chair of the Scottish GP committee, said the number of GP practices has shrunk while the population has grown

General practice 'at a tipping point' as independent contractor model 'threatened'

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Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, gives evidence to the Scottish Parliament's equalities, human rights and civil justice committee

Letters: Opposition to democratising our legal landscape is all too predictable

Former First Minister Alex Salmond

Letters: Salmond would have stood up to Ineos. The SNP was asleep at the wheel again

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Dr Andrew Buist, GP chair for BMA Scotland said the number of consultants seeing private patients had grown since the pandemic due to rising waiting times

Doctors' leader grilled over private work by consultants 'trained by the NHS'

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The first-of-its-kind study by Aberdeen scientists found that while women were less likely to develop heart disease than men, the mortality rate following diagnosis was the same between the sexes

'Worrying' Aberdeen study reveals women 'consistently undertreated' for heart disease

Dr Liza Morton has welcomed new standards which aim to improve the detection of heart defects in babies

Efforts to improve heart defect detection rates welcomed by Scots campaigner

Is Ayr Hospital a failing hospital with no future?

Letters: We need to face facts: Ayrshire cannot support two acute general hospitals

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Minimum pricing would initially set alcohol at 50p per unit

Drinks industry workers raise fears over Scottish Government proposal to hike price

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Inside the NHS 🏥 The 'stealth plot' to make an Ayr hospital as unappealing as possible?

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Paula Jones has set up an initiative to support women fleeing domestic abuse

Exclusive 'Life-changing': Domestic abuse survivor is using her success to help others

Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, who will deliver a lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on Friday, said more than half of the projected increase in cancer cases over the next 20 years could be avoided

Global cancer expert in Scotland visit warns not enough being done to prevent cancer

Nicola Sturgeon said the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment was among her proudest achievements in government.

Exclusive SNP measure credited for 'significant' poverty reduction in Scotland

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RCN members demonstrating outside the Scottish Parliament last year

Agenda: Investment needed to protect Scotland’s health and social care services

Campaign sponsors Ninja Kiwi gifted soft toys to patients in the children’s hospital like Preston, 6

Glasgow Children's Hospital raises £66k thanks to Scotland's game industry

Finnieston Clothing has funded a wellness treat for men facing mental health challenges

Scots fashion brand funds men's mental health retreat

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Don Smith of 1nhaler

Scottish inhaler pioneer's £2m for credit card sized cardboard device

LilyBee magnesium cream

Sponsored Ex-nurse's 'magic' menopause cream is the perfect Christmas gift

Paul Gray (inset), who stepped down as chief executive of NHS Scotland in February 2019, said Scotland should 'have the conversation' about charging for NHS treatment. It came as waiting lists hit a new record high

Ex-NHS boss says 'conversation' needed on charging patients as waiting list soars

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The trial, led by Edinburgh University, found that one in five of the patients diagnosed using the new, highly-sensitive troponin test would have been missed using the older version of the test

New 'heart attack' blood test trialled in Scotland cuts deaths in A&E patients

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Chronic illness can affect anyone

Kerry Hudson: I could have killed my friend for her thoughtless Facebook message

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Gove denies 'playing politics' during pandemic as secret polling on union published

Gove denies 'playing politics' during pandemic as secret polling on union published

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Humza Yousaf and former finance secretary Kate Forbes during the SNP leadership election

Updated FM told to keep SNP election promise to raise Scottish Child Payment to £30 a week

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XL Bully dogs are being banned in England and Wales

Scotland facing 'influx' of XL bully dogs after ban in England and Wales

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A 30-year-old woman who is critically ill in hospital following a three-vehicle crash in Hamilton on Monday is understood to be a doctor who was driving home after a nightshift

Exclusive Doctor fighting for life after Lanarkshire crash was driving home from nightshift

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Call for social work reform in Scotland as association calls out pay and conditions

Call for social work reform in Scotland as association calls out pay and conditions

Michael Matheson

Matheson probe to work 'quickly' but no grilling for health secretary

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'Mum was my best friend and I miss her every day': Kelsey Mackay on holiday with her mother, Christine, who died as a result of lung cancer in 2013.

CASE STUDY 'She thought she had a chest infection': Heartbreak over lung cancer death

The UK Screening Committee issued recommendations in 2022 urging all UK nations to add routine lung cancer screening onto the NHS

Screening current and ex-smokers for lung cancer 'would save 2,300 lives'

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heart failure accounts for 180,00 annual inpatient bed days. A new treatment tested in Glasgow could allow patients to remain at home.

Exclusive Glasgow breakthrough could 'revolutionise' heart treatment

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Help for Heroes Christmas appeal

Sponsored Your chance to send a message of support to our veterans

Liam McArthur's assisted dying bill is making its way through the Scottish Parliament

Exclusive Assisted dying in Scotland is a matter of 'when not if' says MSP Liam McArthur

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John Bird, who chose assisted dying, with his children Fiona and

Exclusive 'The last thing he heard was I love you': Daughter tells of dad's assisted death

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Tina McCafferty is the chief executive of the only hospice in New Zealand offering assisted dying

Exclusive 'All we have had is relief': New Zealand's only hospice offering assisted dying

It is nearly 30 years since the infamous McDonald's 'hot coffee' case made headlines around the world

ANALYSIS Thirty years on from the 'hot coffee' case - why do personal injury myths persist?

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7 reasons how our health stories go beyond the headlines

Imagine having to live on this ghastly planet longer than necessary

Rab McNeil: Life's too short for longevity and no-scan checkouts are for basket cases

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The Cardonald Smiles dental practice

Glasgow dental practice sold amid 'remarkable upswing'

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Sick workers cost Scotland

Exclusive Scots work sickness at highest level for 20 years - with two in three down to stress

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Could the dreaded self-checkouts be on the way out?

Catriona Stewart: What's that unexpected item in the bagging area? A human being

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Solicitor Aamer Anwar with Caroleanne Stewart (left) and Pamela Thomas (right) of the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, pictured on November 24 2023

Scottish Covid inquiry Ambulance crew 'drove off' as dying Covid patient slumped over with chest pain

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Council-owned McClymont House care home in Lanark is facing potential closure to address budget shortfalls and pave way to new 'progressive' social housing

Exclusive Health chiefs accused of 'shameful' lack of transparency over threatened care home

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Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow

Public figures back campaign to create Scotland's first parks fund

Health secretary Michael Matheson

Tories call for clarity from FM over Michael Matheson's 'mistakes'

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Former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir died last year (PA)

Charity founded by Doddie Weir passes £11 million milestone for MND research

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The world's biggest hair transplant surgery destination is now Istanbul

Sponsored The world's biggest hair transplant surgery destination is now Istanbul

Michael Matheson and friends

'What the f*** happened?' Michael Matheson butt of satirical comedy

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