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Scotland’s hospitals are poised for more pressure over the winter months

Angela Constance calls for NHS medics to 'step up' this winter

Scottish medtech firm hails US breakthrough in £13bn robotic surgery market

A&E doctors are already warning that conditions are 'unsafe', ahead of the increase in numbers of patients during winter. Picture: Dan Kitwood

The shocking figures that reveal how bad Scotland's A&E crisis has got Jackie Baillie

Angela Constance wants cut the number of Scotland's health boards from 14 to two (Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Restructuring won't cure the many ills of Scotland's NHS

We are providing unsafe care even before winter, says Scots A&E doctor

Elizabeth Crammond said she wants the voices of other women to be heard.

Exclusive Bereaved mother to lead Holyrood maternity protest

To mark World Arthritis Day on Monday, the Kelpies and other prominent landmarks will be illuminated in blue

Why 1-in-3 Scots need SNP to take this painful condition seriously Lauren Bennie

Concerns were raised about the remit of a long-awaited review

Head of maternity review says bereaved parents will be listened to

Health Secretary Angela Constance

Winter NHS deaths warning after SNP unveils 'flimsy' plans

Dr Imogen Brooks, believed to be the first person in the UK to get a bespoke artificial tongue, poses with her spare (Picture: Yui Mok)

'Like assembling the Avengers': How NHS rose to an unusual challenge Scotsman comment

The reception area of the GP walk-in clinic at Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre in Edinburgh (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool)

Everyone except Swinney knows SNP's walk-in GP clinics aren't working Jackie Baillie

The review is expected to conclude in July 2027. Picture: PA

Independent review into Scotland's maternity services gets underway

Andy Burnham gave a very strong speech

Analysis Andy Burnham shows he is the bravest Labour leader in a long time

The Liberal Democrats called for more investment in social care

Exclusive Scots patients waiting over two years for occupational therapy

Hundreds of women have been forced to attend different hospitals than they wanted due to services being placed on ‘divert’, with many having to go to maternity units in entirely different health board areas. Picture: PA

Exclusive Hundreds of women turned away by maternity services placed on 'divert'

The scale of the unfilled midwifery shifts across Scottish maternity and neonatal services has been branded 'staggering. Picture: PA

Exclusive Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Nearly 40,000 midwifery shifts unfilled

A children�s nurse has been struck off after making �185,422.95 in pension payments by shaving her head daily to pretend she had terminal leukaemia.

Amanda Reid convinced her family, children and professionals that she was �at the point of death� despite knowing she was not, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) committee found.

A total of 16 medical letters were forged to persuade her GP practice she was seriously ill, which included logos from the Spire Hospital Edinburgh.

Children's nurse shaved head to fake leukaemia and claim £185K pension

Reform to Scotland's social care system will be irrelevant unless carers' pay is improved, it has been claimed.

Exclusive SNP ministers 'must tackle Dickensian low pay' in social care sector

A view of Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula

Rural patients travelling 300 miles, three-days-a-week for dialysis

John Swinney's election win represents a chance to make a break with the past and live up to his promise to be 'on Scotland's side', rather than just the SNP's (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Swinney's openness about ScotRail problems must usher in new approach Scotsman comment

Ross Murdoch has been nominated for the pharmacist award at Scotland's Health Awards 2026.

Scotland’s Health Awards 2026: Pharmacists delivering life-saving care

Elizabeth Crammond, Katie Lyon and Edward Corrie have spoken out about their experiences with miscarriage

Women speak out over'unbearable' miscarriage delays in Scotland

Unite has requested a meeting with ambulance bosses

Exclusive Ambulance staff working 5 hours beyond finishing time due to pressures

John Swinney's Programme for Government pledged a radical reduction in NHS bureaucracy (Picture: Jane Barlow/WPA pool)

Are SNP's plans to cut NHS health boards already starting to unravel? Scotsman comment

A general view of staff on an NHS hospital ward

Senior doctors in Scotland to be balloted for strike action

Secondary school teachers need specialist knowledge of their subjects (Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Secondaries need specialists as teachers, not generalists

First Minister John Swinney has fired the starting gun on reshaping Scotland's public services

Swinney admits SNP's health and social care integration has 'failed'

Michael Matheson

Michael Matheson warns slashing NHS boards alone won't boost outcomes

Some of the campaigners outside the Eljamel public inquiry in Edinburgh.

Eljamel inquiry: NHS 'knew more than they were letting on'

John Swinney has pledged to reform social care

Three need to die before one person can get care home bed, MSPs told

Elderly people who go into hospital are finding themselves trapped there because of a lack of social care (Picture: Cate Gillon)

State of social care is a scandal that belies 'cradle to grave' boast Scotsman comment

Exclusive John Swinney's jobs uncertainty 'damaging the NHS'

John Swinney

Swinney 'can't put specific figure' on NHS health boards job cuts

Savings made by reducing bureaucracy should be spent bolstering frontline NHS services (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

SNP must not confuse greater NHS efficiency with cuts Scotsman comment

Kenny Henderson is a partner and dispute resolution specialist at law firm CMS

Why class actions rules are an opt-out to justice

John Swinney revealed the SNP's manifesto in Glasgow

Exclusive Swinney warned of 'tortuously difficult' task as his 5-year plan looms

More than 850 of the hardest-to-reach members of communities across the country will be seen onboard

Mobile dental unit to deliver care to rough sleepers

Elizabeth Quigley (left) with husband First Minister John Swinney.

Swinney praises wife Elizabeth Quigley as she announces resignation

Ketamine - long used in medicine and veterinary care - has risen in popularity as a recreational drug

NHS opens clinic for young ketamine users as bladder harm rises

John Swinney has opened the Scottish government's 11th walk-in GP clinic

GP walk-in clinic expansion 'risks worsening health inequalities'

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