A senior medic has warned Scotland's NHS "can't go on like this" and called for reducing waiting times to be a "political ...

The Scottish government has been urged to take immediate action to address "unacceptable" and "dangerous" A&E waiting times ...

A vaccination programme introduced to protect babies and older adults against a dangerous respiratory disease has cut ...

Figures show just 784 people waited more than 12 hours in emergency departments in 2011 but by 2024 this number had surged to ...

NHS Ayrshire and Arran is facing "significant pressures" after figures revealed that more than a third of patients waited ...

Dead birds are being removed from The Helix park and nearby Kinnaird Ponds where another case of the virus has been ...

Office for National Statistics data shows there were 1,277 deaths from conditions wholly caused by alcohol in 2023.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is known to cause considerable respiratory infection-related morbidity and mortality worldwide.1,2 Estimates published in 2022 from the UK highlight the ...

The Scottish Government's own target is that 95 per cent of patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged from an A&E department within four hours. South Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth said: ...

Scotland's NHS is facing "very high levels of winter pressure" after an increase in flu cases, Health Secretary Neil Gray has said. Public Health Scotland data for the final week of 2024 showed 58 ...

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), who set and monitor standards in accident and emergency departments, said the ...