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24/07/2024

Almost 1.8 billion adults are at risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers due to a lack of physical activity – and the situation is getting worse, an Edinburgh study suggests.

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19/07/2024

New proposals could see the end of NHS prescriptions for homeopathic and herbal treatments, antioxidants, probiotics, bath emolients for dry skin, and several different types of painkillers and hypertension treatments

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18/07/2024

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has launched a new pilot service to allow newborn babies with jaundice to be treated at home with a wearable phototherapy suit

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16/07/2024

An initiative encouraging young people to overcome fears of repercussions and call 999 in drug-related emergencies is being rolled out across Scotland in time for the festival season
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11/07/2024

Are you an experienced leader with a drive to translate social care policy into systems of change?

Applications are now open for new senior roles within Scotland Excel, the national centre of procurement expertise for local authorities and health and social care partnerships.

This article is written as part of a promotional agreement between Scotland Excel and Healthcare News Scotland. Experienced leaders with a drive to translate social care policy into creating systems that help deliver change are being

09/07/2024

Scotland’s new MPs include a surgeon, three more former NHS employees and at least five who will take experience of working across the third sector to their new roles in Westminster.

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26/06/2024

The Scottish chair of the British Medical Association says the existence of a two-tier health service in Scotland is now beyond question.

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20/06/2024

Medics are urging Scottish government to take the climate change threats to health and wellbeing seriously

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17/06/2024

❗️Band 5 NHS Scotland nurses can now apply to have their role rebanded under a new process launched today

Are you a band 5 nurse employed by NHS Scotland?

You will soon have an opportunity to request a role review, which could see your annual pay increase by more than £7,000

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17/06/2024

Expert members of a group set up to advise the Scottish government on changes to its National Care Service Bill say they feel let down by a ‘deficient process’ that has left them none the wiser as to whether the new provisions will deliver improvements to Scotland’s social care system.

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11/06/2024

The number of older people accessing a service that allows them to receive hospital treatment in their own home has grown by almost a quarter in the last year.

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11/06/2024

Are you a band 5 nurse employed by NHS Scotland?

You will soon have an opportunity to request a role review, which could see your annual pay increase by more than £7,000

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10/06/2024

The health and care workforce, service leaders, royal colleges, the third sector and the public will all be part of a national engagement programme on the future of health and social care in Scotland.

Health Secretary Neil Gray has told MSPs that key areas of focus will include improving population health, investing in prevention and early intervention, providing quality services and maximising access to health and care services.

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05/06/2024

As many as four in ten people who return a positive bowel cancer tests are not being followed up because there isn’t the capacity to investigate them further.

Giving evidence to Holyrood’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, a colorectal surgeon told MSPs that she is seeing patients with bowel cancer who had been falsely reassured by not having been followed up after sending back their bowel screening sample.

Professor Farhat Din, a Council Member at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, said the new faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for bowel cancer is helping encourage more people to do the home test - but the way the tests are followed up means an opportunity is being missed to detect the cancer early.

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29/05/2024

A new national theatre scheduling software, designed to increase the number of procedures, will be rolled out across NHS Scotland over the next year.

A new national theatre scheduling software, designed to increase the number of procedures carried out across the NHS, will be rolled out across NHS Scotland over the next year. Developed by Scottish clinician-led tech company Infix, the

26/05/2024

"We need Scotland to waken up. We need the tables to turn. We need a care revolution so that it becomes the concern of every person, every community, every politician, and every individual who considers humanity to be of worth"

The head of the organisation representing Scotland’s independent care providers says the season for care and compassion is coming. Closing the Scottish Care Care Revolution: Time to Act conference in Glasgow, Dr Donald Macaskill

25/05/2024

Doctors are supporting calls for urgent reform to 'complex abortion laws from a bygone era', which put them and their patients at risk of criminal charges.

Doctors are supporting calls for urgent reform to laws which see abortion in Scotland regulated by ‘complex laws from a bygone era’, putting them and their patients at risk of criminal charges. Feminist membership

25/05/2024

Asthma + Lung UK Scotland says it now wants to see policies go further to limit air pollution and make Scotland’s cities ‘far healthier’.

Polls show rising support for Low Emission Zones (LEZs) among members of the Scottish public, as a national charity says it now wants to see policies go further to limit air pollution and make Scotland’s cities ‘far

24/05/2024

New proposals would require volunteers to pay a fee to join the PVG scheme for the first time

Plans to introduce fees for volunteers joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme – a legal requirement for many roles in health and care – have been met with concern across the third sector. Disclosure Scotland is

24/05/2024

An active lifestyle can change the way the body burns fat and manages sugar levels.

An active lifestyle can change the way the body burns fat and manages sugar levels, according to Aberdeen researchers – findings that could have major implications for the management of type 2 diabetes. The British Heart Foundation

23/05/2024

'I love the idea of ethical commissioning – but is it going to work if the budgets aren’t there? Because commissioners are trying to squeeze every penny out of the system that they can"

Scotland's social care minister has assured attendees at a homecare conference that the government is accelerating efforts toward ethical commissioning. Maree Todd told more than 200 attendees at the recent Care Revolution - Time to Act

20/05/2024

Just a week after International Nurses Day, Royal College of Nursing Scotland’s latest nursing workforce report reveals that staff continue to struggle.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland is calling on the government to deliver a nursing retention strategy, as it reports ongoing staff pressures and rising vacancies amidst the workforce crisis. Just a week after many NHS Scotland

17/05/2024

Hundreds of thousands of pounds in delayed payments for care packages delivered by Scotland's independent care sector is jeopardising the ‘vital services’ they provide.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds in delayed payments for care packages delivered by Scotland’s independent care sector is jeopardising the ‘vital services’ they provide, Scottish Care has today revealed. Every single

16/05/2024

The number of women being screened for breast cancer in Scotland is at its highest ever level.

More than three in four women invited for a breast screening appointment between 2020 and 2023 took up the opportunity.

However, women living in Scotland's less deprived areas were much less likely to attend their screening appointment, triggering calls for more investment in local services to address inequalities.

The number of women being screened for breast cancer in Scotland is at its highest ever level, as new statistics reveal both a continued trend of increased uptake and persistent inequalities across areas of deprivation. More than three

15/05/2024

👩‍👦Health boards in the north of Scotland will receive an additional £85,000 to develop more intensive, specialist mental health support for perinatal women and their families - but plans to boost mother and baby unit capacity are still on hold with a national pause on capital spending

Health boards in the north of Scotland will receive an additional £85,000 to develop more intensive, specialist mental health support for perinatal women and their families. Social care and mental wellbeing minister Maree Todd, in

14/05/2024

The Scottish government has signed up to a new way of paying for antibiotics as part of a collaboration with other UK governments to combat antimicrobial resistance. 💊

Ministers say the next five years will be a “pivotal period” in the battle to see off what they say is one of the world’s greatest threats to public health.

The Scottish government has signed up to a new way of paying for antibiotics as part of a collaboration with other UK governments to combat antimicrobial resistance. Ministers say the next five years will be a “pivotal

14/05/2024

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13/05/2024

An NHS board finance report is warning that the level of local savings expected by the Scottish government this year will adversely affect patients, staff, and the sustainability of services in the future.

An NHS board finance report is warning that the level of local savings expected by the Scottish government this year will adversely affect patients, staff, and the sustainability of services in the future. NHS Tayside has been told by

10/05/2024

Clinical research in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is showing encouraging signs of recovery to pre-pandemic levels, as the health board celebrates the launch of hundreds of new research studies and trials in 2023.

Clinical research in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is showing encouraging signs of recovery to pre-pandemic levels, as the health board celebrates the launch of hundreds of new research studies and trials in 2023. More than 330 new

10/05/2024

"Too many continue to suffer as a result of misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment."

Marking World Asthma Day this week, MSPs discussed the progress and need for more action to improve asthma care across Scotland, with calls for the government to provide an update on the success of its respiratory care action plan and