Spring has finally sprung for most parts of the country with sweltering conditions expected to roast many parts of the ...

Very few people are currently being prescribed drugs for weight loss on the NHS in Scotland, research by BBC Scotland News has established. Medications like Mounjaro and Wegovy have been hailed as ...

Two new drugs to treat prostate and liver cancer have been given the green light for use by the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) announced it had recommended the treatments, ...

On the health service, doctors leaders’ said Covid “brutally exposed” long-term issues with Scotland’s NHS. Since 2020, the hospital waiting list in Scotland has swollen from 449,021 to a ...

NHS Grampian and TownRock Energy will evaluate the potential of using deep geothermal energy for heating of public facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland. The Scottish Government’s Sustainable Estates team ...

NHS Scotland Health and social care policy and funding are the responsibility of the Health and Social Care Directorates of the Scottish Government. 14:56, 13 NOV 2024 ...

the EHRC also wrote to Health Secretary Neil Gray asking the minister to "consider how the Scottish Government can play a role in ensuring that NHS Scotland and other bodies are meeting their ...

The Scottish Highlands region is vast, measuring more than 11,000 square miles in length. There are so many cities, towns, regions and islands in between, it can be overwhelming deciding where to ...

Training materials for NHS Scotland workers asked them to consider the fictional case of “Lucy”, a 29-year-old trans nurse who had yet to formally change their name from Lee. The cultural ...

An health board in Scotland says it's concerned over an alarming increase in 'sudden collapse' heroin overdoses. NHS Dumfries and Galloway has put out an alert for rapid drug overdoses in the ...