The 10 digits alone without any spaces are all that is necessary when entering an NHS number into any electronic system. Different NHS numbering systems are used in Scotland (Scottish Community Health ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' "record funding settlement for Scotland has allowed the SNP to spray cash into higher benefit payments, the NHS and housing ... division at the UN, the G7 and Nato ...

A Scottish NHS trust has boasted that its new trans policy will raise awareness of “menstruation in men’s toilets”, The Telegraph can reveal. NHS Highland has recently signed off a new ...

We're now joined by Sir Robin Millar, chair of disability charity Scope. He describes the government's proposed disability benefit cuts as "disabled people's Me Too moment". "It may be time to ...

Scottish voluntary sector dealt £177 million funding cut  Fear and loathing: Scotland's most vulnerable hit worst by UK ...

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Essential facts and figures to understand the NHS, health and social care in England.

Cathie Lackie started her career at the city's old Sick Kids hospital in 1966 and has worked for NHS Lothian for almost six decades. One of her early duties involved manually operating the ...

Innocent readers might have thought that the people managing a national park would be most concerned about attracting visitors, protecting wildlife, repairing paths and keeping local businesses ...

The SNP MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse had taken leave from her role as alcohol and drugs minister last year to seek treatment for secondary breast cancer.

How is the NHS funded? The vast majority of public NHS funding comes from general taxation and National Insurance contributions. A small proportion of funding (1% of the total Department of Health and ...

Patients would be forced to pay for NHS treatment if Nigel Farage became prime minister, Labour has claimed. The party will use previous comments the Reform UK leader has made about the NHS in a new ...