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 ...

It said that people were waiting too long for a diagnosis through the NHS but that it was working to improve access. Mental Wellbeing Minister Maree Todd told BBC Scotland News at the time ...

Every penny we spend on hardware is a penny less to spend on patient outcomes,' says digital director and CISO Deryck Mitchelson Deryck Mitchelson, director of digital and CISO at NHS Scotland ...

Since 1948, the NHS has provided vital healthcare free at the point of need and available to all in need. There is not a single life in Scotland that has not been touched by the NHS. The service ...

Thousands of overweight children in Scotland, including tots as young as two, have been referred for specialist help. Since 2020/21, more than 4,000 youngsters, some still nursery age, have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oliver Kemp, CEO of Prostate Cancer Research, said: “We are delighted by the SMC’s positive decision to approve the combination of talazoparib and enzalutamide for use within NHS Scotland in men with ...