E-cigarettes less harmful than smoking tobacco, health experts say
Using e-cigarettes is “definitely less harmful” than smoking tobacco, health experts have declared.
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BMA warns of workforce ‘crisis’ as fewer people choosing to be doctors in NHS
Patient care in the NHS could suffer because of a workforce “crisis” among doctors, leading medics have warned.
VIDEO: Watch youngster’s creative musical appeal for doctors to move to Moray
A young campaigner has penned an energetic song as part of an impassioned plea to encourage doctors to move to Moray.
Smokers ‘should be told of little evidence on benefits or harms of e-cigarettes’
GPs should warn smokers there is currently little evidence on the long-term benefits or harms of e-cigarettes, health officials have said.
Nurses urged to look for symptoms of ‘silent killer’ sepsis
Thousands of nurses, care home staff and pharmacists are to be urged to look out for symptoms of sepsis, Jeremy Hunt has announced.
NHS Orkney boss Cathie looking for new challenges
The chief executive who “transformed” Orkney’s health board is leaving to take on a new challenge.
NHS accepts new drug for head and neck cancer treatments
A new drug for the treatment of head and neck cancer has been accepted for use on the NHS.
Young people’s mental health care wait ‘unacceptable’ – Labour
The Scottish Government has come under fire over its "scandalous" mental health care services for young people, as new figures showed in one part of Scotland almost two thirds of children and adolescents have to wait longer than the target time to get help.
Elderly personal care costs reach record high
The cost of free personal and nursing care for elderly Scots reached a record high of almost £500million in 2015-16, a new report has revealed.
Royal College of Nursing warns projected rise in staff numbers ‘not enough’
A projected rise in the number of nursing and midwifery staff working in Scotland's NHS is not enough to keep pace with increasing patient demand, a representative body has warned.
Doctors press NHS Grampian to back new health centre in Moray
Doctors at a Moray health practice have backed a campaign calling for new facilities to replace tired buildings more than a century old.
Fury over home care shake-up as NHS managers accused of “breaching employment law”
Vulnerable and elderly home care users in the north are being reduced to tears by controversial reforms that have disrupted their continuity of care, it has been claimed.
Jeremy Hunt details rejection of Stephen Hawking’s claim NHS risks privatisation
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has returned to the fray in his spat with Stephen Hawking, issuing a detailed rebuttal of the world-renowned scientist’s claim that the NHS was at risk of privatisation under the Tories.
Health chief sorry after appointments cancelled by malware attack
A health board chief has apologised after a malware attack led to procedures and appointments being cancelled.
Patients urged to avoid non-essential hospital visits amid malware issues
A health board has asked patients not to attend hospital unless it is “essential” after its computer systems were hit by malware.
Chemists’ shot in the arm for beleaguered doctors
Crisis – it’s a word that has almost become a cliche in the debate over the future of Scotland’s health service.
Mortality rate drops 8.4% in Scotland’s hospitals
The mortality rate at Scotland's hospitals has fallen by 8.4% over the last three years.
North hospital has to restrict admissions due to staff shortages
Staff shortages have forced another Highland hospital to impose restrictions on new admissions.
Promoting Moray key in recruitment crises
Talks have been held in a desperate attempt to end a recruitment crisis blighting Moray Council and the NHS.
Jeremy Hunt in fresh attack on Stephen Hawking over NHS ‘direction of change’
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched a fresh attack on Professor Stephen Hawking for suggesting the "direction of change" in the NHS is towards a US-style insurance system.
Stephen Hawking: Jeremy Hunt ‘cherry-picked research to justify NHS argument’
Professor Stephen Hawking has attacked the Conservatives over their handling of the NHS and accused Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt of "abusing" science to justify policies.
Number of patients on mixed-sex NHS wards on the rise
More than 9,000 patients were treated on mixed-sex NHS wards in the 12 months to the end of July, figures show.
NHS trust chief Sir Leonard Fenwick sacked over ‘inappropriate behaviour’
An NHS chief executive has been sacked for gross misconduct following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
MSP suggests hospital become training centre
Moray’s biggest hospital has been put forward as a potential centre for rural education to solve repeated staffing crises.
Nearly one in four trainee GPs plan to work as locums, survey finds
Almost a quarter of aspiring GPs plan to turn to locum work after completing their training, a small new poll suggests.
MP predicts ‘fight’ to keep paediatric services
NHS Grampian has been asked for guarantees that overnight care for children will return following staffing shortages.
Drug-resistant fungus strain infects more than 200 patients at UK hospitals
Over 200 people have been contaminated or infected with a potentially deadly strain of drug-resistant fungus during outbreaks at UK hospitals.
Breast cancer charity urges better access to post-hospital support for patients
Breast cancer patients should be given better access to support after their hospital treatment ends, a charity has said.
Your chance to comment on NHS Highland
The public can have its say on NHS Highand’s performance at an “annual review” being held in Aviemore at the end of the month.
Care home beds to be taken in for north-east bed blocking
Health chiefs are set to extend a programme to tackle bed blocking in the Granite City - by taking more care home beds.
Peace erupts in care staff dispute
A threat of industrial action that could have deprived hundreds of vulnerable people in the Highlands of their carers has been dramatically lifted.
Midwives concerned at small number of women getting ‘continuity of carer’
Midwives have raised concerns over the small numbers of women who are getting "continuity of carer" throughout their pregnancy, birth and aftercare.