Tag: nhs scotland

Public facing workers “deserving of abuse”

Deadline News Journalist - May 9, 2010

By Andrea McCallum NIGHTCLUB bouncers, call centre workers, parking attendants and receptionists are all considered “legitimate targets” for abuse from members of the public, according...

Scotland’s Largest Cancer Centre Radiation Blunders

Deadline News Journalist - March 21, 2010

By Paul Thornton A SERIES of radiation blunders at Scotland’s largest cancer treatment centre went unpunished and unreported to professional regulators. Mistakes with radiotherapy happened on...

Scottish Ambulance Service splashes out on special “fat ambulances”

Deadline News Journalist - March 7, 2010

By Oliver Farrimond NHS SCOTLAND have spent almost ?200,000 on a fleet of specially modified “fat ambulances” to carry Scotland’s increasingly obese population to hospital. Health...