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NHS to overturn ban on HIV positive medics

MEDICS carrying the HIV virus will be allowed to operate on Scots patients without  their knowledge. NHS bosses has agreed to reverse a ban on...

Health board buys iPads while rationing incontinence pads

HEALTH bosses forked out £17,000 on iPads while cutting back on basic essentials such as incontinence pads, it emerged today. NHS Fife bought 37 of...

Controversial Scots hospital receives 11 complaints a week

ALMOST 100 formal complaints have been received by Scottish NHS board in the two months since it opened a controversial new hospital wing. Angry patients...

Record number of Scots going south for surgery

THE NUMBER of Scots crossing the border for surgery has risen by a third over the last five years, according to new figures. More than...

Thousands of operations cancelled every year

By Cara Sulieman MORE THAN 600 operations are cancelled in Scotland a week, with a quarter of them being scrapped by the hospital. NHS Fife chalked...

Crash a day for ambulance service

By Paul Thornton SCOTTISH ambulances were involved in a crash almost every day of last year on average, it has been revealed. Vehicles run by the...

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