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The Scottish independence referendum left an "overwhelmingly positive legacy" on the country, First Minister John Swinney has said. The SNP leader, speaking at an event in Edinburgh to mark the 10th ...

A new hospital emergency department has taken in its first patients. Although officially opened in July, the first patients ...

Winter vaccine programme begins and this year it excludes many frontline staff who qualified during the pandemic ...

Locum GPs, asylum seeker care, NHS Confederation, the climate crisis, resident doctors' name and pay ... just some of the ...

A London nurse has been struck off after “hiding” during emergencies and not giving pain relief to a terminal cancer patient.

The BMA and the UK government have finally agreed about something—two things, in fact: a new pay deal and the need for major reform of the NHS. After 44 days of strike action over the past two years, ...

'The doctor will see you now' is an endangered phrase in the world of healthcare. Periled by staff shortages, the latest innovation of the NHS is the influx of alternative healthcare professionals.

My guess is Alistair Carmichael will also use his committee to hold Labour to account on policy on rural affairs, says Ian ...

The NHS has shared 11 common signs in adults that could suggest they have ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

Dr Alec Price-Forbes has been appointed as the national CCIO and Helen Balsdon as the national CNIO, Digital Health News has ...