All Scotland articles – Page 19
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Audit finds Scottish NHS estates in disrepair
The NHS in Scotland should manage its £5bn assets - including land, buildings and equipment - more efficiently, auditors have warned.
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Staff survey delivers Scottish NHS boards a bad review
Only a quarter of health service staff in Scotland think their NHS board handles change effectively, according to a survey published last week.
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Scotland extends 18 week wait target
Scotland's 18 week referral-to-treatment target has been extended to around 100,000 patients annually who were not previously covered.
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Elected health boards a step closer in Scotland
Direct elections to health boards in Scotland came a step closer last week when the Scottish government's proposals passed a significant hurdle.
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Scottish NHS sets out plan for children's specialist services
Children's and young people's specialist health services in Scotland are to receive £32m additional investment, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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£82m spending plans for Scottish NHS
The Scottish government has confirmed plans for £82m of NHS capital spending.
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Scotland backs elected health boards
Scotland moved closer towards elected health boards after politicians voted in favour of the proposals.
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Scotland unveils new patient safety reporting system
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has introduced a new system of reporting healthcare-associated infections for hospitals.
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Nicola Sturgeon vows to ensure a place for public on NHS boards
Scotland's health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to press ahead with direct elections to NHS boards, despite strong opposition from the health service.
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Scotland may lift NHS top-up ban
Scotland is proposing to lift the ban on NHS patients topping up their care if they wish to pay privately for part of their treatment.
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Sandy Watson on NHS performance management
NHS boards have very clear roles. They must ensure governance arrangements are sound, probity and propriety are to the fore, a strategic steer is given to the executive team and staff, the executives are held to account and supported, and there are clear and effective performance management mechanisms.
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Scottish NHS underspends this year as tougher times loom
The NHS in Scotland spent less than its total budget last year but watchdogs are warning of tough times ahead.
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NHS Scotland outlines plans to cope with winter demand
NHS Scotland chief executive Kevin Woods has outlined plans to cope with extra demand during the winter.
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Scotland slashes diagnostic waiting times
The Scottish NHS has slashed diagnostic waiting times but must now ensure that services are as efficient as possible.
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UK risks a weaker role in EU health decisions
Devolution is weakening the UK's ability to influence the EU's growing hold over health policy, a report from the Nuffield Trust warns.
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More to do on Scottish cancer waiting targets, says minister
Most Scottish NHS boards are meeting or exceeding the target of 95 per cent of patients with cancer going from referral to treatment within 62 days, but more needs to be done to ensure all boards are meeting the target, Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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Scotland's health scrutiny bodies prepare for merger
Scotland is to have a 'super scrutiny' body, merging three organisations into one as part of the Scottish government's cull on quangos.
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Providing healthcare on a small island
Some islanders 'would rather be crippled than go to the mainland for an operation'. Alison Moore reports on the goldfish-bowl world of remote island healthcare
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Sandy Watson on how the NHS can help young people
At any one time, there are about 35,000 young people in Scotland who are not in education, employment or training. Of these, 6,000 are aged 16, 9,000 aged 17, 12,000 aged 18, and 8,000 aged 19. Men are more likely to fall into this group than women.
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Michael Marmot on eliminating social injustice in health
Glasgow had a little more publicity than it might have welcomed when the report of the World Health Organisation's commission on social determinants of health, which I chaired, was published in August.