All Scotland articles – Page 4
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BlogsScottish waiting times still worsening
Waiting times are getting worse in Scotland, but you wouldn’t know it from the government’s press release.
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NewsBoards told to curb use of independent providers
Scottish health boards have been told to clamp down on their use of the private sector for treating NHS patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe skills clinicians need to make QIPP work
Training programme case studies from Scotland and Wales
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NewsEight hundred data breaches in Scotland over five years
There have been more than 800 incidents of data loss by health boards in the last five years, figures have revealed.
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NewsOrgan donation rates vary across UK
There are “striking” geographical variations in the numbers of people who donate kidneys after they die, a study has found.
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Blogs
Long-waits soar in Scotland
Scotland is achieving its main waiting times targets. Yet long-waits are soaring.
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NewsLegal move over hospital asbestos
A Scottish health board is facing legal action due to asbestos being found at a hospital.
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NewsHospital boarding should end says study
Forcing hospital patients into other wards because of overcrowding should be eliminated in the NHS to improve standards of care, according to a report by senior medical professionals.
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NewsHealth board IT failure looked at
Computer problems which seriously disrupted hospitals in a major health board area for two days at the beginning of October are now being investigated.
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NewsScottish health secretary says English NHS 'being handed to profiteers'
The NHS in England is being handed to “profiteers” while its patients are struggling to pay for prescription charges which are “a tax on ill health”, according to Scottish health secretary Alex Neil.
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NewsNo NHS pay rise freeze, Neil says
The Scottish government has said it will not freeze pay rises for NHS staff following moves to halt increases south of the border.
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NewsScotland to review NHS IT after Glasgow system failure
A review has been ordered of Scottish NHS IT systems after a failure forced a major health board to cancel hundreds of appointments.
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BlogsOutpatient waits take the pain in Scotland
Scotland does well against its two main waiting times targets. So why are outpatient waits soaring?
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NewsScottish health boards 'must do better'
Every Scottish health board reviewed so far on how they deal with serious incidents have been told they must improve.
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CommentFour nations means one huge wasted opportunity
What happens with four countries in a ‘national’ health service?
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CommentMichael White: profound questions about booze and fags
It is too easy to cry “outrage” over packaging and prices
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NewsScottish Tories call for action on dementia
The Scottish government needs to be prepared for an “intensifying” dementia crisis, Tories have said.
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Blogs
Scotland slips on outpatient waits
Scotland is slipping badly on its least-enforced waiting times target. It’s not looking good for the most enforced one either.
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Blogs
Differences in waiting times in Scotland and England
England’s waiting time guarantees are more inclusive than Scotland’s. Why?
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Blogs
Scotland's treatment time guarantee shows results
Scotland’s inpatient and daycase waits, which are subject to a legally binding target, improved. Outpatient waits, which aren’t, didn’t.