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NHS still trying to measure how public sector strike will affect patients
More than 500 NHS Tayside patients will be told later this week of cancellations and disruptions to their appointments due to strike action next Wednesday. (...)
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Medical revelation adds to Lockerbie bomber anniversary row
The Lockerbie bomber was released on the basis of "flawed" medical evidence, a leading cancer specialist has claimed. (...)
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Newport's Netherlea Hospital subject of region's in-patient review
A Fife hospital that cares for elderly patients may become a casualty of changes to the region's health service. (...)
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Fears palliative care ward at Dunfermline's Queen Margaret Hospital could be axed to cut costs
The palliative care ward at a Fife hospital could be set to shut as NHS Fife seeks to find £13.5 million of savings, it has been revealed. (...)
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Fourfold gonorrhoea surge triggers Tayside STI campaign
A fourfold spike in numbers of young people in Tayside with gonorrhoea has prompted NHS Tayside to launch an awareness campaign. (...)
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New system seeks to reduce number of missed hospital appointments
NHS Fife is hoping new procedures for managing appointments will help the health service cut down on the number missed in the coming year. (...)
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Appeal to blood donors to attend at Ninewells
An appeal is going out to blood donors to attend an extra session at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after sessions elsewhere have been cancelled due to the severe weather. (...)
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Rural health services get a big lift from farmers
Farmers in Angus have played a crucial role in getting health service staff to their patients during the whiteout. (...)
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Health service staff facing up to wage freeze
Almost 14,000 health service staff across Tayside and Fife will be affected by the Scottish Government's plans to freeze the wages and salaries of those earning £21,000 and above. (...)
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Questions over council's promotion of Howard Marks show
The Labour group leader said on Monday night that "serious questions" have to be raised over Dundee City Council's "hypocritical" decision to endorse a stand-up routine by a former drugs trafficker. (...)
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Health boss apologises to former fireman Alasdair McLeay
A Tayside health boss has given a personal apology to a seriously ill former Dundee fireman who highlighted a catalogue of errors following treatment in Ninewells Hospital. (...)
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Middle-tier NHS bureaucracy 'adds to ills'
Promoting clinicians to unnecessary management roles is leaving the NHS front-line understaffed, a consultant at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee has claimed. (...)
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Government accused of cuts naivety
The British Medical Association has told the Scottish Government it is "naive" to believe the NHS can be spared from public spending cuts. (...)
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Former Perth consultant tells of NHS 'climate of fear'
A respected former senior consultant from Perth Royal Infirmary has lifted the lid on the low morale and climate of fear which is threatening to rip apart the NHS. (...)
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Dundee heart bypass blunder claim is latest NHS complaint
The Courier is currently exploring the state of the NHS in Scotland — both good and bad. As well as looking at the future impact financial restrictions will have on the health service, the investigation has been triggered by a series of complaints about the treatment some people have received. (...)
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Perth Royal Infirmary surgery withdrawal warning
The removal of weekend emergency surgery from Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI) has been attacked as a "cut too far" by an MP. (...)
'Delight' as NHS assault numbers drop
New figures show a substantial reduction in assaults on health service workers across Tayside and Fife. (...)
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Loss of 21 healthcare assistant posts confirmed for Royal Victoria
More than 21 healthcare assistant jobs are to go in elderly wards at Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Dundee, NHS Tayside have confirmed. (...)
More on: NHS Tayside | Royal Victoria Hospital | Dundee | Carol Goodman
