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Former matron slams Fife NHS hospital plans
A former matron who spent 38 years in the health service feels there is a "misuse" of money by NHS Fife and has slammed what she sees as their plan to downgrade services at the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline. (...)
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Nicola Sturgeon to face the public over NHS Fife A&E closures
Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon will face the wrath of the public next week when she chairs NHS Fife's annual review in Kirkcaldy, The Courier can reveal. (...)
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National solution needed for Scottish A&E problems
Fixing the staffing problems that caused a crisis in Fife accident and emergency services will require a national solution, a new report by the country's public spending watchdog has claimed. (...)
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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. (...)
Evidence of staff abuse at Perth Royal Infirmary
The Courier can lift the lid on the verbal and physical abuse meted out to hard working staff at one of Tayside's largest hospitals. (...)
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Victoria Hospital's A&E problem solved
Closures of the accident and emergency department at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, appear to be at an end after a leading health board figure gave assurances to a Fife MSP. (...)
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Former patients full of praise for NHS staff
Former patients of hospitals in Tayside have been coming forward to sing the praises of the health service. (...)
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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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Kirkcaldy MSP seeks answers on hospital staffing levels
Kirkcaldy MSP Marilyn Livingstone has written to health secretary Nicola Sturgeon asking her to explain why junior doctor training posts are being cut when health boards are struggling to recruit staff. (...)
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Silent campaign for retention of health services
An outspoken campaigner for Fife health services staged a silent protest against accident and emergency closures in Kirkcaldy. (...)
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Half-hour ambulance wait prompts crusade
A Blairgowrie man's half-hour wait for an ambulance after he suffered a heart attack has prompted him to launch a campaign to improve the emergency service provided for Perthshire. (...)
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Lack of care at Ninewells angers son
An 85-year-old woman with pneumonia lay bare legged in Ninewells Hospital complaining of being cold because staff were unable to supply pyjamas or a blanket. (...)
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Patient Alasdair McLeay 'doesn't feel safe' at Ninewells Hospital
A seriously ill former Dundee fireman, who lost more than two stone in 13 days, has said that he did not feel safe in Ninewells Hospital. (...)
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NHS provides 'the very best of care'
Amid all the criticism aimed at NHS Fife, many patients leave hospital with nothing but praise for the dedicated professionals who have looked after them during their stay. (...)
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RCN official determined cuts won't cost care
Chris Walker is a frontline nurse in a Fife hospital ward and represents the region's 2500 members of the Royal College of Nursing. (...)
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NHS good and bad experiences shared
Courier readers are continuing to come forward with their experiences of the NHS — both good and bad. (...)
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£9000 ambulance bill to cover Victoria Hospital A&E closure
NHS Fife paid £9000 a week for additional ambulances while the accident and emergency unit at Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital was closed overnight. (...)
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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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Kirkcaldy hospital's children's ward to flit
The children's ward at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy will be moved to Forth Park Hospital in just under two weeks, NHS Fife has revealed. (...)
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Victoria's children's ward moving to Forth Park
The children's ward at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy will be moved to Forth Park Hospital in just under two weeks, NHS Fife has revealed. (...)
