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'They're being run ragged' — praise for staff's efforts to cope with winter vomiting bug cases at Ninewells Hospital

A huge increase in the number of cases of the winter vomiting bug at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee has resulted in four wards being closed to new admissions. (...)


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Winter vomiting bug closes a third Ninewells Hospital ward to new admissions

A third ward has closed to new admissions at Ninewells Hospital following a suspected outbreak of the winter vomiting bug, also known as the norovirus. (...)


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Winter vomiting bug affecting two Ninewells Hospital wards

For the second time in as many days Ninewells Hospital has closed one of its wards to new admissions after several cases of vomiting and diarrhoea. (...)


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Victoria Hospital fighting new norovirus outbreak

A prolonged bout of the winter vomiting bug has closed another ward at a Fife hospital, just days after two others were declared open. (...)


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Healthcare Environment Inspectorate sees Ninewells Hospital making hygiene progress

Ninewells Hospital has gone some way towards cleaning up its act after two critical reports on the level of hygiene. (...)


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Winter vomiting bug closes two Victoria Hospital wards

Two wards at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy have been closed to new admissions by an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug. (...)


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Ninewells Hospital cancer ward closed to admissions during bug outbreak

Ninewells Hospital's only dedicated ward for cancer patients has been closed to new admissions due to sickness and diarrhoea. (...)


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PRI battling another outbreak of winter vomiting bug

Perth Royal Infirmary (PRI) has been hit by another outbreak of the winter vomiting bug. (...)


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Stratheden Hospital's Drumcarrow Lodge ward to close

A ward catering for elderly people at a psychiatric hospital in Fife is to close following a wide-ranging review. (...)


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Major milestone in £170m Victoria Hospital wing construction

Keys to the new wing at Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital will be formally handed over to NHS Fife on October 28 — another major milestone in the multi-million pound project. (...)


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MSP claims consultant fees would have covered Fife hospital's at-threat ward

Consultancy fees paid by NHS Fife would pay for the closure-threatened hospice at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, it has been claimed. (...)


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NHS Fife lays out schedule for move to Victoria Hospital's new wing

NHS Fife has revealed details of the move into Victoria Hospital's new £170 million wing next year. (...)


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Melanie moved to show gratitude to 'amazing' staff who cared for mother

An Angus woman who lost over two stones in a slimming challenge has raised £875 for the cancer ward that cared for her mother. (...)


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Winter bug closes Whitehills community care centre ward

The Clova ward at Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre in Forfar has been closed to new admissions after cases of vomiting and diarrhoea thought to be caused by norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug. (...)


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Royal Victoria Hospital ward closed by winter vomiting bug

Another Dundee hospital ward has been closed to new patients after several cases of vomiting and diarrhoea thought to be caused by the winter vomiting bug norovirus. (...)


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Victoria Hospital ward 13 reopens as NHS struggles

A Fife hospital ward that was closed only last year was re-opened to help the health service deal with the pressures it is facing. (...)


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Inspectors take Ninewells Hospital to task over infection control practices

Inspectors from the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) have again criticised infection control practices at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. (...)


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Steep fall in superbug infections in Tayside wards

The number of cases of superbug clostridium difficile has more than halved in Tayside's hospitals in the last year. (...)


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Threat of closure lifted from ward at Ashludie Hospital

NHS Tayside has onfirmed that controversial plans for a ward closure at Ashludie Hospital in Monifieth have been scrapped — but fears remain over the future of the site. (...)


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NHS Tayside denies Royal Victoria ward padlocked to prevent 'occupation'

A Dundee hospital ward for elderly people — controversially closed at a time when the population is ageing — is padlocked. (...)


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