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Fife's major accident and emergency change starts on Thursday
Accident and emergency services based at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline will make the switch to the new wing at Victoria on Thursday morning. (...)
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Icy blast fills up A&E waiting rooms
Staff at Ninewells Hospital A&E department have been dealing with a spate of falls due to icy pavements. (...)
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Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital loses out-of-hours accident and emergency department
Kirkcaldy's accident and emergency department at Victoria Hospital became an out-of-hours minor injuries unit — and the new overnight arrangements are set to remain for the rest of the year. (...)
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Jessie Taylor's death could not have been avoided, sheriff rules
A sheriff has ruled that the death of Fife woman admitted to hospital with suspected swine flu at the height of the 2009 pandemic could not have been avoided. (...)
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Courier investigation reveals true toll of under-age drinking in Fife
A Courier investigation today reveals the startling toll under-age drinking is taking on Fife's hospitals. (...)
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Council blamed as NHS Fife being run ragged
Fife's health service is being pushed to breaking point because Fife Council is "failing in its responsibility" to get people out of hospital. (...)
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NHS services can do little for vomiting bug over holiday period
People of all ages are having a miserable time coping with a vomiting bug that is running rife in Tayside. (...)
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Health chief's plea — emergencies only
Tayside residents have been urged not to attend accident and emergency departments unless they have a genuine emergency. (...)
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Ninewells team helping Malawi's first A&E unit
A team from Ninewells Hospital is helping to create Malawi's first accident and emergency unit at a Blantyre hospital. (...)
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Scottish Ambulance Service stretched to 'critical'
The Scottish Ambulance Service has moved to "critical" mode, as the appalling weather put the service across the country under extreme pressure. (...)
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Scathing reaction to latest Victoria Hospital A&E revelations
They couldn't hold a raffle — that is health campaigner Councillor Andrew Rodger's view of NHS Fife's operational division management after revelations that Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital could be left without A&E cover overnight and at weekends for the next year. (...)
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Threat to accident and emergency cover at Victoria Hospital
Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital could be without accident and emergency cover overnight and at weekends over the next year. (...)
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Minimum price alcohol bid voted out once again
Plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol were branded dead in the water on Wednesday after a Holyrood committee rejected them. (...)
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Report claims repeated A&E closures did not hit patient care
A report into contingency plans imposed at Fife's two main hospitals earlier this year has suggested the measures did not adversely affect services. (...)
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NHS Fife performing well on waiting times
New snapshot figures show that almost all patients in Fife are waiting less than nine weeks for inpatient and day case treatment. (...)
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Labour and SNP at war over hospital beds promise
A Labour MSP has accused the SNP of "staggering hypocrisy" after it was revealed that 142 beds in hospitals in Fife have been cut, despite promises from the SNP to increase the number of beds in Scottish hospitals. (...)
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"No closure" for mother from Kirsty McQueen inquiry
The mother of a young Kelty woman who died after taking an epileptic fit has told The Courier that she feels there is no closure despite a fatal accident inquiry into the death and said she still waits for her daughter to come through her front door. (...)
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One A&E site proposed for Fife
Fife accident and emergency services could be consolidated on one site prior to the new wing at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy opening. (...)
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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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£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. (...)
