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'A horrendous misuse of precious resources' — answers demanded on drug addict's 1000 out-of-hours treatments
Claims that emergency out-of-hours doctors have treated a Perthshire drug addict 1000 times must be investigated at government level, according to local MSPs. (...)
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Brooke Ramsay only dreams of playing with her friends
"I just want to be able to to run and play on my bike with my friends." That was the appeal from seven-year-old Carnoustie girl Brooke Ramsay, who is understood to be the first Scottish child to undergo a specialist procedure in the UK to reverse the effects of cerebral palsy. (...)
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Community health partnerships branded 'bureaucratic monoliths'
One of Scotland's top doctors has hit out at bureaucracy choking the health system after a "deeply disturbing" report from the country's spending watchdog. (...)
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Bid for Methven pharmacy may result in withdrawal of GP service
Relief that the controversial plan for a new pharmacy in Methven had been withdrawn has been short-lived. (...)
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Doctors' pay awards 'putting more icing on a very well-iced cake'
A Tayside health chief has called for the abolition of a national doctors' award scheme that can boost already high salaries by as much as £75,889. (...)
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The long and short of infection control ruling on doctors' shirts
Infection control rules that ban doctors from wearing long-sleeved shirts are doing nothing to reduce the spread of bugs in hospitals. (...)
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Dunblane Boys' Brigade come to the aid of snowbound residents
Intrepid members of the Boys' Brigade eased the suffering of housebound Dunblane residents as fears rose they would be stranded without supplies in the horrendous winter weather. (...)
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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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Scottish Government freezes bonuses for consultants
Bonus payments for NHS consultants will no longer be offered to new staff, the Scottish Government has said. (...)
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A&E unit closures in Kirkcaldy lifted early
Kirkcaldy's accident and emergency unit reopened to overnight emergencies two days earlier than expected. (...)
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Overnight Kirkcaldy A&E closures 'to stay until new wing opens'
Overnight closures of Kirkcaldy’s accident and emergency unit are likely to continue until the Victoria Hospital’s new wing opens in 2012, health bosses have admitted to The Courier. (...)
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Ward 13 at Victoria Hospital to close — despite previous assurances
NHS Fife has announced the closure of a ward at Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital — three months to the day since assuring the public it would remain open. (...)
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Angus GPs' stand-off comes to an end
Angus GPs have ended a five-month stand-off with Tayside health chiefs over controversial plans for community hospitals. (...)
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