NHS Tayside pay costs rise by nearly £11m
NHS Tayside's director of public health, Dr Drew Walker, was the organisation's highest paid executive last year. (...)
Nicola Sturgeon confirms no penalty for missing NHS time targets
NHS Tayside will not be penalised financially for missing waiting time targets due to bad weather cancellations. (...)
Tayside chief says NHS car perk 'abolished long ago'
Managers are not driving Maseratis under a car scheme funded by taxpayers, a Tayside health chief has insisted. (...)
Gerry Marr named as new NHS Tayside chief executive
Gerry Marr has been named chief executive of NHS Tayside, taking over from Professor Tony Wells, who is stepping down after nine years. (...)
Cancer drugs carried on hospital link bus
Vital chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients are transported between Dundee's Ninewells Hospital and Perth Royal Infirmary on the hospital link bus. (...)
Rocketing cost of high-earning non-clinical staff revealed
The pay bill for NHS Tayside's senior managers and other high-earning "non-clinical" staff has almost trebled in three years — shooting up beyond £14 million. Fife's bill has also escalated, although the region has far fewer high-earning employees than Tayside. (...)
Suicide victim father Malcolm Nichol's outrage at plight of bipolar woman
The father of a Dundee suicide victim has lambasted the "outrageous" conduct of NHS Tayside after hearing that a young mother overdosed on drugs three times after being turned away from a city psychiatric unit. (...)
Jobs found for elderly care Ninewells Hospital staff
Over 70 Ninewells Hospital nurses and healthcare assistants, caring for elderly patients, who were in limbo over the summer, have now been offered alternative jobs. (...)
NHS Tayside's top earners revealed
NHS Tayside's director of public health, Dr Drew Walker, was the health authority's highest paid executive last year with a salary of over £180,000. (...)
Tayside hospital drugs records to be kept longer
Records of drugs transported on a public service bus between Tayside hospitals will now be retained for six months, it has emerged. (...)
NHS Tayside shows a slight silver lining at review
During its annual review, NHS Tayside announced that is has managed to save 300 posts which were due to be axed this year to save cash. (...)
High-level team will investigate recent cluster of suicides
The recent spate of suicides in Tayside has led to the setting up of a high-level team to look into the tragedies, Tayside Health Board heard on Thursday. (...)
Sick NHS workers cost £260,000 a week
Staff sickness is costing NHS Tayside more than £260,000 a week in wages and salaries alone. (...)
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Tayside and Fife to lose 200 NHS nurse and midwife jobs
Almost 200 nursing and midwifery jobs will be axed in Tayside and Fife as part of massive job losses across the health service in Scotland this year. (...)
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