Ambulance turnaround times at hospitals soar
31 Dec 2019
The time it takes for ambulances to drop patients off at hospital and return to the road is increasing, new research has revealed.
In 2016, 20 ambulances a day recorded turnaround times of more than one hour when dropping emergency patients off at hospital.
But by this year, that...Read More »
Major delays in processing disclosure checks
30 Dec 2019
Major delays in processing checks for people who want to work with children and protected adults have been revealed.
The SNP government is meant to ensure anyone applying for disclosure checks like Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) applications are given the result within two weeks.
However, in September more than...Read More »
Families affected by scandal-hit hospital need answers now
29 Dec 2019
Patients and families affected by the crisis at Scotland’s £800 million flagship hospital can’t wait any longer for answers from the health secretary, the Scottish Conservatives have said.
Jeane Freeman must make a statement to Holyrood at the earliest opportunity, which is Tuesday, and finally give those impacted...Read More »
Record number of hoax calls to the coastguard
23 Dec 2019
Scotland’s coastguard received a record number of hoax calls in 2019, at a rate of nearly one a week.
Statistics have revealed there were 51 prank alerts made to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Scotland last year.
That’s more than double the number of 2017, and significantly more...Read More »
Dementia cases double in a decade
22 Dec 2019
Dementia cases across Scotland have doubled in the space of a decade, new figures have shown.
According to prescribing statistics, there were 270,000 drugs handed out to people suffering from the disease last year.
That compares to just 136,000 in 2010/11, the ISD Scotland data revealed.
The number of items...Read More »