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Junior doctors in Scotland have accepted an 11 per cent pay rise

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Health Secretary Neil Gray apologised to MSPs for using a Scottish Government car to attend football matches involving Aberdeen FC

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On Thursday Health Secretary Neil Gray made a statement to Holyrood on his use of ministerial cars to go to football games (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Health Secretary Neil Gray has apologised to MSPs for using a Scottish Government car to attend football matches involving Aberdeen FC, the team he supports

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Health Secretary Neil Gray is under criticism for his trips to Hampden. Picture: PA/NationalWorld

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'Devastating' report reveals drugs deaths crisis has hit 600 children

Health Secretary Neil Gray is trying to push the National Care Service Bill through the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Andrew Milligan-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: National Care Service idea should be binned

Health Secretary Neil Gray. Picture: PA

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Alcohol is not permitted at Scottish football games

SNP health minister makes 'possibly' admission on football alcohol ban

The Scottish Government has published its winter resilience plan

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Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

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Health and social care secretary Neil Gray at the launch of the 2024 Scotland's Health Awards. Picture: Michal Wachucik/Abermedia

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Health Secretary Neil Gray

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Team Scotland medalists during the Commonwealth Games parade in Glasgow. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire.

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Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf and Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care.

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The Sandyford clinic in Glasgow is Scotland's only facility for trans young people (Picture: John Devlin)

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From March 2023 to February 2024, 24,802 of the 280,298 planned operations in Scotland were cancelled on the day of the surgery, or the day before

Thousands of operations cancelled at last minute due to capacity and staffing

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Humza Yousaf (centre) alongside Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon Andy Ballantyne (right) as they speak to a member of staff during a visit to visit the National Treatment Centre at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Photo: Lesley Martin /PA Wire

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The UK Government said it has its “eyes wide open when it comes to China”, as it blamed Beijing for cyber attacks on other state systems, such as the Electoral Commission and systems used by parliamentarians

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Thousands of Scots could have died because of long waits in A&E departments across Scotland. Image: Jeff Moore/Press Association.

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Glen Sannox, right, is due to be completed at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow by June and sister ship Glen Rosa, encased in scaffolding, by September next year. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

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