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Lori-Mark Quate, he lost his wife, Jacqui Hunter, and their stillborn daughter, Olivia.

Scotland's Maternity Crisis: Questions remain over drug overdose

Eljamel inquiry campaigners on the steps of the inquiry venue

Disgraced surgeon operated on the wrong parts of patients' bodies

Eljamel inquiry campaigners on the steps of the inquiry venue

Victims of Eljamel accuse NHS Tayside of 'failing its duty of candour'

Some of the campaigners outside the Eljamel public inquiry in Edinburgh.

Eljamel inquiry: NHS 'knew more than they were letting on'

Neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel

'No malicious intent' in destruction of documents linked to Eljamel

Hospital told to improve maternity care decade after baby deaths probe

Professor Sam Eljamel

Eljamel: Commissioner not convinced a second scandal would be avoided

The median wait for either a hip or knee replacement in 2024-25 was more than a year in five out of 14 health boards.

Scots waiting more than five years for hip and knee replacements

Jacqui Hunter died giving birth to her stillborn daughter, Olivia

Exclusive Husband of mum who died in childbirth speaks of loss of patient trust

Dame Jackie Baillie MSP, Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman.

Scotland's NHS 'crumbling' as £1.5bn maintenance backlog revealed

Health boards must 'act now' to protect women in hospitals after a delay to addressing figures on the rape and sexual assault of patients and staff in Scotland's hospitals, MSPs have been told.

Exclusive Health boards ‘fail to act’ to protect women from rape in hospitals

Protesters outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh asking for a public inquiry into the care given to patients by "disgraced surgeon" Professor Sam Eljamel.

Probe into Eljamel evidence destruction amid 'criminality' fear

Protesters outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh asking for a public inquiry into the care given to patients by "disgraced surgeon" Professor Sam Eljamel.

NHS Tayside destroyed 40 patient logbooks linked to disgraced surgeon

Waiting lists are soaring across the country.

Exclusive 'Frustration': Urology waiting time targets missed across the country

Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Patient safety concerns found at maternity unit

The Supreme Court ruling is expected to have wide-ranging implications

NHS in Scotland awaits new national guidance on single-sex spaces

Women are having to wait months for follow-up tests

Long waits for cervical cancer tests 'giving women sleepless nights'

Millions has been spent on agency nurses and consultant locums in Scotland’s NHS.

The health boards that have spent the most on temporary nurses

The assembled winners from Scotland's Health Awards 2024. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scotland's Health Awards 2024: The winners in full

Vaping has become popular among school pupils

Exclusive Scottish primary pupils among kids using vapes 'laced with cannabis'

The largest cause of absence at PHS is psychiatric illness, costing the taxpayer £422,000 in 2023, up from £114,000 in 2020.

Exclusive 'Deeply concerning' sickness levels quadruple at NHS watchdog

Eljamel's victims protested outside the Scottish Parliament. Image: Andrew Milligan/Press Association.

Sam Eljamel: Chair appointed to head inquiry into disgraced brain surgeon

The surgical robot with NHS Tayside surgeons representing some of the cancer specialty areas

Surgical robot will "transform" complex cancer surgery at Tayside hospital

2 Sisters food factory in Couper Angus where the cluster of Covid-19 cases was detected

Coupar Angus factory: Households to self isolate

A preliminary hearing will take place in October, five-and-a-half years after she died.

Inquiry into death of Scottish schoolgirl, who died after viewing 'suicide guide...

Doctors in Tayside argued that higher doses of the cancer drugs prescribed elsewhere were unacceptably toxic. Picture: TSPL

Two consultants probed on breast cancer drug scandal

Claims Fife patients are being refused treatment by NHS Tayside.

Fears Fife patients ‘repeatedly refused’ treatment by NHS Tayside

Lesley McLay.

Crisis hit NHS Tayside shows '˜deteriorating' target performance

NHS Tayside '˜redesign' sparks jobs fear

Around 1,300 members of staff could lose their jobs. Picture: TSPL

Troubled NHS Tayside to shed 1,300 jobs in bid to balance books

Health secretary Jeane Freeman. Picture: John Devlin

Director quit NHS Tayside over claims of '˜systematic bullying'

Lesley McLay left the board of NHS Tayside after going on sick leave in April

Former chief executive of beleaguered NHS Tayside got Â£90,000 pay-off

Lesley McLay and Sandy Watson.

Health board denies boss received Â£300k payoff

Increasing demands which are being placed on Scotlands health and social care services. Picture: Getty

Miles Briggs: Staff keep the NHS in good health

Health Secretary Shona Robison.

Charity cash used to buy NHS medical equipment

Health Secretary Shona Robison should be considering her position say Scottish Labour

Shona Robison signs off on loan for NHS Tayside to repay fund

Labour health spokesman Anas Sarwar has written to Holyroods Health Committee. Picture: TSPL

Holyrood committees asked to investigate NHS Tayside scandal

Health Secretary Shona Robison should be considering her position say Scottish Labour

Shona Robison should be '˜considering her position' over NHS Tayside scandal

Health Secretary Shona Robison.

Management replaced at crisis-hit NHS Tayside

Intervention: Health Secretary Shona Robison

NHS Tayside boss quits over donations scandal

"Amazing" nurses at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital organised for a grandad to see his dog just hours before his death. Picture: Ashley Stevens

Grandad allowed to see dog in Dundee hospital hours before death

NHS chief executive Paul Gray. Pic: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament

NHS Tayside board '˜misled' over finances, MSPs told
The NHS Tayside board was 'misled' over the state of the organisation's finances, a Holyrood committee has heard.

A ward at Perth Royal Infirmary has opened up to new admissions after several suspected cases of norovirus. Picture: Greg Macvean

Hospital ward reopens after norovirus scare

Perth Royal Infirmary. Picture: NHS

Perth Royal Infirmary ward shut after bug outbreak

Retina study opens eyes to a new way to check heart health

Retina study opens eyes to a new way to check heart health

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Use A&E only for emergencies, public told

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'Death-row drug' used on stroke victim

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