Health

A brave six-year-old was rewarded with a July meeting with Santa after finishing her treatment for cancer.

The Scottish Conservatives have accused the SNP of a funding “con” over money pledged to GPs.

A leading consultant in treating children with hormone problems has launched a food blog aimed at encouraging youngsters and adults to eat less sugar.

A haggis company is recalling various products due to inadequate procedures to control bacteria that may cause serious food poisoning.

The Scottish Government’s stewardship of the NHS has come under fire after new figures revealed a 420 per cent rise in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for treatment.

Doctors in Scotland have told the UK government that they believe the so-called “rape clause” is a shameful process and support any colleagues who refuse to participate in the assessment required to claim benefits.

The NHS is failing to keep pace with the increasing level of demand being placed on it, writes Dr Peter Bennie

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have helped secure a £1.9 million investment to identify the earliest brain changes associated with conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Scotland’s family doctors have warned the First Minister that GP surgeries will continue to close and patients’ lives will be put at risk unless more money is invested in practices and health centres.

People who work long hours have a greater risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm that increases their chances of having a stroke, according to new research.

An American doctor offering to treat Charlie Gard might travel to London to examine the terminally ill baby.

An artisan sea salt company which was found by food inspectors to contain “80 per cent imported table salt”, has gone into liquidation.

New analysis showing the full extent to which different diseases affect Scotland’s health and life expectancy is published today.

A Scottish health board has been chosen as one of the six specialist sites across the UK that will launch a new genetic testing service to identify people at risk of a deadly inherited heart condition.

Feminine sanitary products manufacturers need to take responsibility for tackling the growing problem of “period poverty”, the head of one of the UK’s leading brands has said.

An inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal which has left 2,400 people dead is to be launched.

Prime Minister Theresa May told the Cabinet she and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt had decided a probe was needed.

Details of the UK-wide investigation have yet to be finalised, and consultations will take place with those people affected as to how best to proceed.

The Prime Minister’s spokesman told a Westminster briefing: “Jeremy Hunt said that 2,400 people had died and it was necessary to establish the causes of this appalling injustice.”

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Thousands of haemophiliacs across the UK were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C in the 1970s and 80s, largely due to the use of a blood product sourced from the United States by the NHS that was produced from blood donated by thousands of donors.

No criminal charges have ever been brought, and no civil liability has ever been admitted in the UK.

A six-year inquiry ordered by the Scottish Government and led by Lord Penrose was criticised by families of victims when it made just one recommendation and did not apportion blame.

The 2015 inquiry, which cost £11.3 million, was branded a “waste of time and money” and a “whitewash”.