Overweight men who were offered a £400 incentive to slim down were more likely to be successful, according to a study led by Stirling University.
Unsafe conditions due to nursing shortages in the health and care sector have "normalised" and there is little sign that the workforce crisis is improving, nursing leaders have warned. In its third annual report on the nursing workforce in Scotland, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) cautioned that there is a "significant" risk of patients coming to harm as nursing vacancies are filled by less qualified staff.
The deaths of three young infants in England from whooping cough has caused alarm over falling vaccination rates and rising cases of the bacterial infection. On Friday, Public Health Scotland said notifications for the disease are also on the increase north of the border as it urged pregnant women to get vaccinated.
The boss of Scotland's only children's hospice charity says it will have to raise £60 million over the next five years "just to stand still" amid growing demand on its services. Rami Okasha, chief executive of Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), said it wanted to provide more support to families in hospital and at home as well as through its two hospice centres - Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch.
It was the first vaccine administered anywhere in the world against Covid but this week AstraZeneca announced that it is withdrawing the product from markets worldwide. The decision comes days after it emerged that the pharmaceutical giant had admitted in legal documents that the jag "can, in very rare cases" cause Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), a serious and potentially fatal blood clotting complication which had never been detected before.
Dozens of GP practices in Scotland say they are at risk of collapse after the Scottish Government suspended an interest-free loan scheme which has provided vital support for the cost of running surgeries. A survey carried out by BMA Scotland found 30 practices described their position as “precarious” following the pausing in March of the GP Sustainability Loan Scheme.
How can the NHS deliver safe and effective gender identity healthcare for young people when it is hindered by "major shortfalls" in children's mental healthcare and "fearfulness" among healthcare practitioners?
A grandmother credits her "miracle" recovery from a massive stroke on her birthday to a clinical trial of intensive physiotherapy
The chair of the Cass Review has told MSPs she was "surprised" by persistent levels of homophobia as well as transphobia during her review into gender identity services, as she noted that a "very high percentage" of the young people seeking help are same-sex attracted. Giving evidence to Holyrood's Health and Social Care Committee, Dr Hilary Cass said it was easy to see "how the two things could get conflated".
