Concern raised over waiting times for NHS Tayside chronic pain clinics

raped by older boys.The Scottish Justice Secretary apologised to one of the mums and admitted her boy had been let down by the system.He pledged to write the traumatised young victim a personal letter of support.Yousaf also promised to help the second victim get the help he needs to overcome the trauma of his attack.Both meetings took place via online Zoom calls and were arranged with the help of the Daily Record after the mothers joined forces and asked us to put pressure on the government.The

Perth and Kinross rocked by fifth earthquake in a month Scotland’s health boards will receive a total of £1.1 billion in additional funding, which will also be designated to help health services prepare for the winter months.Announced on Tuesday, health secretary Jeane Freeman said: “The health and social care sector has a critical frontline role in responding to the single greatest public health crisis of our lifetimes, and I want to pay tribute to all staff involved for their heroic efforts

Donald Trump's Scots golf courses in protest hopes the President 'learns something' from his battle with coronavirus. David Milne became a Trump target when the tycoon began planning his self-proclaimed “world’s greatest golf course” at Menie links, near Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, in 2006.

Love Island villa, it's no secret that many contestants take on Instagram jobs to promote an array of different products.

knife-wielding thug has been caged for two years after launching a “terrifying” attack on a Paisley family at their home.Jamie Maley, 30, targeted David Moran and Toni Lavelle while they were in their flat in Glen Street with their three young children, in a late-night vendetta.Maley leapt over a veranda, climbed onto their balcony while holding a large kitchen knife in his hand, when he made threats and kicked around furniture and threw items at their window.Paisley Sheriff Court heard Maley

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A "heartbroken" scaffolder smashed his girlfriend’s mobile phone after catching her on a dating site, a court heard yesterday.Ryan Wight seized the device from “on/off” partner Brooke Thomson after visiting her at the East Lothian tanning salon where she worked.Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard Brooke received a notification from someone on a dating site she was using.Wight grabbed the phone to check for other

top cop admitted the new rules could see an increase in late-night house parties. Police Scotland's Chief Constable has said patrols will be increased to ensure compliance with the new measure, aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterOur chronic pain patients are facing a longer wait for treatment than anywhere else in the country, we can reveal.Nearly 80 per cent of patients in Ayrshire are waiting more than 18 weeks for their first appointment at a clinic, according to the latest figures.Between April and the end of July this year, 477 patients seeking an initial appointment for chronic problems waited longer than the 18 week

link.“If you were in the area late on Sunday night or the early hours of Monday morning, and noticed anything at all suspicious, please get in touch. We would also ask any motorists with dash-cams who were in the vicinity to check their footage in case they have captured anything which could be of significance.“Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland through 101, quoting incident numbers 4179 of Sunday 20 September or 0291 and 0345 of Monday 21 September 2020.

Middle East on drug charges, have raised more than £12,000 to support his family.We told how Lothian man Conor Howard, known to pals as 'Milky', had been arrested in Corfu when flying over to visit his mum in August.He had been arrested on an Interpol notice after Qatar authorities say they found drugs on the 27-year-old when passing through the Middle Eastern state last October on the way back from a work trip to Australia.His devastated friends and family say a clean cannabis grinder was found

Covid-19 alert level across the UK is to be raised to Level 4 for the first time since June after the number of positive cases soared in recent weeks.In a joint statement, the chief medical officers from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales agreed that the risk of transmission is now “high or rising exponentially”.Their decision follows a grave warning from leading scientists that the UK could soon see 50,000 news infections a day if no action is taken and signals that tough new

Amal Clooney has exited her role as the UK’s special envoy on media freedom in protest.

Perthshire politician wants people in the region to know what to expect if they are called by an NHS contact tracer in a bid to prevent fraud.

Naman Ramachandran Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has resigned from her position as the U.K.’s special envoy on media freedom.Clooney’s decision is in protest against the U.K.’s intention to pass the Internal Market Bill that is designed to ensure barrier-free trade between the four U.K. nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after the Brexit transition period concludes Dec.

World War II plane which began flying around the UK during the Clap for Carers campaign while the country was in lockdown is due to fly over Scotland on Thursday.

Nicola Sturgeon, has warned Scots of a “despicable” new phone scam involving callers pretending to be working for Test and Protect before asking for people’s payment details. During the daily lunchtime media briefing, the First Minister said scammers are attempting to con people by claiming that payment is needed for a coronavirus test to be accessed.

Scotland today limiting social gatherings to a maximum of six people from two different households.It comes as the number of positive coronavirus cases continues to rise.Over the last 24-hour period a total of 70 people tested for the deadly virus, but Nicola Sturgeon said the figure is likely to change. She raised concern over a serious backlog of lab tests in the UK-wide system.The new rules apply to both indoor and outdoor setting, including in pubs, restaurants, homes and gardens.

baby’s skull deformity before it’s too late.Heidi Aitken is 11 months old and has brachycephaly, or flat head syndrome.She should have had treatment when she was five or six months but her mum Shannagh said she was talked out of it by health visitors.If Heidi doesn’t get it soon, her skull soft spot will close and her head will be misshapen for life.The treatment is not available on the NHS and the family need to raise £2000 to pay for the helmet.Heidi’s head, the result of a breech birth, is as

coronavirus shutdowns.Figures released yesterday show the number of people referred for the quarter ending June 2020 was 69 per cent down on the same time in 2019.Just 547 patients were seen at a chronic pain clinic compared to 4,972 for the quarter ending June 2019 and 52.9 per cent of patients had been waiting more than 18 weeks compared to 15.4 per cent the previous year.Those with chronic pain are begging the Scottish Government to end their suffering and reopen pain management clinics as a