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Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie last night called for an urgent inquiry as it emerged four children were given Covid vaccine overdoses more than twice the approved amount.
It is believed the youngsters were aged between five and 11, and were clinically vulnerable.
Ms Baillie said: “Kids getting adult doses is pretty serious, especially when it is not a one-off.
“We don’t know the implications and there needs to be proper monitoring of these children. They can’t be left to cope with quite severe side effects on their own.
“There also needs to be an urgent inquiry.”
Fewer than half of adults living in the most deprived areas have seen an NHS dentist in the last two years.
There is also an 18% divide between kids from the poorest and wealthiest parts of the country.
Dental health was badly hit during the pandemic, with Scots unable to get treatments during lockdown.
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Four children were given Covid vaccine overdoses of more than twice the approved amount, it has emerged.
It is believed the youngsters were aged between five and 11, and were clinically vulnerable.
Read more here.
Residents in rural areas of Lanarkshire are set to have the same level of care as they would in a hospital.
That's thanks to the extension of South Lanarkshire's Hospital at Home (HAH) service, which will be extended to locals in Clydesdale to help cope with the continued pressure on the NHS.
The expansion of the service is part of South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s efforts to better care for wider communities during challenging times.
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Hundreds of lucky Scots have scooped nearly £8 million on the People's Postcode Lottery.
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Perth Street Pastors have received a vital piece of equipment which they hope can help save a life.
Glasvegas have postponed their first live show since 2018 after experiencing a Covid outbreak in the band.
Nicola Sturgeon is set to lay out her new strategic framework for dealing with covid later today.
The first ever Sands: International Film Festival, set to be held in Scotland’s St Andrews, has revealed its line-up.
Network Rail has urged Scots to help keep the railway running and free from obstruction ahead of Storm Dudley sweeping the country later this week.
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Emmerdale's Moira Dingle has become a favourite of the soap since she came onto the scenes in 2009.
Thousands of children were made homeless during the pandemic, according to shock new figures branded a “national disgrace.”
Lily Douglas who was laid to rest this afternoon. A celebration of the 14-year-old's life took place in an emotional service at St Matthew's Church on Tay Street, Perth, at 2. 30pm on Friday, February 11.
Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, according to a Scots health expert.
Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, said Professor Devi Sridhar who is a member of the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group.
A public health expert has warned it would “probably be very unwise” for Scotland to follow England in lifting the self-isolation requirement if they test positive for covid.
Victim Support Scotland has seen a dramatic surge in people it helps being at risk of suicide amid a large backlog of cases coming to court.
A review is set to be launched after four children were given Covid vaccine overdoses of more than twice the approved amount.
Nicola Sturgeon will make a covid statement at Holyrood today after it was claimed Scotland was now "through the worst of Omicron".
A Scots health board has been forced to apologise after administering out-of-date dozens of Covid jabs.
Emergency services raced to a busy Scots road this morning after a crash involving a car and a tanker.
Rules on face masks on flights could be with Scots holidaymakers for years to come, industry experts have warned.