Lanarkshire hospitals at 'breaking point' as waiting time targets missed

hospital after being seriously injured in a crash this morning. Emergency services raced to the scene on the A7 in Midlothian, close to Middleton and near the junction with the B7007, around 11.15am on Monday.

Hospitals Inquiry his son almost died twice in 24 hours from an infection picked up in a ward. The infection took hold after the child, then seven, had a cancerous kidney removed in a 10-hour operation at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children.

Edinburgh this afternoon. Emergency services raced to George Street around 3pm after a pedestrian was hit by a bus.The crash happened as police and bomb disposal units dealt with a separate incident nearby.Emergency services cordoned off the scene near St Andrews Square.

hospital after being hit by a bus in a Scottish town centre. The collision happened in Uddingston’s Main Street, Lanarkshire, shortly before 4.30pm on Sunday.

Prince Andrew is to leave his Balmoral hideaway after it was reporter that he intends to visit his heavily pregnant daughter Beatrice, who has been admitted to hospital. The 33-year-old Princess, is believed to be with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi after being taken to hospital on Friday.

Nicola Sturgeon announced earlier this week that she was calling in the Army to help deal with the ambulance crisis as pressure mounts on the service.

iOS - Android The sad statistic of 67 suspected deaths in Police Scotland’s Lanarkshire division area is the second highest of any in the country, exceeded only by the Greater Glasgow division.The newly released figures by the Scottish Government compiled from police management information has revealed that the number of people who died from suspected drugs deaths in Lanarkshire for the latest quarter – April to June 2021 – was recorded as 29.

iOS - Android Professional singer Jane, who is set to star in upcoming comedy show Divas at the East Kilbride Arts Centre later this month, gave up her home for a week in the summer, for the BBC to film the series which stars Sharon Young of Outlander fame, Iain Connell (Burnistoun) and Scot Squad's Louise McCarthy.And Jane was delighted with the end product after watching the comedy on television.She told Lanarkshire Live: "The Scotts on BBC Scotland.

sexually assaulted near a Scots mental health hospital. Police are investigating the report of the early hours alleged attack on the 19-year-old woman on Crookston Road, near Leverndale Hospital, in the south side of Glasgow yesterday.

iOS - Android Fearless.org is the youth programme of independent charity Crimestoppers.Nine out of 10 of those caught with offensive weapons in Scotland are on average under 30 years old and male.Lyndsay McDade, National Youth Projects Coordinator for the charity Crimestoppers Scotland, said: “In our experience, young people want to do the right thing and speak up, but they’re often worried about being labelled a grass or physical reprisals.“We’re urging young people to continue to tell our

iOS - Android The college was shortlisted alongside companies such as Capital City Partnership, Springfield Properties and Together Energy Limited.The judges commended its enhanced approach to equality, diversity and inclusion across all stages of the employee journey.The college’s commitment to diversity and inclusion has been recognised through various engagements and awards recently including Disability Confident Employer, Carer Positive Engaged award and the LGBT Youth Scotland Silver

tumour is paralysed in hospital after suffering a condition that could have killed her. Arlene Patterson was rushed by ambulance to Dumfries Infirmary just a day after receiving further devastating news about little Nyia.

iOS - Android HIT Scotland’s annual lunch was designed to raise funds for the trust and allow students the opportunity to hone their skills in one of Scotland’s top hotels.The event, which was held earlier this month, was hosted by journalist and radio presenter, Tam Cowan.At the lunch, students made and served the guests a chocolate dome with orange curd and chocolate mousse dessert.There was also a Glasgow traffic cone made from chocolate.The famous cone that resides on the head of the statue

iOS - Android The Society, with an animal rescue centre in Hamilton, hopes to raise funds for Scotland’s animals by asking the public to share how their pets have helped them through lockdown and the important role they play in their lives. Stories will then be displayed on the Society’s ‘hall of fame’ webpage, and be entered into a draw to win prizes including six-months-worth of pet food.

Glasgow was finally taken to hospital she spent a further three hours in the back of the ambulance waiting to get in the door. The 23-hour delay in getting to hospital came despite medics advising Sheila over the phone to call 999 for an ambulance as she needed urgent treatment.Sheila’s husband George, 69, told of the family’s anger at the way mum-of-two Sheila was treated.

iOS - Android In a bid to prevent people being hospitalised with flu and relieve pressure on the NHS, more people than ever – over four million – are being offered the free vaccine this year.Among the groups being offered are those aged 50 and over; children aged two to five years who are not yet at school; children over six months of age who are deemed ‘at risk’ with medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, heart and lung diseases, or autoimmune

iOS - Android Glasgow came sixth with 3400 while Edinburgh ninth on the list, dropping down to 800 complaints - but West Dunbartonshire received no neighbour noise complaints in the last year at all.Steven Williams, head of Churchill home insurance, said: “The pandemic has seen us confined to our homes which means we’ve probably all become very aware of noises around us.“As we go into more of a ‘new normal’, many of us will carry on working from home, at least part of the time, so noisy

iOS - Android The Tories’ Central Scotland list MSP Meghan Gallacher said: “The amount of Community Payback Orders cut by the SNP in Lanarkshire is absolutely staggering.“They’ve let criminals off the hook by writing off these sentences.

iOS - Android Ms Humphries states in the report: “To ensure an adequate supply of sites for the new build programme, potential council owned sites continue to be evaluated for their suitability for inclusion within the programme.“The cost of constructing or purchasing these homes will be contained within the overall budget for the new build programme within the Housing Revenue Account.“There is a grant from the Scottish Government towards the cost of the new homes which is currently £59,000 per

iOS - Android In neighbouring South Lanarkshire, 6155 families had 21,275 payments totalling £1.05m.So far, across Scotland 108,000 children have benefitted from the payment which provides eligible families with £10 per week.