NHS plead for Scots Covid-19 vaccine volunteers to participate in clinical trial

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Christmas.But when pandemic travel restrictions made this year’s pilgrimage to the Midlands impossible, Jason took to social media to seek help.The 30-year-old from Dumfries was inundated with offers - including from a woman who lives just five minutes away from his dad’s resting place.Coincidentally the woman faces a similar problem as she lives in the Midlands but her mum is buried in Moffat, just 30 minutes away from Jason's home.So the pair have agreed to visit the plots of their respective

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Only people who live, work or attend school in Johnstone are being asked to take part in the mass Covid-19 testing scheme.Scotland’s first mass testing centre for people with no symptoms of the virus is set to open in Johnstone Town Hall on Wednesday.The pilot project will see up to 12,000 people tested for the virus over the following seven days.Now Renfrewshire Council has confirmed it will only be locals

coronavirus outbreak at a Scots nursing home branded “weak” for its Covid-19 response. Mavisbank Care Home in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, confirmed the deaths and said 11 staff members and seven residents remain positive for the virus following an outbreak in recent weeks.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Johnstone Town Hall has been chosen to host Scotland’s first mass Covid-19 testing centre for asymptomatic people, the Express understands.The Church Street venue will be used to test up to 12,000 people who are not currently displaying symptoms of the virus.The pilot is currently proposed to launch on Wednesday and last for one week.Those taking part will, it is understood, undergo a lateral flow test which

breakthrough drugs are given the formal green light in time.Scotland's health secretary Jeane Freeman set out the timeline and who will get vaccinated first in a statement to the Scottish Parliament.She said one million people could be vaccinated by the end of January.Freeman said it will be among the "biggest civilian logistical challenges in our lifetime".The first wave of vaccine distribution, from December to February, will go to frontline health and social care staff, older residents in

Covid has been launched in Scotland.The antiviral drug, favipiravir, has already shown promise in the early treatment of Covid-19 in China and Japan and is now to undergo trials in Glasgow.Favipiravir can be taken at home when patients are in the early stages of disease as well as by hospitalised patients.Researchers are now looking for more than 300 patients with COVID-19 to join the new research study into the effectiveness of the drug.The trial will target early treatment of the virus for

crash on the Black Isle last week. Paul Nichol was declared dead at the scene of the incident between the villages of Munlochy and Avoch last Thursday.

Zoom Boom has triggered a botched plastic surgery epidemic.The Record has discovered that legal experts have been swamped with compensation claims from victims of rogue cosmetic surgery practitioners after they tried to improve their appearance so they look better on Zoom calls.Shady surgeons have used this so-called ‘Zoom Boom’ to push out rushed or even unlawful cosmetic procedures.The news comes as the video conferencing application has become one of the most popular ways of conducting

kill Lance Corporal Sarah at a Magaluf nightclub.The decision to recommend her trial for attempted murder was announced by an investigating judge through a written ruling.Cole’s defence lawyer Miguel Angel Ordinas has insisted state prosecutors are yet to indict the mum of one.Sarah, who was born in Irvine, ended up in intensive care after losing four pints of blood and needed 14 stitches to a neck wound following the incident on April 15 last year at Banana’s Nightclub.Legal sources in Majorca

coronavirus  vaccine could be available in Scotland, she hopes people will start receiving jabs before the end of 2020 or "certainly very early next year". Her comments at the Scottish Parliament came after drugs manufacturer Pfizer revealed earlier in the week that its  Covid-19 vaccine  is more than 90% effective at preventing the virus.

coronavirus vaccine could be available in Scotland, she hopes people will start receiving jabs before the end of 2020 or "certainly very early next year". Her comments at the Scottish Parliament came after drugs manufacturer Pfizer revealed earlier in the week that its Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective at preventing the virus.

Long Covid patients.Thousands of Scots are suffering what’s been described as the “slow motion car crash” of Long Covid, with no prospect of treatment.None of the 14 health boards in Scotland are offering dedicated Long Covid clinics despite calls for Scotland to follow NHS England’s £10m pledge for specialist facilities.An investigation by BBC Scotland has revealed the plight of those suffering Long Covid.The broadcaster reports how estimates suggest as many as 6,000 people in Scotland could

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

NHS for his epilepsy have been thrown a lifeline by a generous company.Little Murray Gray, eight, from Edinburgh needs cannabis oil to prevent debilitating epileptic seizures.But the medicine costs £1,400 a month which his family have been fundraising to pay for - despite the medicine being available on the NHS for the past two years.Murray was diagnosed with Doose syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, in 2017 and had up to 12 seizures a day.After he ended up in a vegetative state in hospital,

NHS charity fund to pay for his treatment.Lisa Quarrell, 39, says son Cole Thomson’s Bedrolite medication costs the family £1200 every month.Former police officer Lisa wants to use NHS endowment funds to pay for his supply. The charity funds are given to the NHS by donations from the public.Cole, eight, suffers from a rare form of epilepsy.