NHS Tayside staff members donating blood samples for COVID-19 antibody testing

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE leader of North Lanarkshire Council’s Conservative group has criticised payments of more than £12.2 million made by the authority to departing staff in recent years.Councillor Meghan Gallacher says these figures highlight how council resources have been “stretched to the bone” by Scottish Government cuts to local authorities.The council has made 475 agreements in just the last three years, with the bill totalling

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Edinburgh have pleaded for NHS workers to stop asking for discounts as they say they cannot afford it. Shop owners claim have been asked hundreds of times for discounts on food bills and purchases by staff from NHS Scotland throughout the coronavirus lockdown.

tinue to benefit the UK after Brexit.” He added: “It is, in fact, good housekeeping, which rightly is being scrutinised by parliament and which the government aims to complete in the national interest swiftly, effectively and efficiently.“The UK Government has repeatedly made clear that the NHS will not be part of any future trade agreements and ministers stand by that commitment.“In Scotland the NHS is the responsibility of the Scottish Government, who set their own policies and

Covid-19 deaths and their location but also looks at how many excess deaths have occurred overall. Excess deaths are those recorded over and above the five-year average for that week.

as highlighted in yesterday’s Scottish Government First Minister, briefing are: ■ Owen’s Bar in Coatbridge■ The Railway Tavern in Motherwell■ Costa at the Bell Quadrant in Carfin■ END clothing store in Glasgow■ Merlin’s Bar in MotherwellDr David Cromie, NHS Lanarkshire’s consultant in public health medicine, would like to reassure the anyone who may have visited these places in recent times.He said: “NHS Lanarkshire’s public health team believe the risk to the public of Covid-19 is extremely

Motherwell’s Sitel call centre while delivering food to staff.The site, in Maxim Park, which has now become the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak, is currently under investigation for lack of social distancing.A driver, who asked not to be named, told the Daily Record he observed no compliance with Government guidance at the site when delivering food multiple times a day.He said employees were seen hovering around reception, out smoking together in large groups and failed to comply with the

NHS Tayside is currently the best performing health sector in the country for gaining the highest number of successful quit attempts made through its stop smoking service, ‘Quit Your Way’. The national target for NHS Tayside in 2019-20 is to achieve at least 486 successful 12-week quits for people living in the most deprived areas.

Covid-19 outbreak after workers feared they were being put at risk.A Labour MSP referred the call centre to Police Scotland in April after being inundated with complaints about Sitel at the height of the pandemic.Monica Lennon told police that one employee had reported to work at the call centre despite it being common knowledge that their partner was off sick with suspected coronavirus.At least six workers at Sitel’s call centre at Maxim Park in Eurocentral, near Bellshill, Lanarkshire, have

A Scots call centre worker has told how at least four people have tested positive for Covid-19 after an outbreak at a contact tracing centre.The 19-year-old was employed at the Sitel building in Maxim Park, near Motherwell, alongside as many as 200 other people before it was locked down by management.The teenager, who worked for Virgin Media on the upper floor of the building, discovered there was a cluster of cases after arriving for work on Saturday.A number of workers from the contact trace

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire have apologised after it was revealed more than 400 data breaches were recorded by the health board in less than three months.Hundreds of patients had their Covid-19 data breached in the region – a statistic Central Scotland Conservative MSP Graham Simpson called “worrying”.There were 414 data breaches between March 12 and May 25, but the health board have moved to assure the public these occurred among

covid-19 pandemic got the surprise of his life on Thursday night. Connor Pratt - one of Scotland’s top young pipers - has honoured NHS heroes and entertained care-home residents with more than 150 free performances since the lockdown began.

NHS Tayside operations caused by the impact of COVID-19.

Covid-19 crisis“difficult”.Employees told the Record they’ve been warned about their future as a union said bosses at the firm – including the US president’s sons – could be held liable for furlough cash if jobs are lost.Trump Organisation owns the 827-acre Turnberry in Ayrshire and the MacLeod lodge on the Menie Estate, Aberdeenshire.The 5-star sites employ hundreds of people.A hotel insider told the Record there had been a threat to jobs – although the Trump Organisation last night refused to

Gleneagles Hotel is offering frontline healthcare heroes some well deserved pampering with free bed and breakfast stays for the next five years. As a huge thank you to NHS Scotland staff working tirelessly through the coronavirus pandemic, bigwigs at the five-star Perthshire resort are offering them 365 free room nights each year until 2025.

antibody figures. Nicola Sturgeon’s administration said that 4,431 such tests had been completed, but the UK Statistics Authority has claimed the figure cannot be verified.

NHS workers are set to be rewarded with free holidays to Ibiza for their tireless work on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The Together for Healthcare Heroes initiative is hoping to provide 5,000 European healthcare staff  and their families with holidays across the continent - most of which will be on the Balearic party island.

disabled children were left in tears after a group of yobs covered a family room in human faeces and urine. Fabb Scotland booked one of their newly refurbished rooms for a 'family' who pretended to have an autistic child and needed a weekend break.