Number of Scots children in hospital with Covid hits highest level yet

Emergency services raced to the A857, around two miles from Stornoway in the Western Isles, after the alarm was raised at around 10.20pm on Wednesday, July 28. Ambulance crews attended and the male driver of the car was taken to Western Isles Hospital with serious injuries.

Scots beach. RNLI and Coastguard vessels raced to Lunan Bay, in Angus, amid reports of people struggling off the coast.

SNP 's Public Health minister Maree Todd during her visit to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh earlier today. The fund will offer cash to cover travel, food and overnight accommodation expenses for the parents and siblings of young people in hospital.

Stonehaven to watch the struggles of the motor which was bogged down in sand at around 10pm on Friday, July 23. The car was unable to move on the soft Aberdeenshire sands, attracting laughs from locals.

Covid victim has been refused disability benefits despite being left unable to work and taking 10 types of medication for the last 16 months. Shereen Smith was a wedding singer and had also been in the process of setting up her own cake-making company when she was struck down by the virus in March last year.

Nicola Sturgeon ’s flagship social justice policy is the Scottish Child Payment, which gives families from low income households £10 a week.

Public Health Scotland on Saturday shows that almost a third of those aged 18 to 29 (31.6%) have not had their first dose yet, with the figure at 19.5% for those aged 30 to 39. Just one in five (20.2%) 18 to 29-year-olds have been double-jabbed, with the figure at 30.4% for 30 to 39-year-olds, the statistics show.Health Secretary Humza Yousaf hailed the "incredible work" of everyone involved in the vaccination programme.

Covid in December 2020, as did her mum Kirsty, 42, dad Ross, 43, and brothers Calum, 16, and Finlay, 11. While the rest of the family got better, Morgan’s health deteriorated and she began getting skin rashes, joint and muscle pain, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, headaches and brain fog.

John Swinney.The country's Deputy First Minister - and Covid Recovery Minister - revealed the detail from the Scottish Government's modelling, which predicts the number of cases and deaths as a result of the virus.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today that Scotland would move to the lowest of its Covid-19 restrictions on July 19 as planned.It means up to eight people from up to four households can meet within homes, while outside up to 15 people from up to 15 households can get together

unions raised serious allegations over bullying of staff by management. The Unison union’s Forth Valley NHS branch and the Royal College of Nursing raised the issues with Forth Valley NHS board.Unison branch secretary Karren Morrison said: “Staff talked to us about feeling bullied and intimidated, being frightened to speak up, concerns about the delivery of safe patient care, high turnover of staff and other issues.

after being hit by a van on a Scots road. Police and ambulance crews were sent to the B9097 near Kinross around 1.10pm today after the woman was knocked off her bike by the vehicle.

Get the latest Scotland Now stories sent straight to your inbox with our twice-weekly newsletter.An NHS chief has said that clearing the backlog of hospital operations will take years 'will take years'.Professor Caroline Hiscox, who is the chief executive of NHS Grampian, said the current workload from the rising numbers from the coronavirus pandemic has left staff "exhausted".NHS Grampian is urging people in the region to help relieve pressure on the health service, reminding patients they

Universal Credit (UC) is on the rise. According to the latest Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) figures the number of people being given a choice about how their UC is paid rose by 175,190 in just five months.

Largs and Millport Weekly News her husband was cutting a tree recently when he was bitten above the eye by a false widow spider. Within 48 hours of the agonising bite, his eye had become swollen and he lost full control of his body.With his condition deteriorating, Margaret rushed her husband to hospital where doctors revealed he had inflammation of the brain.

TUI has cancelled a number of Scots holidays in July amid “uncertainty around travel”. The travel firm said that flights and holidays to the likes of Greece, mainland Spain and Croatia have been axed in an update to customers.

coronavirus restrictions. Instances of verbal abuses and no shows have been reported by almost all hospitality businesses across the country.

crash on a major Scots road. Police attended the incident on the A91 between Menstrie and Blairlogie around 6.20am on Wednesday July 7.

Crieff. A group of individuals, made up mainly of teenage boys, were fighting in a car park on Leadenflower Court at around 10.20pm on Friday night.

Raigmore Hospital in Inverness is currently at “code black” and all non-urgent elective surgery has been cancelled in the region. Dr Boyd Peters, Medical Director for NHS Highland, highlighted a combination of rising covid infections, more medical and surgical activity and staff having to self-isolate as problems.