Scots Covid nurse has car stolen from hospital car park during 12-hour ICU shift

daughter.Lorraine Fyfe, 38, lost ten inches off her waist after committing to slimming in November 2019 when she feared she might become diabetic.Mum-of-one Lorraine piled on the pounds when she started working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow, and grateful families would leave boxes of chocolates for staff.In 2005, when she began her training, Lorraine was a size six, and recalled how a senior nurse laughed at her and said 'You'll be a 14 soon' when scrubs were handed out.She gained

Scottish Government of “spitting” on her profession by paying dental hygienists, optometrists and doctors five times more for giving vaccinations.Jane McCallum has criticised a deal struck by ministers in November which allows NHS boards to give contractors £230 per three-and-a-half-hour shift – the equivalent of £66 per hour – at inoculation centres.General practice nurses, meanwhile, are receiving as little as £13 an hour to do exactly the same job while often having to train the rookie

Covid-19 outbreak was identified.A total of 21 patients and staff linked to the Letham Ward at Cameron Hospital in Windygates, Fife, have caught the virus in recent days.NHS Fife confirmed that new admissions have been suspended whilst strict cleaning protocols remain in place.Additional measures have also been introduced to help stop the virus spreading while some staff have been asked to self-isolate.The affected ward offers rehabilitation for people who have suffered a stroke.A statement from

Cowdenbeath partially blocked this morning.The collision took place between three cars at the entrance to Gray Park.It is believed that there are no serious injuries, but the Scottish Ambulance Service is on the scene.Drivers are reportedly attempting to direct traffic flow coming in to Cowdenbeath from Kelty.A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We were called around 8.40am on Thursday, 11 February, to a report of a three car crash at Gray Park, Cowdenbeath."The road is partially blocked."Local

NHS workers free accommodation during the cold snap.Owners of the Beveridge Park Hotel, in Fife, are welcoming doctors and nurses who can’t travel during the arctic weather.Last night over a dozen members of staff from the Victoria Hospital, in Kirkcaldy, took up the generous offer.A similar number are expected to take up the offer tonight.An employee at the hotel said the manager was doing his “good deed” for the hard working NHS workers.He explained that most of the medics had travelled from

Crosshouse Hospital by her knife-wielding ex-husband.Emma Robertson Coupland lost her life after being ‘knifed’ by deranged Steven Robertson as she left work in Kilmarnock on Thursday night.The 39-year-old’s daughter, Nicole Anderson, 24, was also killed just 20 minutes later after the 40-year-old blade fiend attacked her near her work on Portland Street.The maniac then sped away from the scene before crashing into a tree 12 miles away where he was pronounced dead at the scene.John Burns, chief

Jeane Freeman refused to say what that could mean in terms of restrictions being lifted – simply reiterating the Government would be focused on getting pupils back into school.Asked when it might be possible for people to go to pubs or non-essential shops could reopen, Freeman said: “I can’t give you that.”She told BBC Scotland’s Sunday Show: “Education has to be a priority, our children and young people have suffered a great deal in terms of their education and that is about their future.“Then

Kurdish community to ignore Covid-19 conspiracy theories that are spreading “out of control”.Shakha Sattar has launched a campaign to get more people from his community to “get the jab, save a life” while combating myths about the vaccines.Shakha said the Kurdish community - Christian and Muslim - had been blighted by myths - debunked at numerous times by various sources - that the vaccine contained animal products that make it non-permissible religiously.

hospital.The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) this week probed the actions of Michael McCabe while working at Dundee's Ninewells hospital.McCabe has admitted to a string of failings including not giving injections to patients, not checking prescriptions when giving drugs and giving one patient an extra 30 minutes on a dialysis machine.Tinzaparin, used for deep vein thrombosis, was given by McCabe to a patient when it had already been administered.A report was prepared by the NMC after the

colleagues for staging a lockdown-breaching bash that ended with one of them being arrested.One officer has been charged over an alleged assault during the gathering on Saturday night.And several colleagues are under investigation for breaching lockdown rules on indoor gatherings at a £300,000 semi-detached home in Rutherglen, near Glasgow.A female officer has appeared in court accused of attacking a male colleague at the four-bedroom home.All the police officers present are now being probe by

raided a Scots car but was scared off when he went into a house. The thief went into the unsecured car on Makbrar Road in Dumfries at around 6.20am this morning and made off with the vehicle's satellite navigation system.

coronavirus in a week.But there was no respite for the staff at the home, all they could do was try to support each other through the crisis as they battled with the guilt of possibly transmitting it and the fear of taking it home to their own families.The worker, who we have agreed not to name, told us about the horror of working in care homes while corona caused death all around her.She said: “I was very emotional.

Police have now launched a probe after a Fiat Punto was left with shattered windows, broken wing mirrors and blood stains on the seats during a rampage in the Drumry area of Clydebank.Resident Jamie Wright told how he and his family were alerted by a neighbour to the disturbance on February 2, around 1am.He came out onto the street to find his car windows completely destroyed with glass covering the pavement and the inside of the car.He told the Daily Record: “A neighbour heard the commotion

vaccinator ' melted hearts after giving his nana a 'dry run' before her Covid-19 jab. Three-year-old Roddy Ayrton Hinsley prepped his nana, Yvonne Hinsley, before her first vaccination on Monday.

direct to your inbox A nurse in a coronavirus ward at a hospital in Scotland said patients had told her they did not believe the virus was real.

coronavirus ward has said patients told her they did not believe the virus was real.Senior charge nurse Rosario Walshe leads the team at Ward A31 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, near Falkirk, and said there has been a “huge spike” in cases recently.The 32-bed Covid-19 ward has every bed taken up as hospital referrals have doubled since the first wave.Rosario believes a combination of family gatherings at Christmas, people ignoring guidelines and the rapidly-spreading variant is behind

Katie Hopkins after the notorious media personality backed 'Instagram influencers' holidaying in Dubai. Scots lotto winner Jane has been in the United Arab Emirates since November last year.

coronavirus. A total of 30 pensioners at West Park Care Home in Leslie, near Glenrothes, have tested positive for the virus after a major outbreak was identified.

60th wedding anniversary. Agnes Dey was treated by mercy crew members Joe Fallon and Grant Mortimer at her Bishopbriggs home on January 11 after she fell ill with Covid-19.

covid ' has been too ill for school since October. Anna Hendy became infected with the virus in April along with mum Helen Goss, 37, and her partner in Westhill, Aberdeenshire.