Scots hospital operations backlog caused by Covid 'will take years to clear' warns NHS chief

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.

Motherwell but as the family prepared to leave, her oldest daughter Savannah, 10, became extremely ill.As Natasha was strapping 10-month-old Oakley into her car seat, Savannah opened the packet of chlorine tablets and began to gasp for air as her throat closed up.Her terrified mum was screaming for help and begging someone to phone an ambulance as Savannah's lips turned blue and she clutched at her neck.

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.

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.

Spain, and who have not been double-vaccinated, will have to self-isolate at home for 10 days upon their return home.In a boost for holidaymakers, Croatia and Bulgaria will go green, meaning arrivals in Scotland will not have to isolate for 10 days on return regardless of their vaccine status.Hong Kong and Taiwan will also be added to the green list, while the British Virgin Islands will go amber.Cuba, Indonesia, Myanmar and Sierra Leone will be added to the red list, meaning 10 days of

Glasgow teacher who claims’ women will die’ over delays in vital hospital treatment. Rachel Lees has been left waiting more than seven months for a cancer screening that should have been arranged within eight weeks.

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.

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Covid is at its highest level yet, according to new figures. That’s prompted accusations that Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has taken his eye “off the ball” over how the health crisis is affecting young people.

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.

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.

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.

Perth and Kinross has more than tripled over the past two weeks. It comes as the World Health Organisation data shows Tayside has become the COVID capital of Europe with the current highest rates of infection.

Paramedics were forced to scale the mountain to reach the casualty after the helicopter landed nearby. A coastguard helicopter also raced to the mountain from Prestwick and rushed the man to hospital.