Scots hospital reaches full capacity due to rising covid cases as 'code black' alert issued

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 prevented early diagnosis of her skin cancer.And while Fiona Weir, 43, has had treatment for a malignant melanoma, she now faces years of scans and tests to ensure the cancer has not spread or returned.By the time it was discovered, it had already spread to the lymph nodes in her groin and she is only thankful it was detected before it metastasised into her organs.But her cancer is already at stage three – just one below the most serious stage.Fiona, who is studying criminal justice while

Scottish Government has confirmed that no people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

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.

Perth Prison will likely remain in lockdown until next week as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

Perth and Kinross as the area enters level zero of restrictions – but nearly 10 per cent of the adult population remain completely unvaccinated. Back on June 18 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was expected all Scottish adults would have had their first dose of the vaccine by July 18.But the latest figures show 9.1 per cent of over 18s in Perth and Kinross have still not had any dose.The largest proportion of unvaccinated adults are those aged 18 to 29.

Karen Gillan said she want's Ellen's job after she hosted her own chat show from her garage with guest stars including Lena Headley, Jack Black and her mum.

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.

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SNP Health Secretary said the government was starting to see a "positive trend" beginning to emerge in the data despite cases of covid still being high. Cases peaked at 4,234 on July 1 following a sharp rise over the previous month due to the spread of the Delta variant which originated in India.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out the next step of changes to coronavirus restrictions in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

coronavirus deaths overnight but a further 2,048 new positive cases. The latest figures were announced this afternoon as the virus continues to spread across the country.

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

coronavirus deaths overnight and a further 2,190 new positive cases. The latest figures were announced this afternoon as the virus continues to spread across the country.

coronavirus deaths overnight and a further 3,216 new positive cases. The latest figures were announced this afternoon as the virus continues to spread across the country.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A woman who battered a fellow patient with a crutch in a hospital TV room has been spared jail.Brenda Black, 48, claimed her victim had been "egging her on".Falkirk Sheriff Court heard that Black and her target, Jean Whyte, were both patients in a psychiatric ward at Forth Valley Royal Hospital when the incident occurred on October 15th (2020).Falkirk

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coronavirus across the country. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin have been at 'Black' status for a number of days which means they are at capacity.

Andrew Bowie for his "braggadocious glee" when speaking in the House of Commons about covid. Bowie slammed the SNP for criticising the Westminster Government for its tackling of the coronavirus pandemic when he said the party's Edinburgh government was seeing rising case numbers.

NHS Lanarkshir e Heather Knox described a dire situation with people visiting accident and emergency units on the rise leaving staff unable to cope. As a result of the increased pressures on services the health board may need to "pull back on some of our elective care services".A gold command meeting is expected to take place today where solutions will be identified in order to keep the situation under control as much as possible.