'Unresponsive' Scots pensioner with dementia left waiting 19 hours for ambulance despite signs of stroke

SNP Health Secretary said people should think twice before calling 999 for a paramedic due to the current pressures on the NHS. While he pledged any additional cash that could be found would be spent trying to ease the pressure on the health service, the Health Secretary conceded it "will be a challenging autumn and winter".In light of that, he said people should consider whether it is "absolutely critical" for them to call for an ambulance.

catching coronavirus on a cruise ship where several other passengers have fallen ill. Marilyn and David Thomson, from Saltcoats, boarded the MSC Virtuosa on September 1 for a relaxing week-long break around the British Isles.

Ashley Cain was pictured being sick as he arrived in Perth and Kinross on a gruelling 1040 mile cycle is memory of his late daughter Azaylia Diamond. The social media star lost baby Azaylia in April after she passed away from leukaemia.

paramedics are calling for immediate action to end the growing ambulance crisis. The move comes after we highlighted last week how the average waiting time for an ambulance had soared to six hours – with many patients experiencing waits almost four times that long.

visually impaired in Spain – and ended up marrying his sight guide. Alan Irons, 79, from Glasgow, had always been an avid traveller but began losing his sight in 2013.

Glasgow was finally taken to hospital she spent a further three hours in the back of the ambulance waiting to get in the door. The 23-hour delay in getting to hospital came despite medics advising Sheila over the phone to call 999 for an ambulance as she needed urgent treatment.Sheila’s husband George, 69, told of the family’s anger at the way mum-of-two Sheila was treated.

missing Scots pensioner with Alzheimers. Walter Anderson, 84, was reported missing from his home yesterday.

sex. Scott Forrest, 53, forced the helpless pensioner into his home in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire before carrying out the degrading attack.

after a shock report revealed more than 500,000 people were waiting to be seen. Official statistics released this week showed that as of June 30, a total of 396,771 Scots were waiting to see a specialist for outpatient treatment.

medical attention'. Ambulance, coastguard and mountain rescue teams were called to The Cobbler on Tuesday afternoon.

Scottish Government has been urged to get to grips with the huge backlog in operations as fears grow that rising covid case numbers could make the situation even worse.

cocaine in it on a Scots road. James Wightman's Ford Transit was pulled over on the M74 northbound near Moffat in July following a probe by organised crime cops.

driving when she was nearly four times over the limit was waiting to appear in court when she was caught again - nearly six times above the limit. Amanda Keiller, 58, was banned from driving for three years and fined £600 when she admitted both charges at Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday.

Scots pensioner who suffers from dementia. They are "increasing concerned" about the welfare of 73-year-old Mary McFarlane who has been reported missing from the Menzieshill area of Dundee.

NHS crisis. And exactly a week later 67-year-old Helena Walker was kept waiting eight hours for an ambulance before spending another eight hours on a trolley in a hospital corridor after a stroke.

Grangemouth. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to reports of a car hitting a tree on Union Road, shortly after 8.30pm on Friday August 20.

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falling from scaffolding in Aberdeenshire. George Forbes, 77, passed away after falling at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Peterhead at around 3pm on Wednesday, August 18.Emergency services scrambled to the scene but the pensioner could not be saved.

sex attacks on a brother and sister for nearly a decade has been caged. Alan Williams, 74, was described as "despicable" and "disgusting" by a sheriff before he was jailed for four years and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for the rest of his life.