Nicola Sturgeon leads a media briefing on the pressures facing the NHS and says the system remains under strain She adds that hospital occupancy is “marginally higher” than the 95% she reported last ...

A report from Audit Scotland says one in nine hospital beds were occupied by patients who could have been discharged.

Scotland’s NHS is continuing to get worse while hospitals in England are improving “substantially”, according to expert analysis that delivered a “damning verdict on the SNP’s mismanagement”. Nicola ...

NHS Scotland spent £440m last year on beds for patients who were unable to leave hospital despite being ready to be discharged, according to a new report.

Researchers at the University of York have found that Scottish hospitals have experienced slower reductions in inpatient deaths than their English counterparts. In a first-of-its-kind study, the ...

Shortcomings of two decades of privatization in England must be learnt by Ontario before it’s too late, warn advocates TORONTO, November 10, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Public hospitals in Scotland were ...

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That's all from our live coverage of the first minister's NHS media conference. Despite the briefing being staged to highlight the pressures facing the health service, it was the Gender Recognition ...