Jeane Freeman says politicians being unable to look beyond the next election has contributed to the strain on the health service.

The positions in the table below reflect the Public Health Scotland's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the ...

Up to 5,000 people in Scotland will take the injections as part of a multi-million pound study being led by Glasgow University.

Strikes by garbage collectors in the Scottish capital moved into their ninth day Saturday. LONDON — Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the ...

LONDON -- Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the public, a health authority warned Saturday as strikes by garbage collectors in the Scottish ...

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has shared data revealing the number of outbreaks and illnesses caused by different pathogens in 2022 and 2023. Surveillance of outbreaks in Scotland was suspended due to ...

Scotland’s obesity crisis is a risk of ‘spiralling’ as medics warn that 3.3 million adults – more than half the population - will be overweight by 2040. Researchers estimate that in the next 15 years ...

A total of 1,017 people suffered a fatal overdose in Scotland last year. That figure was a 13% fall on the previous year, and the lowest recorded total since 2017. While the reduction is significant, ...

Scotland’s sole clinic for treating transgender youths announced Thursday that it is pausing new prescriptions of puberty blockers for minors. Sandyford, a health clinic in Glasgow operated by ...

RECORD long waits for hospital appointments are set to be cut in a claimed “fiddle”, we can reveal. Thousands of cases where patients miss or cancel appointments will be axed from the stats. The move ...

LONDON — Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the public, a health authority warned Saturday, as a strike by garbage collectors in the ...