Health

Craig and Debbie Stephens from Portobello have appeared on many television shows in the past and often go by their stage names 'Z' and 'Saffire'.

Couple to appear on Channel 5 TV series

Edinburgh mum Debbie Young (right) pictured with her daughter Raechel Waterston.

Heartbroken mum tells of how daughter's organs saved lives

Critical care consultant Dr Alastair Morgan and specialist nurse Lisa MacKinnon are part of the NHS Lothian organ donation team.

Behind the scenes of organ donation in Scotland

Jeremy Balfour MSP, alongside his local optometrist and Daniel Meikle from RNIB.

MSP backing National Eye Health Week

A stock photo of a safer drug consumption room at the Scottish Drug Death Crisis Conference in 2020. Photo by John Devlin.

Safer drugs consumption room trial looks set to go ahead

NHS approves new treatment for migraines (Image: Adobe)

NHS approves new treatment for migraines

Health Secretary Michael Matheson has hinted there could be news on Edinburgh's new eye hospital at budget time in December. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Eye hospital: no decision until December

Blind footballer Samantha Gough described how she feared falling under a speeding train after being left on a station platform without assistance.

Blind woman feared she would fall in front of speeding train

Chancellor George Osborne liked to talk about fixing the roof while the sun is shining. Picture: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images.

RAAC crisis adds to spiral of despair about Sunak’s Britain

Invitations to attend or book appointments are being issued now.

Winter vaccination programme now under way

Community weeding in Balerno after residents persuaded Ediburgh council to stop using chemical weedkillers there.

Council to ban controversial weedkiller from parks and green spaces

First Minister Humza Yousaf refused to say that Edinburgh's new eye hospital would be built by the completion date of late 2027.

Eye hospital fears raised at First Minister's Questions

Preston Lodge High School in Prestonpans has closed 23 of its 71 classrooms because of RAAC. Picture: Google Streetview

Here are the buildings hit by RAAC crisis

Lothian Labour MSP Sarah Boyack says the delays to Edinburgh's new eye hospital are 'incredibly concerning' for patients.

Government told to end eye hospital delays

The fire at Dunbar Landfill Site broke out on Monday and could continue to burn for 'many days'. Residents have been advised to keep windows and doors closed and stay inside when the smoke is bad.

Residents near landfill fire told: 'Keep windows shut'

The Low Emission Zone will have strict emission standards. Low-income families whose cars do not meet the new requirements can now apply for up to £3,000 in grants to help them dispose of their vehicle. Picture Michael Gillen.

Cash help to dump cars ahead of LEZ
Motorists within 20km radius can get thousands in grants to scrap non-compliant cars

An artist's impression of the new eye hospital due to be built at Little France. Campaigners say the project is 'on hold' after NHS Lothian confirmed it is part of a Scottish Government review of funding and sequencing.

New eye hospital now ‘on hold’ say campaigners

What are Covid symptoms in 2023?

The brothers with their mother Lola during happier times growing up in Spain.

Brothers' dark comedy Fringe show about mum's suicide

Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary was built under a PFI deal and opened in 2003. Now an investigation lists it among 11 projects where taxpayers face big bills to take them back into public control when the contracts end. Picture: David Cheskin.

Big bill for taxpayers as PFI contracts end

The cost of UK private health insurance has gone up due to a variety of different reasons

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After a short trial House of Hearing has decided to make its free service a permanent fixture. Picture – supplied.

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There are fears the new eye hospital, to be built close to the Royal Infirmary at Little France, will be delayed beyond the current projected opening date of 2027 because of uncertainty over government funding.

Fears new eye hospital is 'under threat again'

Discarded paraphernalia used by drug users
Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Drug deaths hit record high sparking calls for safe rooms

Patients in south city facing 'extreme' waits for GP

GP crisis 'chaos' after funding pulled for new medical practice

Busy outpatient centre could close over concrete

Old friends Rod Cantlay and Judith Ralston meet up in South Queensferry. He is cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats to raise money in memory of his mother who taught Judith music at Edinburgh's St Augustine's High School.

Weather presenter backs cycle ride in memory of her music teacher
Judith Ralston went to Edinburgh’s St Augustine’s High School and went on to become a professional opera singer

Accident and emergency at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary - nearly 1,200 patients have died since 2018 after waiting more than four hours in Lothian A&E departments. Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Nearly 1,200 die after waiting over 4 hours in A&E

The new blood test could help identify Alzheimer's disease earlier.

Research firm working on "transformative" new Alzheimer's test

Lothians MSP Miles Briggs has called for an inquiry

4500 patients removed from NHS waiting lists

The Balmoral has announced the reopening of its gym facilities after undergoing an extensive refurbishment.

First look at The Balmoral's new gym with swimming pool

Investigations are being carried out at the Western General Hospital following detection of Legionella bacteria in the water supply. Picture Ian Rutherford.

Legionella bacteria detected at city hospital

Teenager Arran from Penicuik with one of his sunflowers.

Teenager's sunflowers brightens up life for hospital patients

Suicide survivor turned record breaking cyclist Josh Quigley found redemption on a bike cycling round the world.

BBC show about top local cyclist's battle back from depression

Sleep paralysis: We speak to sufferers of the terrifying phenomenon

Photo by Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Record number young people turned away mental health service

Official guidance on wearing face coverings in hospitals, dentists and GP surgeries was withdrawn in May after being in place since June 2020. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Doctors call for return of masks in healthcare settings

NHS Lothian has spent nearly £7 million outsourcing radiology services over the past five years. Picture: Burger / Phanie / Rex Features

NHS Lothian’s £7m bill for outsourcing radiology

Edinburgh's new Sick Kids Hospital at Little France - over 300 children's operations in Lothian have been cancelled since 2019. Picture: Scott Louden.

Over 300 children's operations cancelled in Lothian

Kittens and young cats are said to be most at risk from 'Cat Covid'.

Fears over spread of 'Cat Covid' to UK

Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Children and Young People patient Rosa Carter with the Edinburgh Zoo meerkats. (Photo: Chris Watt Photography)

Zoo meerkats to move in at children's hospital

We spoke to people from Edinburgh and the surrounding area about how the NHS changed their lives

'Thank you isn't enough': Edinburgh people tell of how the NHS saved their lives

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives to give evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry in London. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Sturgeon raises key question at UK Covid inquiry

Edinburgh singer songwriter Bow Anderson releases her new single 'Midnight' on Friday.

City pop star prepares to release first new song in over a year

The late Tim Cornwell, former arts correspondent at The Scotsman, who passed away last year.

Fringe mental heath award to be sponsored in memory of journalist Tim Cornwell

Raquel Garzon Calderon, 43, who lives near the Braid Hills to the south of Edinburgh, pictured at the Applecross peninsula.

MS sufferer takes on 800-mile charity cycle

A dentist could save your life by spotting signs of cancer or treating a potentially lethal infection (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

SNP ministers ponder existence of unicorns as NHS crisis deepens

A picket line outside the Royal London Hospital amid a strike by junior doctors (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

I'm living proof why we need to pay NHS staff a decent wage – Susan Morrison

Nurses dress in uniforms from each decade that the NHS has been in existence (Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

As NHS's 75th birthday approaches, SNP should hang their heads in shame

The campaigners staged a protest outside Edinburgh City Chambers, calling for safe consumption facilities.

Council accused of 'conscious inaction' on drug deaths

Want to make a difference? All you need to know about training to be a nurse or midwife

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Children with hearing problems need tailored support, which could include British Sign Language lessons (Picture: Chris Young/PA)

NHS Lothian must learn lessons after failing too many deaf children

Theo Burrell, 36, who joined BBC's Antique's Road Show team in 2020, has been diagnosed with a grade four brain tumour. Stock photo by Greg MacVean.

BBC star reveals terminal cancer diagnosis aged just 36

We joined Street Assist while they helped people on nights out in Edinburgh's Cowgate (Photo: Wullie Marr Photography)

The people saving lives on nights out in the city

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is facing overcrowding and staffing issues, it has been claimed. Picture: Google Maps

Hospital patients forced to sleep on floor