Health

DRUGS deaths have more than doubled in the Capital over the last ten years, newly published official statistics show.

EDINBURGH is being urged to help beat “holiday hunger” by following the example of other councils and making free school meals available all year round.

Product recalls are happening all the time, and it can be tricky keeping up to date with the latest item that could be putting you at risk.

A new report from the Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) warns about how people are being exposed to toxic chemicals found in home furnishings.

LEAFLETS had been delivered to homes across the city and there were adverts on the backs of buses, all proclaiming the opening date for the new children’s hospital. Health bosses in charge of the transfer of services from the current Sick Kids to the new hospital at Little France had made conveying the message about where patients should go and when their top priority.

A TRADE union has raised concerns about sub-standard ventilation at Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary after similar problems caused the opening of the new children’s hospital next door to be halted at the last minute.

LEAFLETS had been delivered to homes across the city and there were adverts on the backs of buses, all proclaiming the opening date for the new children’s hospital. Health bosses in charge of the transfer of services from the current Sick Kids to the new hospital at Little France had made conveying the message about where patients should go and when their top priority.

A caring granddad has returned from a gruelling 185-mile cycle ride across the Outer Hebrides for charity.

The supply of all medicines cannot be guaranteed in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Scotland's Constitutional Relations Secretary has said.

THE basement of Edinburgh’s troubled new children’s hospital flooded at least twice due to drainage problems last year, it has been claimed.

EVERYONE in the country, Scotland itself and the entire UK, is aware that the NHS is under pressure, and under-financed with staff shortages – some of which are critical and can cause serious delays, with even mix-ups over appointment times.

FEARS have been raised over fire safety at Edinburgh’s new children’s hospital as an official probe continues into whether all parts of the building are up to standard.

AN MSP says the investigation into the last-minute halt on the opening of Edinburgh’s new children’s hospital must consider whether there was a culture which stopped people working on the project voicing concerns as the building progressed.

Plastic-backed fridges are dangerous and should be removed from shops, according to the UK’s leading consumer group.

The Scottish Health Secretary has said she overruled NHS Lothian over plans to open a new children's hospital next week.

When I chaired the Scottish Older People’s Assembly, I was shocked to learn that for many their greatest concern wasn’t money or loneliness but a fear of falling and not being able to get up again.

Six years after the horse meat scandal, a freedom of information request (FOI) has revealed how British meat is still being mislabelled.

A new drug for patients with advanced breast cancer has been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland.