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Patient with 'heavy vaginal bleeding' left in A&E corridor

Laura and Stacey McCabe with Mason - they are backing the appeal for more egg and sperm donors.

IVF couple back campaign for more egg and sperm donors

Deciding to talk about someone’s hearing health can feel awkward, but if you follow this expert guidance, then in turn you can offer support. Picture – supplied

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Jeremy Balfour says the situation is ‘deeply concerning’.

MSP's concern on failure to inspect hopsitals

The public are being urged to check their eligibility for vaccination.

Public urged to take up offers of vaccinations

Pressure is being stepped up on the Scottish Government to guarantee funding for the promised new eye hospital.

Pressure increases on Scottish Government over new eye hospital

Shops in Edinburgh have been found selling vapes to under 18s, an FOI has found.

10 shops caught selling vapes to children in just one month

Cucina LC cafe in Edinburgh's Haymaket Terrace was found to have a deep fat fryer which went beyond what had been granted planning permission.

Cafe ordered to remove deep fat fryer after 'odour nuisance' complaints

Take a look through our photo gallery to see the 8 hospitals in Edinburgh and the Lothians which have not been inspected in the past five years.

8 local hospitals that have not been inspected in past five years

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Edinburgh sees increase in rat 'infestations'

Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion on Chalmers Street was declared unfit for purpose in 2014. Picture: Greg Macvean

Eye Pavilion conditions 'putting eye health at risk'

Vault City launches its latest creation, a thick and creamy golden oat-based breakfast style beer. The Edinburgh brewery’s Overnight Oats beer has a whopping ABV of 8.4%.

Breakfast beer launched by local brewery

Chalmers Sexual health clinic in Edinburgh

Fears over 'worrying' sexual health test kit figures

In Edinburgh, for which the data goes up to October 22, 1,386 people were registered dead due to the coronavirus. Photo of the Covid wall in London, by PA.

Figures reveal local Covid deaths

Humza Yousaf says he is confident the new payments system will encourage dentists to stay in the NHS. Picture: PA.

'New payment system will help keep dentists in NHS'

Lothian Labour MSP Sarah Boyack and campaigners from Keep Edinburgh Eye Pavilion had a meeting with Health Secretary Michael Matheson.

Eye hospital campaigners 'more concerned' after meeting Health Secretary
No indication of when promised replacement for Edinburgh’s Eye Pavilion will go ahead

There were 24,427 deaths registered between December 2022 and March 2023 Image: Jeff Moore/Press Association.

Scotland’s winter death toll highest for more than 30 years, figures show

Take a look though our photo gallery to see the best GP surgeries in Edinburgh, according to the results of the survey.

The top rated GP practices in Edinburgh

A growing number of Edinburgh pupils are vaping in the toilets at school, making other children too scared to go to the loo. Picture: Getty Images.

Vaping in schools makes kids scared to go to loo

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Fears over delayed flu vaccine clinics in schools

Leith Mount surgery on Lindsay Road

GP surgery deals with 'emergency only' due to staff shortage

The Waterfront Private Hospital specialises in cosmetic and plastic surgery

Abandoned supermarket transformed into cosmetic surgery hospital

Maggie’s Edinburgh Centre fundraising manager Samantha Lea with NFT artist Trevor Jones.

Cancer charity receives 'absolutely mind-blowing' £114,000 donation

Poor ventilation in homes is causing worrying health implications for Edinburgh residents. Photo: Getty.

Residents suffering illnesses due to poor home quality

Former Edinburgh councillor Alison Dickie has joined with ex-Labour councillor Bill Cook and whistleblower Christine Scott to petition MSPs. Picture: Alistair Linford.

MSPs urged to act on child abuse

Scottish rugby legend Kenny Logan (on bike) and Ally McCoist (right) prepare to set off from Murrayfield with a team of celebrities on a 700 mile endurance challenge from Edinburgh to Paris to raise money for the charity set up by the late Doddie Weir.

Celebrities set off on 700-mile endurance challenge
Kenny Logan and Ally McCoist among those taking part, cycling and walking from Edinburgh to Paris

Sheena Skinner portrait Pic: JJ Keith Photography

Spa Spy: Detox Health Beauty event comes to Edinburgh's One Spa

Thinking about a post-graduate course in a profession that can really make a difference to people’s lives? Picture – supplied.

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The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow

The cuts to be considered could include the closure of care homes. Picture: Donald MacLeod

‘Dread and fear’ over further care cuts

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

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

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
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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