Vivienne Aitken
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Scots junior doctors say they could make more money as coffee shop baristas
The BMA has warned there will be a mass exodus of junior doctors from the NHS with many experiencing financial difficulties in the past year. → Read More
Thousands of Scots nurses 'with Long Covid left destitute and begging for handouts'
Nurses who quit their careers due to illness they got caring for others are pleading for Long Covid to be treated as an industrial injury so they don't have to beg for handouts. → Read More
Scots woman left in agony for over a year stages lie-in at hospital to demand op
Andrena McCarroll spent 15 hours on a hospital trolley overnight on Tuesday in agony with crippling back pain before she was found a bed. → Read More
Man with facial deformity who nicknamed nose John Merrick can "rejoin human race" after op
After leaving the Navy Ian became a photographer but he let his business run down because “I started to feel like a freak”. → Read More
Scotland's teachers reject latest pay offer and vow to continue with programme of strike action
The lastest six per cent pay offer has been dismissed as only a "marginal improvement" at a special meeting of the EIS Salaries Committee today. → Read More
Scots man in agony during 'hellish' six-year wait for testicle surgery gets apology from Humza Yousaf
Martin Brown's condition is so bad he can barely walk or spend time with his grandchildren - a situation branded "disgraceful" by a Labour MSP. → Read More
Scots cancer patient says her life has been 'ruined' after treatment delayed by Covid
Fiona Weir, 44, was concerned about the changing shape and colour of a mole but she was unable to see a doctor face to face during lockdown. → Read More
NHS Scotland needs 1000 new beds to clear up bed-blocking crisis
More than 1900 patients are currently trapped in hospital who are well enough to leave, according to the latest figures. → Read More
Scots nurse says exhausted staff 'go home in tears' as patients not getting care they deserve
One nurse, who asked not to be named, told first-hand of the crisis in our hospitals and the impact on patients with too few nurses to go round. → Read More
Little Scots girl with leukaemia turned away by doctors TEN times as frantic mum begged for help
Theano Zahorszki's mum threatened to take the tot abroad for tests before doctors finally listened to her pleas and carried out blood tests to determine what was wrong → Read More
Little Scots girl with leukaemia turned away by doctors TEN times as frantic mum begged for help
Theano Zahorszki's mum threatened to take the tot abroad for tests before doctors finally listened to her pleas and carried out blood tests to determine what was wrong → Read More
Scots footballer desperate to battle back to health after devastating illnesses threaten career
Will Graham is battling back after collapsing with an aneurysm on the pitch and then having a devastating seizure. → Read More
Struggling Scots nurse 'taking on extra shifts just to afford petrol for work'
Community mental health specialist Jennifer Fox, 32, takes on additional work to help pay bills and provide for her children. → Read More
Grieving parents beg Scottish Government for changes in post mortem rules
Ann and Gerard Stark lost their son Richard to a suspected seizure and want the dead to be granted more dignity, calling for an end to invasive post mortem operations which they say 'mutilate' the body → Read More
Scots patient spent 15 hours in ambulance outside hospital in freezing temperatures
The patient lay on a trolley in the back of the ambulance outside Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, amid lengthy waits at the accident and emergency department. → Read More
Wife of Scots Alzheimer's patient in desperate plea as Brexit set to delay drug
The drug, Lecanemab, was hailed as a new wonder pill which can slow down Alzheimer’s - but it could take several years for approval in the UK, now we're out of the EU. → Read More
Scots medics probed after elderly patient died in agony following allergic reaction to treatment
Eddie McCluskey, 88, died at Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock after being given seven doses of a drug containing penicillin – to which he was allergic. → Read More
Scots nurse 'sacked' after 28 years working for NHS amid fears she will never recover from long Covid
Brenda Eadie caught Covid from work at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. → Read More
Humza Yousaf calls out racist hate mail sent to social media accounts every week
MSP tells how he sought counselling to cope but admits it still has impact when it threatens his family → Read More
Family of Scots football hero Gordon McQueen back SFA crackdown on heading balls
The Manchester United powerhouse is now bedridden and unable to communicate after being diagnosed with vascular dementia last year. → Read More