The First Minister said he was determined to end the ‘vicious circle’ of high waiting times and delayed discharge.

First Minister John Swinney had pledged his government will bring down NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP ...

The Treasury has ordered departments to find efficiency savings of 5% but it is feared that the rising cost of borrowing ...

Their losses have surged at more than twice the rate of inflation since 2022, increasing by 24 per cent, while staff costs ...

Just as we must hold the SNP’s feet to the fire over the state of the NHS, we should welcome signs that ministers are at ...

Patients in Scotland are not getting “the right care in the right place at the right time”, John Swinney has said ...

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YOUR report of John Swinney announcing a “substantial increase” to NHS Scotland capacity is extremely welcome (The National, Jan 27).

In Western Australia, the world's largest island grid is taking a huge bet, and carrying out a major experiment, on the role ...

We all love the hustle and bustle of big towns across Ayrshire, including Ayr and Kilmarnock, but there are plenty of underrated villages in ...

Tributes have poured in for a "beloved" 102-year-old veteran from Ammanford who passed away on Sunday, January 26. Neville Bowen, the town's oldest surviving war hero, served as a Royal Navy Gunner ...