A report from Audit Scotland says one in nine hospital beds were occupied by patients who could have been discharged.

Nicola Sturgeon leads a media briefing on the pressures facing the NHS and says the system remains under strain She adds that hospital occupancy is “marginally higher” than the 95% she reported last ...

Scotland’s NHS is continuing to get worse while hospitals in England are improving “substantially”, according to expert analysis that delivered a “damning verdict on the SNP’s mismanagement”. Nicola ...

Shortcomings of two decades of privatization in England must be learnt by Ontario before it’s too late, warn advocates TORONTO, November 10, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Public hospitals in Scotland were ...

Researchers at the University of York have found that Scottish hospitals have experienced slower reductions in inpatient deaths than their English counterparts. In a first-of-its-kind study, the ...

Scotland's largest hospital has apologised after a bereaved family was given the wrong body for a cremation ceremony. Morgue ...

That's all from our live coverage of the first minister's NHS media conference. Despite the briefing being staged to highlight the pressures facing the health service, it was the Gender Recognition ...

Patients can be delayed in hospital for a number of reasons, but the most common is the lack of a social care package.