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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Andrew Picken |Lisa Summers
NHS staff given apology for 'toxic' workplace cultureAndrew Picken and Lisa SummersGetty ImagesA report found concerns for safety in the maternity unit at Edinburgh Royal InfirmaryNHS Lothian has apologised to maternity care staff after an investigation found a toxic workplace culture across its women's services. The health board commissioned an independent review after a whistleblowing report revealed staff shortages and workplace relationships had compromised patient safety.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Lisa Summers
Lisa Bancroft was a 27-year-old single parent when she had preventative surgery to remove both her breasts. She is among thousands of people who have been tested for the faulty BRCA gene over the past 30 years. The rare gene – discovered in 1994 - was found to increase the chances of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie notably had a double mastectomy when she discovered she had the gene.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Lisa Summers
A public inquiry is being held into patient safety issues at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus [BBC]The Director of Communications at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has told a public inquiry there was never any “deliberate concealment” or “misrepresentation” of infection outbreaks at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Paul Ward |Lisa Summers
Six council areas in Scotland have no dentists accepting new NHS patients [Getty Images]Six Scottish council areas are “dental deserts” with no practices able to take on new adult NHS patients within three months, BBC News research has found. Just one in every four dental practices in Scotland said they could offer NHS appointments to new patients within that timeframe.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Andrew Picken |Lisa Summers
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Andrew Picken |Lisa Summers
The long-running public inquiry into safety and wellbeing issues at two Scottish hospitals is due to restart later. The next 14 weeks will focus on water contamination and ventilation issues at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. Why is the inquiry being held and what is it covering?
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Lisa Summers
Lisa Summers - Health CorrespondentAugust 14, 2024 at 2:52 PM·4 min readChronic pain is a fact of life for many thousands of people in Scotland but a health board is trying to tackle the long-term use of highly-addictive drugs as a treatment. NHS Fife has one of the highest prescribing rates in Scotland for medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines but it is now taking steps to offer a wider range of treatments to help people with persistent pain become less reliant on medication.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Lisa Summers
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Lisa Summers
Lisa Summers - BBC Scotland Health CorrespondentAugust 1, 2024 at 1:55 PM·2 min readThe public inquiry into patient safety at Scotland's biggest hospital has rejected a health board's request to have a new report they commissioned included as evidence. The Hospitals Inquiry was set up after patient deaths at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow - including of 10-year-old Milly Main.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Lisa Summers
Edina Slayter-Engelsman lived in Scotland for more than 30 years, but last month the Dutch national returned to the country of her birth to end what she describes as the “unbearable suffering” she had experienced living with severe ME. The 57-year-old went back to The Netherlands - where euthanasia and assisted suicide are legal for citizens under strict controls - to end her life in what she described as an "off-ramp" from her suffering.
