The health secretary reacts as data for the last week of 2024 showed two-fifths of A&E attendees waited longer than targeted ...

First Minister says SNP has found ‘a solution’, but critics call for reform rather than more money being poured into the ...

Around 10 of the Scottish population is currently on an NHS waiting list, as a new report says a 20 boost is needed to clear the backlog ...

Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over ...

The NHS is urging people to take this simple health test at home amidst rising concerns about heart attacks and strokes.

Nurse claims she faced harassment and discrimination after complaining about having to share a changing room with a ...

Flu cases are skyrocketing, causing huge problems for hospitals, NHS England bosses are warning. Last week the number of ...

Scotland's NHS is facing a 'spiral of decline' without radical change, a public policy expert has warned. Writing in The Herald today Peter McMahon, a commentator and writer specialising in politics ...

The UK's first unit that allows addicts to inject their own drugs in a supervised environment is set to open - the controversial idea hopes to tackle Glasgow's devastating drugs epidemic.

The number of cancer cases in Scotland are expected to rise by a fifth by 2040 but there are ways to catch the deadly disease ...

Scottish First Minister John Swinney warned of the impact if Holyrood fails to approve the Scottish Government’s budget for ...

The pressures in accident-and-emergency units are as bad as during the Covid pandemic, NHS bosses say. With flu cases ...