Health

Poll position: Can the SNP really win again in 2026?

John Swinney's party enters its annual conference as the frontrunner for the Holyrood election, but the picture is not straightforward

UK Covid Inquiry asks Swinney about ‘urgency’ over school closures

Counsel considers preparations made as public health emergency developed

Fever Pitch: Neil Gray and the battle over Scotland's NHS

Scottish Government scraps National Care Service plan

Neil Gray misled parliament over football matches, Tory MSP claims

Anger over £900m NHS bill for agency nurses and locum doctors

Long Haulers: People suffering the debilitating effects of long Covid say they feel abandoned

New opening date for drug consumption room confirmed

Scottish GPs software provider goes bust amid winter pressures

SNP has ‘weakened the NHS’, Jackie Baillie warns after critical report

Ban bus stop adverts for junk food, says public health minister

Trans healthcare experts reject call to suspend Cass Review implementation

Neil Gray: 'No hiding' from 'appalling' drug and alcohol deaths

Neil Gray admits he was ‘in the queue’ for Oasis tickets while chairing dementia fringe

Douglas Ross: Learning Lessons

AI is not a “cure-all solution” for the NHS, expert warns

Drugs minister Christina McKelvie begins medical leave as cancer returns

Cost-of-living crisis blamed as probable suicides rise in Scotland

IT firm faces £6m fine over NHS hack

British Medical Association calls for pause on implementation of Cass Review

Scottish researchers create synthetic vessels to improve heart treatment

Edinburgh University makes breakthrough in predictive healthcare

Going Private: How political failure helped create a two-tier health service

David Duguid says he’s not seriously ill after being replaced by Douglas Ross

'They saved my life': Business Minister Richard Lochhead thanks medics after sepsis battle

Jim Fairlie: Swinney government feels like a rebirth of the party the SNP used to be