Health

Scottish Government 'unlikely' to hit GP target, watchdog finds

Audit Scotland report highlights unfulfilled commitments

Dying for a drink: Experts call for cancer warnings on alcohol

Amid widespread ignorance over the links between alcohol and cancer, the World Health Organisation (WHO) wants bottles and cans to carry health warnings

Sugar tax outlined in George Osborne’s budget welcomed by Scottish doctors

Scotland’s £100m cancer strategy ‘sets out strong ambitions’ says Cancer Research UK

Integrated health and social care systems need accessible mobile technology - but is it moving fast enough?

NHS Education for Scotland shortlisted for UK-wide tech award

Health and social care integration still held back by ‘lack of leadership’ warns Audit Scotland

NHS Scotland workers to get third one per cent pay rise

Does SNP 'creeping privatisation' claim add up?

Ruth Davidson pledges Scottish Tories will protect NHS spending

Electronic early warning system introduced by NHS Fife cuts cardiac arrests by up to two-thirds

E-cigarette 18 age limit to be introduced

If the SNP cares about inequality it should tackle air pollution

SNP promises 'fairer approach to social security' with plans to use new Scotland Bill powers

Physical activity: two-thirds of Scottish adults meet WHO guidelines

Sugar tax unlikely, says UK Government after delaying childhood obesity strategy

SNP passes Scottish budget – reactions

NHS 24 'dysfunctional', Scotland's top health official Paul Gray tells Scottish Parliament committee

Up to 40,000 UK deaths can be attributed to air pollution each year, says the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Event report: SWAN 2016

Angiolina Foster appointed interim chief executive of NHS 24

Home truths for health and social care integration as April deadline approaches

Scottish national clinical strategy for health services revealed by Shona Robison

Doctors could leave NHS under UK Government immigration proposals, BMA warns

NHS Scotland inspections at risk of ‘conflict of interest’ at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, warns OECD

Scottish junior doctors welcome Shona Robison pledge after contract forced by Jeremy Hunt in England