NHS Tayside takes over ANOTHER Dundee GP practice after problems recruiting doctors
Another GP practice in Dundee will be taken over by NHS Tayside following problems recruiting doctors.
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Dundee teen cystic fibrosis sufferer calls for life-saving drug to be on NHS
A teenage cystic fibrosis sufferer is calling for a potentially life-saving drug to be made available on the NHS.
Lack of beds at Ninewells leads to ‘early’ discharge from intensive care unit
A shortage of beds at Ninewells Hospital is leaving the intensive care unit (ICU) unable to meet demand from its sickest patients, an NHS report has warned.
Dundonians asked for ideas to make kids healthier and leaner
Members of the public are invited to help develop a Tayside child healthy weight strategy.
Tayside mental health inquiry on hold after death
The independent inquiry into Mental Health Services in Tayside has been paused due to a bereavement
Dundee healthcare assistant caught with 12 hours of child abuse videos
A former NHS worker is facing jail after he was caught with a stash of child abuse images.
‘Four heart attacks, four new hips and cancer – the NHS has saved my life’
After four heart attacks and three bouts of cancer, Dundee pensioner Jim Kenneth has no doubt he is only alive today because of the NHS.
‘Angry and upset’ Ninewells nurses threaten to strike over shift patterns
Medical staff at Ninewells Hospital say they would be prepared to take industrial action over shift patterns they claim will put patients’ lives at risk.
Former NHS Tayside health chief Lesley McLay pocketed £90k pay-off – source
The former chief executive of NHS Tayside was given a £90,000 pay-off, it has been reported.
£300k pay-off for ex NHS Tayside chief ‘categorically untrue’
NHS Tayside has dismissed claims it handed a six-figure pay-off to its former chief executive as “categorically untrue”.
Former chief on £125k salary leaves NHS Tayside
The former boss at NHS Tayside has left the health board three months after being stripped of the leadership.
NHS Tayside dietician tasked with helping overweight kids given top award
An NHS Tayside dietetic manager has been presented with an award by the British Dietetic Association to recognise her contribution to the profession.
Ninewells nurse ‘never had a single sign of being ill’ before cancer diagnosis
Nearly half of all lung cancer cases in Tayside are diagnosed at the last possible stage, reducing survival rates by 75%.
NHS ‘should keep out of Carseview inquiry’
The families of Carseview patients who took their own lives have reiterated their calls for an inquiry independent of the NHS, saying it would encourage more folk to come forward.
NHS Tayside to send text alerts so patients turn up for appointments
NHS Tayside is introducing a new patient text reminder system to help cut down on missed appointments.
‘Bed blocking’ in Dundee hospitals halved in a year
Cases of “bed blocking” in hospitals across Dundee have been halved in the last 12 months.
NHS Tayside apologises to mentally-ill patient left without treatment for four months
NHS Tayside has apologised to a mentally-ill patient who was left without treatment for four months.
NHS Tayside in talks with Boots over community pharmacy
NHS Tayside is in discussion with Boots UK about the company’s proposal to open a new community pharmacy.
Patient dies after Ninewells staff miss deadly abscess
A watchdog has ordered NHS Tayside to apologise to the bereaved wife of a man who died after staff missed a deadly abscess in his hip.
Call for design of rooms at Dundee care centre over fears for patients
Staff at a Dundee care facility have expressed fears the design of some of its rooms may be putting its elderly patients at risk.