NHS Scotland

Spending Cuts will make NHS better says Health Secretary

Sturgeon: cuts will make NHS better January 24, 2010 by Jennifer Trueland · 2 Comments  In the first of a series of interviews with people who have an impact on health and health services in Scotland, Jennifer Trueland talks booze, tears and quality of care with health secretary Nicola Sturgeon. Cuts will make health boards [...]

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Action call over diagnosis errors

Hundreds of thousands of people could be misdiagnosed by doctors in Scotland every year, a BBC Scotland investigation has revealed. Medics could be getting it wrong in as many as 15% of patient consultations in hospital and primary care. But cases of misdiagnosis, which do not all result in harm to the patient, are not [...]

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Action call over diagnosis errors

Hundreds of thousands of people could be misdiagnosed by doctors in Scotland every year, a BBC Scotland investigation has revealed. Medics could be getting it wrong in as many as 15% of patient consultations in hospital and primary care. But cases of misdiagnosis, which do not all result in harm to the patient, are not [...]

Making Safe Care Even Safer in Scotland

Source: Scottish Government Published Tuesday, 15 September, 2009 – 11:21 Glasgow Royal Infirmary pilot is ‘making safe care, even safer” said Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Health Secretary. A pilot project – part of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme – is reducing central line infections, lengths of stay and cases of pneumonia among critically ill patients at [...]

Scottish Patient Safety Programme

The Scottish Patient Safety Programme will be implemented in every acute hospital in the country. The initial goals are to drive improvements in:

Patient Safety in Scotland

Source: Scottish Government Posted on: 9th September 2009 A national improvement programme to drive up health standards in the NHS will be showcased to Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon during Patient Safety Month which gets underway today.

It’s healthcare, Jim, but not as we know it – The Scotsman

THINK of the future of medical technology and the image of hand-held scanners from the world of Star Trek might come to mind – machines able to diagnose anything in a few moments. Can technology actually go in caring for patients?A new project in the United States is looking to develop so-called “smart patient rooms”, [...]

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