Health

Reports that the Coalition Government is to announce a review of the lucrative distinction awards system for consultants have been welcomed by former GP and Lothians SNP MSP Dr Ian McKee.

The NHS and SNP Government are suceeding in the fight against superbugs as new figures showed significant falls in deaths related to MRSA and c.difficile over the last year.

The SNP has today called on Labour to make clear if it supports allocating any Barnett consequentials resulting from health spending in England to health spending in Scotland – as the SNP is.

Tory/LibDem London government plans to spend nearly £1.7bn on NHS reorganisation SNP MSP Dr Ian McKee said it was an outrageous waste of money in these financially troubled times.

Alyn Smith MEP has hailed today's vote on the biocides regulation in the Environment Committee as a "sensible compromise" on rat poisons.

SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today hailed a vote in the European Parliament on food labelling as a major step forward in giving Scotland's consumers rights to know what they are eating.

Scotland's health service has delivered real improvements under the first three years of an SNP Government.

On the General Election campaign trail in Falkirk, SNP Depute Leader and Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon MSP said the cuts agendas of the London parties were the biggest threat to Scotland's NHS in a generation.

A digital revolution in primary health care will allow patients to access their health records, request GP appointments and order repeat prescriptions from anywhere with an internet connection.

Tens of thousands more Scots will receive alcohol brief interventions this year, helping them address their drinking before it causes lasting health damage.