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Scottish NHS

Type: Organization

Name: Scottish NHS (NHSScotland)

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Scottish NHS

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

NHS boss says tragic death of daughter qualifies him to run health service

THE controversial boss of a Scottish NHS board has said the tragic death of his daughter helped qualify him to run health services.Brian Houston – the new chairman of troubled NHS Lothian – has faced criticism over his lack of experience in the health ... [Published Deadline News - May 24 2013]

Entities: NHS, Houston (Texas, United States), Jackie Baillie, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

A study of general practitioners' perspectives on electronic medical records systems in NHSScotland

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2013, 13:58 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-13-58Abstract (provisional)Primary care doctors in NHSScotland have been using electronic medical records within their practices routinely for many years. The Scottish Health ... [Published BMC - May 21 2013]

Entities: Scottish NHS, Electronic Medical Record, PDF, Medical Informatics

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

A study of general practitioners'perspectives on electronic medical records systems in NHSScotland

Primary care doctors in NHSScotland have been using electronic medical records within their practices routinely for many years. The Scottish Health Executive eHealth strategy (2008-2011) has recentlybrought radical changes to the primary care computing ... [Published 7thSpace - May 21 2013]

Entities: Scottish NHS, Electronic Medical Record, Medical Informatics, e-health

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Scottish NHS alert line gets calls from elswhere in UK

More than a third of calls to a confidential phone line which allows health workers in Scotland to raise concerns about NHS practices have come from other parts of the UK. The National Confidential Alert Line has received 53 calls since its launch last ... [Published The Scotsman - May 20 2013]

Entities: Scottish NHS, NHS, United Kingdom, Scotland

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

John McArdle: GPs unaware they can flag up patients at risk

Sick and disabled people are being subjected to enormous and avoidable suffering as a consequence of the UK  Government’s draconian welfare reforms. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has reportedly written to Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron informing ... [Published The Scotsman - May 14 2013]

Entities: John McArdle, Patient, Decision Makers

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Scottish NHS

Mobile technology – the key to service transformation in NHSScotland

Mobile technology will be key to delivering the aims of the Scottish e-Health strategy and the service transformation agenda of NHSScotland. Colin Reid, chief executive of TotalMobile, explains why.Both the new Scottish eHealth strategy and a range of ... [Published OnMedicanet - May 14 2013]

Entities: Scottish NHS, Patient, e-health

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Gordon Brown

Independence: Gordon Brown: Ditch Tories not union

FORMER Prime Minister Gordon Brown today set out the "most modern" case for union, as he launched Labour’s stand-alone independence campaign. The former Chancellor urged activists in Glasgow to ditch the Tories and not the union when Scots go to the polls ... [Published The Scotsman - May 13 2013]

Entities: Gordon Brown, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Scottish NHS, Johann Lamont

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Cancer victim has to spend £3,000 a month on drugs to survive

A WOMAN fighting cancer is having to pay Â£3,000 a month to stay alive because the NHS refuses to pay for a vital drug. Mrs Rankin has been told that the tumour-shrinking drug cetuximab could prolong her life June Rankin, who is suffering from bowel cancer, ... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 13 2013]

Entities: cetuximab, Drugs, Cancer, NHS, Colorectal Cancer

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Opinion Article: Mobile Technology - The Key to Service Transformation in NHSScotland

Both the new Scottish eHealth strategy and a range of service transformation projects and initiatives in Scotland are being driven by the need for health boards to do more with less. More people are now living with long-term conditions than ever before ... [Published EHealthNews.eu - May 06 2013]

Entities: Scottish NHS, e-health, Patient, Smartphone, Health Care

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

500 days to indyref: No camp pose 500 questions, Sturgeon offers better future

Voters will go to the polls to decide Scotland's future in 500 days' time.The group campaigning to keep Scotland in the UK, Better Together, marked the 500 days milestone to September 18 next year by publishing 500 questions on independence.The campaigners ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 05 2013]

Entities: Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, United Kingdom, Scottish NHS, Referendum

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

NHS National Services Scotland

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing today announced the appointment of a new Member to Board - Mr Douglas Yates.NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) works at the heart of the health service, providing national strategic support services and ... [Published Noodls - May 01 2013]

Entities: NHS, Douglas Yates, Scotland, Appointment

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Scottish NHS boss to take up new job in U.S.

The chief executive of NHS Scotland has resigned to take up a job in the US.Derek Feeley, who is also director general for health and social care in the Scottish Government, will join the Massachusetts-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement as its ... [Published Glasgow Evening Times - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Scottish NHS, United States, Scottish Government

Quotes

Health secretary Alex Neil said: "It is vitally important that NHS workers feel that they can raise any concerns."

Scottish NHS alert line gets calls from elswhere in UK [Published The Scotsman - May 20 2013]

...last June the British Medical Association voted unanimously to demand that the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) be scrapped with immediate effect "to be replaced by a rigorous and safe system that does not cause avoidable harm to some of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society."

John McArdle: GPs unaware they can flag up patients at risk [Published The Scotsman - May 14 2013]

Ms Lamont added: "My Scotland stands for equality and solidarity - those qualities have no borders."

Independence: Gordon Brown: Ditch Tories not union [Published The Scotsman - May 13 2013]

"Now I feel like I have been given a second chance. But having to pay for my own treatment is a disgrace."

Cancer victim has to spend £3,000 a month on drugs to survive [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 13 2013]

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NHS boss says tragic death of daughter qualifie... [Published Deadline News - May 24 2013]
A study of general practitioners' perspectives ... [Published BMC - May 21 2013]
A study of general practitioners'perspectives o... [Published 7thSpace - May 21 2013]
Scottish NHS alert line gets calls from elswher... [Published The Scotsman - May 20 2013]
John McArdle: GPs unaware they can flag up pati... [Published The Scotsman - May 14 2013]
Mobile technology – the key to service transfor... [Published OnMedicanet - May 14 2013]
Independence: Gordon Brown: Ditch Tories not union [Published The Scotsman - May 13 2013]
Cancer victim has to spend £3,000 a month on dr... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 13 2013]
Mapping Scotland$s watercourses to manage flood... [Published Directions Magazine - May 10 2013]
NHS board appointments [Published Zecco - May 06 2013]
Opinion Article: Mobile Technology - The Key to... [Published EHealthNews.eu - May 06 2013]
500 days to indyref: No camp pose 500 questions... [Published Herald Scotland - May 05 2013]
NHS National Services Scotland [Published Noodls - May 01 2013]
Rotherham MBC invests in Advanced’s software to... [Published PR inside - Apr 22 2013]
Scottish NHS boss to take up new job in U.S. [Published Glasgow Evening Times - Apr 18 2013]
Scottish NHS chief executive resigns [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Apr 17 2013]
TotalMobile Ltd to support mobile working acros... [Published IT-Analysis.com - Apr 17 2013]
Advanced Business Solutions launches Spend Anal... [Published PR inside - Apr 17 2013]
NHS chiefs banned from gagging employees [Published Deadline News - Apr 16 2013]
This latest cure for the NHS really could kill ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 01 2013]
Payments to board members ‘perverse’ [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - Feb 21 2013]
NHS boards ordered to review waiting time figures [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - Feb 21 2013]
Man sues NHS for 200,000 over delays that led t... [Published Herald Scotland - Feb 14 2013]
Scottish Tories: It’s Time To Man Up [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 26 2013]
A Moth-eaten rag on a Worm-eaten Pole? or Somet... [Published Mail Online - Peter Hitchens - Dec 05 2012]
Health Secretary must explain lack of urgency o... [Published Scottish Liberal Democrats - Nov 29 2012]
NHS tsar's visiting hours call [Published Herald Scotland - Nov 26 2012]
Secret NHS reports revealed [Published Herald Scotland - Nov 26 2012]
West Lothian news: NHS Lothian to draft in staff [Published West Lothian Courier - Nov 08 2012]
West Lothian news: 250 staff recruited to tackl... [Published West Lothian Courier - Nov 08 2012]

Blogs

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Scottish Tories: It’s Time To Man Up [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 26 2013] Ruth Davidson became leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party in large part because she was the candidate favoured by the party establishment. Where Murdo Fraser suggested – rather too boldly as it turned out – the party should fold its ...
A Moth-eaten rag on a Worm-eaten Pole? or Somet... [Published Mail Online - Peter Hitchens - Dec 05 2012] As a child I used to love collecting things, mostly coins, but also sets. Along with pennies from almost every year since 1860, some polished to smoothness, others still clearly legible (‘Victoria, Deo Gratia, Reg. Omn. Brit., Ind. Imp. Fid. Def.’ , I ...