There are 2,300 nursing vacancies, but there is no point turning out nursing graduates if they are not given these jobs ...

Patients in Scotland are not getting “the right care in the right place at the right time”, John Swinney has said ...

John Swinney’s plan to save Scotland’s struggling NHS has no “detail” to make it a reality, doctors have warned after he ...

The First Minister delivered a keynote speech on the NHS at Heriot Watt University amid growing concern at the state of the ...

The First Minister will use a speech in Edinburgh to pledge to make patients’ experience of the health service "better than ...

JOHN Swinney was tonight accused of deploying “granny bouncers” at the door of every A&E to turn away OAPs deemed not sick ...

Just as we must hold the SNP’s feet to the fire over the state of the NHS, we should welcome signs that ministers are at ...

First Minister John Swinney had pledged his government will bring down NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP ...

THE FIRST Minister will outline his plan for NHS recovery and renewal on Monday – and will clap back against critics calling ...

The First Minister said he was determined to end the ‘vicious circle’ of high waiting times and delayed discharge.

The first minister criticised those who claim the health service is “on the point of collapse”, saying this was “simply ...

John Swinney, the First Minister, will on Monday give a major speech in which he will hail the creation of a NHS “digital front door” app as part of his new mission for “modernisation and ...