11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (405+ words) Boxing legend Frank Bruno is set to appear at an event in North Edinburgh this November as part of Men’s Mental Health Month. The former world heavyweight champion will take part in an ‘In Conversation With’ event at North Edinburgh…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1234+ words) More than 35 men die before their 75th birthday every day in Scotland as the country’s men’s health crisis costs an estimated £1.73 billion a year, a major new report has warned. Almost 13,000 men died prematurely in 2024, with men 50% more likely than women…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (704+ words) Lady Joan Branson died aged 80 at a private London hospital (Faye Sadou/MediaPunch/Alamy/PA) A private hospital’s failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Sir Richard Branson’s wife, an inquest has concluded. Lady Joan Branson, 80, died…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (759+ words) A private hospital’s failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Sir Richard Branson’s wife, an inquest has concluded. Lady Joan Branson, 80, died on November 24 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the private Lister Hospital in Chelsea, west…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (965+ words) A specialist Glasgow service supporting some of the city’s most vulnerable people remains at risk of closure despite health chiefs insisting no final decision has been made. Staff at Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s Complex Needs Service were…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1179+ words) Patients of disgraced brain surgeon Sam Eljamel were left with “horrific” disabilities following his operations, a former MSP has told an inquiry. On its first day of evidential hearings, the Eljamel Inquiry was told some patients allegedly had the wrong…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (521+ words) This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Health secretaries of the past, freed from the shackles of actually running Scotland’s NHS, have delivered their warnings to John Swinney over what may prove to be one of…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (392+ words) The inquiry into disgraced brain surgeon Sam Eljamel will reach a “watershed moment” as public hearings begin on Tuesday. Mr Eljamel was a consultant neurosurgeon at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee from 1995 until his suspension in December 2013. A public inquiry is…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (641+ words) A Scottish hospital doctor who survived a brain tumour has said playing bridge aided her recovery and helped her return to medicine. Trish Gordon, 61, was medically retired and told she had just five to 10 years to live after being diagnosed…...