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Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets

Rob Edwards on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020

Air pollution from exhaust fumes has increased on streets in Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Falkirk and Perth, according to the latest government monitoring.

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Firms linked to tax havens profit from NHS recruitment crisis

Joe Lo on January 7, 2020January 10, 2020

Firms profiting from NHS Scotland's recruitment crisis have links to tax havens and pay their directors up to £184,000.

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‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Billy Briggs on November 26, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.

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Nearly all Scottish universities fail to record student suicides

Michael Conway on November 24, 2019November 25, 2019

All but one of Scotland’s 15 universities fail to keep a record of student suicides, prompting criticism and calls for change.

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Operating theatre at £27m Fife hospital unused since opening 10 years ago

Billy Briggs on October 11, 2019October 16, 2019

St Andrews Community Hospital has 90 staff and 40 beds, but its operating theatre has not been used since it opened in 2009.

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How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital

Ally Tibbitt on September 29, 2019October 3, 2019

Profits from a controversial new children's hospital in Edinburgh are being channelled through tax havens to offshore investors, we can reveal, prompting criticism of public sector pension fund managers and the Scottish Government.

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Scottish drug activists urged to break law to save lives

Karin Goodwin on September 4, 2019September 5, 2019

A leading drug activist has urged Scots to engage in widespread civil disobedience to reduce the number of people dying of drug overdoses.

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Health, Politics

No-deal Brexit ‘severe disruption’ warning from NHS in Scotland

Joe Lo on August 21, 2019August 26, 2019

The agency in charge of supplying products and staff to the NHS in Scotland is preparing for "severe disruption" if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.

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NHS Highland director Woerden tried to hide his £155,000 salary

Joe Lo on August 8, 2019August 13, 2019

The NHS Highland public heath director, Hugo van Woerden, has been criticised for attempting to hide his salary of more than £155,000 a year.

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Environment, Health

Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets

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Firms linked to tax havens profit from NHS recruitment crisis

Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Education, Health

Nearly all Scottish universities fail to record student suicides

Health, Society

Operating theatre at £27m Fife hospital unused since opening 10 years ago

Finance, Health

How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital

Health, Society

Scottish drug activists urged to break law to save lives

Health, Politics

No-deal Brexit ‘severe disruption’ warning from NHS in Scotland

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NHS Highland director Woerden tried to hide his £155,000 salary

Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets

Claim Scotland needs a deficit of 3% or lower to join EU is Mostly False

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”

UK tried “diplomatic blackmail” to force Mandela to buy Scottish warships