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Nicola Sturgeon

Inside Hoyrood - Glenrothes; centre of the political universe

Published Date: 15 September 2008 THERE was a joke – though not a very funny one – circulating in Holyrood on Friday that perhaps the Scottish Parliament should officially relocate to Glenrothes this week. Apart from...

In quotes: Scottish Labour leader

Reaction to the news that East Lothian MSP Iain Gray has been elected the new leader of the Scottish Labour Party and Johann Lamont as his deputy. WENDY ALEXANDER, FORMER SCOTTISH LABOUR LEADER "I would like to offer Iain...

Opening gambits

Two white knights have jumped onto the Holyrood stage this week. The two knights could throw some surprises into the mix Sir Angus Grossart has been brought in to chair the SNP's Scottish Futures Trust. And Sir Kenneth...

No parking fees at PFI hospital

The new hospital is being built to replace those in Falkirk and Stirling Bosses at NHS Forth Valley have said people attending the new Larbert super hospital will not pay parking fees. The £300m PFI building is currently...

Carstairs on Target to Reduce Patient Numbers More Than One-Quarter Discharged Already

Posted on: Thursday, 11 September 2008, 15:00 CDT By STEWART PATERSON MORE than one-quarter of patients have been discharged from Scotland's State Hospital at Carstairs in just over a year, as it moves towards meeting a...

MSPs back hospital deaths inquiry

Labour said a public inquiry was needed to restore confidence The Scottish Parliament has called for a public inquiry into a fatal outbreak of the bug Clostridium difficile at a West Dunbartonshire hospital. MSPs voted...

Leadership is not the only change needed

LABOUR'S new Scottish leader will be unveiled at a special gathering in Glasgow this weekend. Whoever gets the job faces a tough task – and it's not just taking on Alex Salmond every week at First Minister's Questions....

Health bosses confident of sustaining cancer treatment times

IMPRESSIVE waiting time results on cancer treatment are sustainable, the NHS has said. Following the release of statistics last month showing that the NHS Lothian health board is one of the best performing for waiting...

Sturgeon Promises 'Personal Commitment' to Hospital

Posted on: Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 15:00 CDT By HELEN PUTTICK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon yesterday gave her personal commitment to the future of a Scottish hospital as patients demanded a...

MSP's Bug Buster Call After C.Diff Tragedies

By EUAN HAMILTON LABOUR have called for independent bug busters to fight killer C.diff. MSP Jackie Baillie claimed hospitals cannot be trusted to carry out their own inspections. The demand came after a fatal outbreak...