Month: November 2019

The Press Awards are open to any work published in print, website, online, mobile, video, audio or any other news delivery format in any UK national newspaper or any news website or platform covering UK national news during 2019. Details of how to enter can be found on our website from Monday, where we will be revealing the new categories for this year.  Save the date!  The awards will be held on Thursday 2 April 2020, again at the five star Royal Lancaster hotel in London. The awards are organised on behalf of the industry by the Society of Editors.  L

Anne Harkness, Director, South Sector, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said:  “We’re absolutely committed to making changes to our services to ensure patients are seen as quickly as possible. This temporary MIU facility is just one of the ways we’re helping reduce pressure on our Emergency Department. Winter is the busiest time of the year for our services, and it’s really important we have the facilities in place to help manage the flow of patients with minor injuries. As part of this initiative, all of the appropriate planning has taken place to ensure minimal disruption to ongoing services at the hospital throughout the installation and operation of the MIU.” 
 

In the Scottish Parliament, Mr Sarwar said that he had seen figures which suggest there were 50 cases of infections at the Royal Children’s Hospital – part of the £842m QEUH campus – between 2015 and 2018, and a further 15 unconfirmed cases so far this year. The mother of 10-year-old Milly Main has previously said she was “100%” certain contaminated water caused her daughter’s fatal infection after treatment for leukaemia in August 2017. NHSGGC insisted it was impossible to determine the source of Milly’s infection, and those of other children, because there was no requirement to test the water supply at the time.

SNP’s election candidate distances himself from hopeless council BILL HEANEY’S NOTEBOOK COLUMN It is little wonder that the Scottish National Party candidate for West Dunbartonshire