The average wait for an NHS 24 call in Scotland has risen from nine seconds to more than 22 minutes since 2014, a report has found. The review was carried out by Mike McKirdy, the former president of ...

More staff will be recruited for the NHS 24 call service and extra care home beds will be freed up to take patients from hospital in a bid to alleviate the “exceptional” pressures on Scotland’s health ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Jeff Moore/PA Wire. (Jeff Moore/PA Wire.) Scotland's NHS requires "serious changes" in its leadership if the health ...