Professor Jillian Evans: Health and social care staff are ‘on their knees’
Professor Jillian Evans of NHS Grampian has said staff in the healthcare sector are struggling with the workload resulting from new variants of Covid-19.
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Aberdeen schools unite to highlight pandemic mental health
Four independent schools in Aberdeen have joined forces for a series of online seminars looking at mental health.
‘Substandard’: Long Covid sufferer on lack of specialist clinics in Scotland
People with long Covid in Scotland are being "robbed" of the opportunity to better understand their condition, says an Aberdeen man suffering the effects of the virus almost a year on.
KPMG’s UK chairman steps down after telling staff to ‘stop moaning’
The chairman of KPMG in the UK has resigned after reportedly telling staff they should “stop moaning” about worries over cuts to their benefits during Covid-19, and talked about meeting clients for coffee during the pandemic.
‘We have reached a watershed’: MSPs on the impact of Covid-19 on women
Gender equality has "never been more exposed" than during the coronavirus pandemic, say MSPs.
UK prepared for the wrong pandemic, Jeremy Hunt acknowledges
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted the UK prepared for the wrong pandemic during his tenure by believing the next biggest threat would come from flu.
Coronavirus: Taxpayers saving almost £500,000 on MSPs’ expenses
Taxpayers have been saving hundreds of thousands of pounds on MSPs' expenses for travel, hotels and accommodation during the pandemic.
Covid-19 support ‘repeatedly skewed towards men’
MPs have warned the UK Government it risks "turning the clock back" unless it starts assessing the impact of the pandemic on women.
Vaccine rollout: Sturgeon ‘really sorry’ after pensioner collapses
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted there is no wider issue with Scotland's vaccination programme, as she apologised for a botched appointment booking that saw an elderly woman collapse with suspected hypothermia.
International quarantine: The death knell for Scots’ summer holidays?
International travellers arriving in Scotland will be forced to pay up to £1,750 a head to quarantine inside a hotel room for 10 days as part of tough new measures that go even further than those introduced by UK ministers.
Nicola Sturgeon: Vaccine uptake ‘way beyond anything we could have dared hope for’
Scotland is on course to hit the one million vaccine milestone this week with uptake surpassing expectations, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says.
Nicola Sturgeon: Long Covid an issue of ‘significant concern’
Nicola Sturgeon has not ruled out the creation of specialist long Covid clinics but said there is "not sufficient understanding" of the condition.
Jason Leitch: ‘Some time yet’ before fans are back in stadia
National clinical director Jason Leitch concedes he is not able to give a date when sports fans will be allowed back into stadiums.
Stephen Flynn: ‘No matter where you look in the city there are people losing jobs’
The UK Government must deliver investment in the energy sector of a level that allows Aberdeen and the north-east to "ride the storm currently enveloping it", says the SNP's new shadow business secretary.
Regional breakdown: One further death and 33 new coronavirus cases recorded in the north-east
There have been 33 new coronavirus cases across the north-east in the past 24 hours, the latest figures have revealed.
Covid: Dental students need ‘safety net’
Scotland's dental students face an extended final year of study, with fears many could be unfairly financially burdened without a support package.
Regional Breakdown: 45 Covid cases registered across the north-east as national total increases by 758
The total number of new Covid cases in the north-east has risen by 45 for the second consecutive day.
Hampers for Heroes: Doctor’s plea inspires thousands of donations to NHS staff
A social enterprise is delivering thousands of pounds’ worth of treats to help lift the spirits of healthcare workers in the West Midlands, inspired by one doctor’s emotional appeal for support.
Fergus Ewing: Support for rural tourism of utmost importance
There is barely a person, family or business across Scotland that has not felt the acute impacts of living through the pandemic.
‘Holyrood village’: Expert says most voters unfazed by SNP infighting
Divisions between warring factions in the SNP may be fascinating to the “Holyrood village” but they are not to most voters, says an expert.
Budget: Kate Forbes told not to ‘waste’ cash on independence referendum preparations
Kate Forbes has been warned not to "waste" taxpayers' money on another independence referendum.
Shielding may have offered ‘relatively modest’ additional protection from Covid
Shielding advice for the most vulnerable Scots may have offered only "relatively modest" additional protection from coronavirus and less stringent measures may have delivered similar results, according to a new report.
Sturgeon demands details of Kenny MacAskill’s 340-mile lockdown round trip
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has asked party whips to investigate travel and living arrangements made by one of her MPs.
Plans for ‘largest ever art exhibition’ in front windows unveiled
Museums want to create the UK’s “largest ever art exhibition” – taking place in people’s front windows.
EXCLUSIVE: How Westminster U-turn derailed Scotland’s PPE plans
Plans to spend millions of pounds replenishing Scotland’s stockpiles of life-saving PPE were shelved after a last-minute intervention by Westminster.
Linda Bauld: UK didn’t learn lessons of Asia’s response to coronavirus
Linda Bauld, professor of public health at Edinburgh University, says the government should have followed in Asia's footsteps in border control, testing and contact tracing.
Covid: ‘Precarious’ position means no lockdown changes
The Scottish Government has continued to defend the speed of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out.
Another ‘Disease X’ could be around the corner, expert suggests
Another pandemic-causing Disease X could potentially be around the corner and it is a matter of when, not if, a leading scientist has suggested.
SNP defends Kenny MacAskill’s lockdown relocation – 170 miles from constituency
The SNP has defended MP Kenny MacAskill's two 500km round trips to visit his constituency from his second home in Banffshire.
Covid: ‘Distress’ behind rise in injuries related to alcohol and self-harm
The lead clinician for the north of Scotland trauma network said he suspects a rise in injuries related to alcohol and self-harm is down to "the levels of distress" some people are experiencing.