Patients can be delayed in hospital for a number of reasons, but the most common is the lack of a social care package.

An Audit Scotland report showed more than 720,000 bed days were lost in 2024-25 with the patients being well enough to be discharged.

We don't need a national holiday to watch Scotland play in the World Cup, besides most people will probably take the day off anyway.

A major new project on mosquitoes, their viruses, and associated disease risks in Northern Ireland will be co-led by a ...

A report from Audit Scotland says one in nine hospital beds were occupied by patients who could have been discharged.

My message to the people of this country is clear – thanks to our cost-of-living commitments, you will be better off in so ...

The UK's first safer drug consumption facility has registered 575 users in its first year. Since opening on 13 January 2025, ...

There's less than 20 minutes to go before Finance Secretary Shona Robison begins her draft Budget statement at around 14:20.

Hundreds of staff working in the Scottish public sector are dodging the SNP's crippling tax regime because they have based ...

The Budget is the Scottish government's opportunity to set out its tax and spending plans for the next financial year, which ...

The BPS has given its initial reaction to the publication today by the Scottish Government of its draft budget for 2026-27.

On the benefits side, a new £40 per week ‘baby’ rate of the Scottish child payment for children under 1 year of age will be ...