The Scotsman medical matters pages

Bryan Webster: Failed by a system set up to care for her every need DEAR Consultant for Patient-Centred Care, I want to draw your attention to our friend (whom we will call Patience) who recently lost her life while being cared for by the NHS. I know you exist because politicians and NHS managers talk about p

Dr David Linden: Patients must be offered better information and support IT WASN'T so long ago that cancer was considered a killer disease. It is only thanks to advances in medical science that treatment has become more successful – so much so the number of people dying from the disease is now falling.

Group aims to help patients and doctors WHEN something goes wrong when someone is in the care of the NHS, it is only right that the patient and their family want to know why it happened and what will be done to make sure it does not happen again.

John Garner: Double whammy could leave us with less skilled doctors WE ARE only six weeks away from the final phase of the implementation of the European Working Time Directive, which will enforce a reduction of the maximum hours a junior doctor can work in an average week from the current 56 hours down to 48 hour

Medics on anti-violence crusade deliver stark message to Scots pupils

Insomnia? Well, here's a few ideas for you to sleep on

Vets launch pets health drive amid disease fears as credit crunch hits vaccinations

Dick Barbor-Might: Gift of Braille still as precious after 200 years

Lyndsay Moss: Never mind 'hype', swine flu remains a very real danger to health of the world

Employers' positive action on epilepsy helps consign discrimination to history

Ian McKee: Debates don't always go as expected in our nifty new democracy

Graham McCorkindale: Better by design – how attention to detail is good for patients and hospital staff

Frightening ITP is manageable with right help

Dr John Garner: Prescribing a cure for elderly patients'pill-popping culture

Our aim is to educate doctors so they can help improve patients' lives

Keira uses her own fight to inspire others

Dean Marshall: Consultation is key to developing a Scottish GP service fit for all

Easy to treat but this illness claims millions

Lyndsay Moss: We can't bring back loved ones – and it is wrong to even try

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How tiny pump changed life of young diabetic

Big Noise makes for healthy and happy young musicians

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