For those keeping count, this isn’t the hospital’s first serpentine or rodent incident. A snake was previously seen in the female ward — a charming precedent that somehow failed to result in ...

An NHS Highland spokesperson said: "We have had to close both wards in Belford Hospital to new admissions due to Norovirus. "Restricted visiting is also in place but please contact staff on the ...

The future of a Paisley hospital ward appears uncertain as it remains open eight weeks after it was scheduled for closure. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed yesterday that ward 36 at the ...

All the wards in a major Scottish hospital have been shut due to cases of a contagious vomiting virus. Belford Hospital in Fort William closed all its wards after a number of Norovirus cases.

Cases of sickness and diarrhoea have closed all wards at Fort William's Belford Hospital. Both ward one and the combined assessment unit have temporarily stopped accepting new admissions due to an ...

Belford Hospital in the Highlands has been hit by a virus scare, necessitating the closure of its wards to incoming patients as NHS officials tackle a norovirus outbreak. The highly infectious bug ...

Matron Lesley Rose in the renovated NICU, where a nurse sees to an infant. Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital (RMMCH) recently unveiled its newly renovated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Concerns have emerged over the future of a North Yorkshire hospital ward which provides palliative care and rehabilitation. Staff at the ...

NHS patients are more likely to die or face long hospital stays if not enough nurses are on the wards, according to new research. Experts said there was a clear link between nurse understaffing ...

Employing too few permanent nurses on hospital wards is linked to longer inpatient stays, readmissions, patient deaths, and ultimately costs more in lives and money, finds a long-term study ...