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Newly-released figures from Transport Scotland reveal that two hundred people lost their lives to road accidents in Scotland last year.
The number of fatalities, which rose from 172 in 2013, means that no comfort can be taken from the fact that the...- Details
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The Royal College of Nursing has predicted that the NHS needs to ensure more senior nurses in Scotland, and to give them more rewarding salaries, or else risk lower quality care and an increase in cases of clinical negligence.
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American firm Boston Scientific has recently been ordered to pay £65 million in medical negligence compensation to a patient fitted with a faulty mesh implant.
This news is of particular relevance to Scotland as two of the implants designed and...- Details
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A construction company has admitted health and safety failings following a fatal accident on a building site in Glasgow.
A 31-year-old man was killed when a steel frame fell on top of him on 15 October 2009 while assisting in the construction of...- Details
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Clydebank Asbestos Group has proudly, and poignantly, unveiled a memorial to all those who have died as a result of asbestos exposure in Scotland.
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A fatal accident at the premises of an animal feed company in Scotland was deemed "entirely foreseeable" by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector.
In the accident which occurred in February 2011, a 33-year-old employee of Transpan Limited...