AMBULANCE waiting times have collapsed under John Swinney despite the SNP quietly downgrading key target times, we can reveal. Scots now face a one-in-three chance of waiting more than half an hour ...

The Scottish Government is allocating almost £1 million to reduce pressure on A&E departments this winter. The Scottish Ambulance Service will receive £995,000 to increase staffing for a clinical hub ...

The number of paramedics in the Scottish Ambulance Service has increased by a staggering 62 per cent in the last decade. Overall paramedic workforce levels are now at a record high with the number of ...

The Scottish Ambulance Service, the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Rural Health, NHS Highland and satellite technology supplier ViaSat have embarked on a trial of satellite broadband connectivity ...

Ambulance crews are facing further woes - after selfish drivers kept parking in their hospital bays. Emergency worker Ailsa Stoker urged rogue motorists to stop parking in vital spaces outside Glasgow ...

Since January 2024 one patient in that category waited over 17 hours for an ambulance in Lothian, while another waited 18 hours in the Highlands. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

The Scottish First Minister was forced to ask for military assistance last week with the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) at breaking point and patients waiting up to 40 hours. FOI data revealed SAS’s ...

Scottish ambulance heroes have been reunited with a baby they saved after being called out to the scene after the tot's mum's waters burst while she was making her way to hospital. Paramedic Emma ...

A Scottish man died of cardiac arrest after an ambulance service employee failed to alert a remote paramedic to his condition, an inquiry has found. Graham Anderson, 59, died in his office at CalaChem ...

More than 150 incidents of violence and abuse against Scottish Ambulance staff were recorded last year, figures show. The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, which collected the data, warned ...

Gama Aviation's long-standing contract to provide aerial medical support for the Scottish Ambulance Service has been renewed until 2020. The Farnborough, UK-headquartered company has been providing ...