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Scotland Records 703 Probable Suicide Deaths as New Figures Expose Persistent Inequalities

Scotland recorded 703 probable suicide deaths in 2025, the lowest annual number since 2017, but newly published statistics reveal substantial inequalities between men and women, poorer and wealthier communities, and different parts of the country. The figures, released by National Records of Scotland (NRS)

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£250.9 Million Spent on Monklands Hospital Project as NHS Prepares a New Design

NHS Lanarkshire has confirmed that £250.895 million was spent on the Monklands Replacement Project between April 2016 and September 2026, even though the hospital scheme developed during that period will not proceed in its previous form. The figure, published in an updated project briefing

19 October 2026

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Scotland’s Medicine Supply Chain: What NHS Procurement Records Reveal About Overseas Dependence, Fuel Shortages and War

NHS Scotland recorded 83 hospital-medicine procurement supply failures, stock-outs and supplier withdrawals during 2025–26. Its national procurement organisation also disclosed that it

by David McDonald

11 October 2026