There are 2,300 nursing vacancies, but there is no point turning out nursing graduates if they are not given these jobs ...

Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a ...

First Minister John Swinney speech on Scottish economy First Minister John Swinney delivers a speech focused on the Scottish ...

John Swinney described suggestions Palestinians should be removed from their home as "unacceptable and dangerous". Trump has ...

Dr Sandesh Gulhane, the Scottish Tories’ shadow health secretary, said: “Scotland’s NHS is in permanent crisis mode on John Swinney’s watch and nothing in his speech will change that.

but John Swinney will need to be sure his granny bouncers don’t put people off from seeking treatment entirely.” In his speech at the National Robotarium in Edinburgh, Mr Swinney insisted his ...

John Swinney has been warned that promises of "jam tomorrow" won't fix Scotland's struggling NHS for patients or staff. Unions and opposition parties spoke out ahead of a major speech by the First ...

John Swinney has been forced to defend his government's record on health, after he set out of a fresh plan for the NHS this ...

In a speech at Edinburgh’s National Robotarium ... a point echoed by other opposition politicians when she said: “John Swinney talks about the pressure on Scotland's NHS like he's just ...