Author: Amanda Crawford
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A heartbroken mum is demanding under 18’s are treated as children by NHS after losing 17-year-old daughter
Lucy Grant, a 17-year-old from Johnstone, died after battling severe epilepsy and awaiting proper care. Her mother claims NHS Scotland failed Lucy by treating her as an adult, delaying necessary treatment. Following Lucy’s tragic passing, there are calls for reform to prevent similar incidents and ensure children receive timely medical attention.
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TEN times less morphine for baby heart patients
Morphine dosing scandal at Glasgow Children’s Hospital A devastated couple are demanding answers, after their son received ten times less than the correct dose of morphine during open heart surgery. Two-year-old Kai Campbell’s mum and dad have waived their right to anonymity, after learning he is one of seven children to fall victim the morphine…
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A young woman was double-jointed before her “bendiness” was realised as medical condition.
By Amanda Crawford Sitting in Jennifer Paton’s living room of her one bedroom first floor flat she looks like a normal healthy young single woman, with funky hair, piercings, tattoos. She is bubbly and what seems a confident person. She offers me a cup of tea with a big cheeky smile; projecting her voice around…
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Suicide Prevention Week: Scots are at their “wits end”
Adults waited more than two years for initial appointment in 2023, according to figures from a mental health campaign. While there were more than 13,000 adults on mental health waiting lists in Scotland, data obtained from a series of freedom of information requests to Scottish health boards shows there was only one acute bed for…
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