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| Date | Title and Summary |
|---|---|
| 04/03/10 | Waiting Times Success Audit Scotland and the Scottish Government have praised the work by NSS staff and the rest of NHSScotland to introduce a new waiting times system. |
| 22/02/10 | Anthrax update A further case of anthrax has been confirmed in a heroin user in Scotland, bringing the total number of cases in Scotland to 24. |
| 05/02/10 | Germany - Scotland anthrax link Tests suggest that anthrax contamination in Germany and Scotland could share a common source. |
| 29/01/10 | Investigations Continue as Further Anthrax Death Announced Laboratory results have confirmed a further case of anthrax infection, taking the number of confirmed cases in the current outbreak in Scotland to eighteen, of whom a total of nine individuals have now died. |
| 29/01/10 | New Patient Information System for NHS Scotland Nurses and doctors are set to get easier and quicker access to patients' records with the signing of a contract for a new national patient information system today. |
| 26/01/10 | Fighting resistant infections Scotland's first national report combining information on antimicrobial use and resistance highlights the need to act now to limit the spread of resistant organisms. |
| 22/01/10 | Anthrax update A further case of anthrax has been confirmed, bringing the total number confirmed cases to 15. |
| 11/01/10 | Anthrax update Two additional cases of anthrax, one of whom has died, have been confirmed in drug users. |
| 07/01/10 | One further anthrax death Anthrax has been confirmed as the cause of death of a further male in Scotland. |
| 07/01/10 | C.diff and MRSA rates at record low Rates of both C.diff and MRSA in Scottish hospitals are at their lowest since records began. |
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