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DateTitle and Summary
04/03/10Waiting 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.
22/02/10Anthrax 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.
05/02/10Germany - Scotland anthrax link
Tests suggest that anthrax contamination in Germany and Scotland could share a common source.
29/01/10Investigations 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.
29/01/10New 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.
26/01/10Fighting 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.
22/01/10Anthrax update
A further case of anthrax has been confirmed, bringing the total number confirmed cases to 15.
11/01/10Anthrax update
Two additional cases of anthrax, one of whom has died, have been confirmed in drug users.
07/01/10One further anthrax death
Anthrax has been confirmed as the cause of death of a further male in Scotland.
07/01/10C.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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