Public Health Scotland said 1,021 people were taken to hospital with flu last week

The health secretary reacts as data for the last week of 2024 showed two-fifths of A&E attendees waited longer than targeted times.

Medics are warning of an "extraordinary" number of confirmed influenza cases in Scotland this winter.

The Scottish Ambulance Service stepped up its resource escalation action plan due to "significant pressures" last week.

The health secretary, who supports Aberdeen, says he should have gone to a "wider range" of matches.

Neil Gray has been criticised after he used the government car service to go to four Aberdeen games.

Opposition MSPs have called on the SNP administration to "pull the plug" on the proposals.

Health Secretary Neil Gray says issues relating to end-of-life drugs are reserved to Westminster.