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BBC News Published Dr Gregor Smith has been confirmed as Scotlands chief medical officer (CMO) on a permanent basis. The former GP stepped in as interim CMO in April when Catherine Calderwood quit after breaking lockdown rules. Dr Smith has played a prominent role during the pandemic and is a regular fixture in daily televised briefings. Meanwhile, Caroline Lamb - who is currently managing the contact tracing and vaccine programmes - has been named chief executive of NHS Scotland. And former NH...

Submitting... Ms Lamb, who is expected to take up her post in January, began her career working as a chartered accountant in London before moving to Scotland and taking up management roles in the NHS. Caroline Lamb has been appointed the new chief executive of NHS Scotland. Photo: Twitter. She was chief executive of NHS Education for Scotland before joining the Scottish Government last year as director of digital reform and service engagement in the health and social care directorates. As well ...

Amanda Croft The Scottish Government has named Professor Amanda Croft as the country’s next chief nursing officer. Qualifying as a registered nurse in 1992, Professor Croft (pictured above) went on to become the director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professions and then chief executive at NHS Grampian health board. Since 2016, Professor Croft has been a visiting professor at the Robert Gordon University school of nursing and midwifery in Aberdeen. She is expected to start in her CN...

by Derek Healey and Lesley-Anne Kelly December 23, 2020, 3:00 am Updated: January 14, 2021, 8:57 pm © Supplied by Scottish Government Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Nicola Sturgeon has won plaudits for her communication skills during the pandemic and her daily coronavirus briefings became an enduring part of many of our lives in 2020. An almost ever-present throughout the shifting sands of Covid-19, many of...

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Updated: 21/12/2020, 6:34 pm © Supplied by Scottish Government Nicola Sturgeon says there is no “immediate concern” over medicine or food supplies in the run up to Christmas after more than 40 nations banned arrivals from the UK over coronavirus fears. The first minister said there is still a chance to control the spread of a new Covid-19 variant in Scotland, despite UK health secretary Matt Hancock stating the more infectious strain is already “out of control” in the UK. Flights from ...

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Vaccine Nicola Sturgeon said there is “no risk” to supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine from the French ban on UK freight haulage. She told the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing there is no “immediate concern” over medicine supply, because stocks had been built up ahead of Brexit. Stockpiling Sainsbury’s warned earlier that France’s ban on freight hauliers from the UK could affect food supplies, but the First Minister sought to reassure Scots. She told people not to sto...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images Business leaders have called for an "extraordinary" package of support to keep businesses afloat as Scotland faces a looming lockdown. The Scottish Retail Consortium said closing shops could see retailers lose out on £135m per week in lost revenue. Tourism and hospitality leaders warned more support was needed urgently for business and their supply chains. One leading health expert, however, insisted the best way to help businesses was to "crunch...

Nicola Sturgeon to hold conference over new variant of coronavirus Nicola Sturgeon will hold a press conference following a Cabinet meeting about the new mutated strain of coronavirus. The First Minister had previously warned “preventative measures” could have to be imposed to stop the “faster spreading strain taking hold”. Scottish Government ministers met on Saturday afternoon to discuss the discovery by scientists that the new variant coronavirus was spreading more rapidly. T...