🔴 Thousands of patients 'deliberately hidden' from Scottish A&E stats

Nov 8, 2022

Good morning Voornaam,

And welcome to your Tuesday news update from The Scotsman, delivering all the biggest and best Scottish news stories of the day right to your inbox.

Five Big Stories

- Thousands of patients 'deliberately hidden' from A&E stats

- Work set to start on new 'Gasholder Park' waterfront attraction

- COP27: Has payback time for climate destruction finally come?

- Households start to receive £324 cost-of-living payments into bank accounts

- Wanted: New owners for campsite on Scottish holiday island

Thanks for reading, and be sure to catch plenty more stories and features below.

Best wishes and have a great day,

Joshua King


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