SNP accused of deception and betrayal over Monklands hospital

The SNP government has scrapped a £2.1 billion plan to replace the crumbling Monklands Hospital, sparking accusations of 'utter betrayal' from former health secretary Alex Neil, who called it a hammer blow to one of Scotland's poorest communities.

Man confined to one room for five years after fall

Jonathan Hammocks, 53, was paralysed after falling down stairs in 2021. He spent nearly five years in care facilities, confined to a single room, before securing funding for live-in carers and moving home.

Mum with stage four cancer fears son will be left alone

Candice Powell, 29, has stage four cervical cancer after NHS doctors missed a tumour on a scan. She now needs £50,000 for private treatment in Germany to prolong her life and avoid leaving her 17-year-old son an orphan.

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