Poorest Scots 15 times more likely to die from drug misuse last year – The Scotsman

‘Decontamination’ of streets may be needed for public health safety – STV News

Midwives feel ‘gaslit on industrial scale’ by Scottish Government as they fear ‘lack of safe care’ for patients – Edinburgh Evening News

Funding for long Covid sufferers in Scotland ‘will not be enough’ – STV News

NHS Forth Valley concern over staff absences as it launches new support plan – Daily Record

Five Queen Elizabeth University Hospital wards left with single nurse amid staffing shortage – Glasgow Live

‘Really alarming’ Dundee’s hospital admissions due to falls among elderly ‘worst in Scotland’ – Daily Record

NHS Scotland: One in four nurses report patients treated in ‘inappropriate’ settings – The Scotsman