Scotland's papers: Clinical waste and medicine shortage warning
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The Sunday Mail reports a "hygiene scandal" as gloveless NHS staff dispose of waste at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The paper claims staff are breaching strict infection control guidelines. Last week, the deaths of the two newborns from a blood stream infection at the nearby maternity hospital were being looked into by the health board.
The Sunday Express reveals details of orphaned children buried in unmarked common graves at a cemetery in Morayshire. The Aberlour Orphanage has been the subject of what the paper calls "damning testimony" at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry in recent weeks.
Senior officers at Police Scotland have announced their retirement, reports the Sunday Post. Last week, a former undercover officer won a court action over her treatment. The force insists the two events are unconnected.
The Sunday National reports that former Westminster SNP group leader Angus Robertson is to launch a research organisation. Progress Scotland, the paper says, will be tailored to persuading those not yet fully decided on Scottish independence.
The Sunday Times' Scottish front page reports that Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has warned NHS boards that "Brexit could lead to an acute shortage of medicines". The article adds that pharmacists have struggled to source at least 80 medicines.
The Herald on Sunday claims that a leak shows Scottish Labour's membership has fallen by about 20% over the last year. The paper claims their sources have cited the handling of anti-Semitism allegations and Richard Leonard’s position on Brexit as reasons for the decreasing membership.
Scotland on Sunday asks whether Kilmarnock's football success can revitalise the Ayrshire town.
"Tory peer in £600,000 conflict of interest" is the headline in the Mail on Sunday. The paper says Conservative grandee John Selwyn Gummer's private company earned £600,000 from businesses "that stand to make millions from his advice to ministers". The former environment secretary vehemently denied any conflict of interest and said he complied with disclosure rules.
The Sun's front page claims that One Direction star Liam Payne has been secretly dating supermodel Naomi Campbell.
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