By STEWART PATERSON CAR parking charges at NHS hospitals in Scotland are to be abolished, the Health Secretary announced yesterday. After a review of charging policies, and an interim cap of GBP3 per day, Nicola Sturgeon revealed charges at the 14 hospitals which charge will be scrapped.

By Kate Foster SCOTLAND'S maternity hospitals are turning away hundreds of pregnant women in need of emergency treatment because of serious staff shortages, a damning new report by Government auditors has found.

A HOSPITAL canteen had to be closed down yesterday after staff found rats in the kitchen. Bosses called in environmental heath experts in to fumigate the area, which is expected to reopen today.

By STEWART PATERSON THREE elderly patients were put up overnight in a hotel after they were told there were no beds available in a hospital.

AWARD at Glasgow's largest hospital has been closed to new admissions during an outbreak of scabies. The skin condition, caused by small insects that burrow under the skin, is often associated with overcrowded, unhygienic conditions.