Crisis-hit Scottish health board announces reparations scheme to atone for historical links to slave trade - and will make formal apology to people of African descent and sign agreement to improve health in Jamaica

NHS Lothian's Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (pictured) benefited from the modern equivalent of almost £40million from slavery through ownership of a Caribbean plantation in the 18th century.

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