A National Conversation to inform a New Dementia Strategy for Scotland
Share Your Views About Dementia
Mobility & Ease For Your Neck & Shoulders
Workshops run by Feldenkrais® Practitioner in Orkney Mhairi McInnes are available on 16th and 17th of December in Stromness Library. See the poster for details.
Andy Swain ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’
Premiering on Saturday 26th of November at 4pm is the next in Martin Laird’s series of films, ‘Orcadian Stories’, for Scotland’s Year of Stories: Andy Swain ‘Shoulder To Shoulder’
Managing Our Mental Wellbeing Through Winter
“There are things that we can do to manage our mental health this winter. ” Dr Joan Harvey
Scots Need to Eat More Fibre
The overall picture of diet in Scotland remains very poor. That’s the results of The Scottish Health Survey 2021 (SHeS) with fibre intake among the worst of the survey results.
Getting It Right: A National Care Service for Scotland
The Bill allows Scottish Ministers to transfer social care responsibility from local authorities to a new, national service.
Councillors Hear About Epilepsy Scotland’s Work In Orkney
The councillors learned more about the work of the national epilepsy charity and how it can help the estimated 230 Orcadians who are living with epilepsy.
Half of Scots Eating Out-Of-Date Food : #Costoflivingcrisis
“ the cost of living crisis is driving consumer behaviour with the potential to negatively impact public health.” Jacqui McElhiney, Head of Science at FSS
A New Study Looks To An Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease
“Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer is a promising new method for diagnosing this disease and this important study will give us more information about its effectiveness as a diagnostic tool.” Dr Gordon Waiter, Director of the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre at the University of Aberdeen
Raising Awareness About PoTS
“Today, 25th of October, I am wearing purple for PoTS awareness day, a day and condition that I didn’t know even existed until this year”
