The money is to be used for additional clinics and extra staff.
Extra Funding to Improve NHS Waiting Times
Funding Support to Reduce Inequalities in Children’s Health
£1.7million of extra funding has been awarded to Scotland’s Health Boards to continue their work on reducing childhood obesity
The Scottish MS Register: “a powerful resource”
it builds on the strength of the NHS in Scotland and allows researchers to study geographical risk factors in detail.
Threat to Scotland’s Quality Food Standards
“There’s a real danger that, if Brexit happens, the next Prime Minister will be absolutely desperate to sign whatever damaging trade-deal Trump demands.”
NHS Hospitals to Ban the Sale of High Energy Drinks to Under 16s
“The Healthcare Retail Standard supports healthier eating across the NHS estate and it is right that our hospitals show a lead in providing food and drink which is health promoting.”
Successful Mental Health Support Project Extended
The trained staff help individuals manage difficult emotions and problem situations early on, and come up with a ‘distress plan’ to prevent future crisis.
Trauma is Everybody’s Business: Launch of Sowing Seeds
Simon Tarry, therapist and counsellor at EMDR Orkney, has welcomed the launch of Sowing Seeds.
The New Balfour: Nick’s First Impression
On Wednesday 15th of May the Orkney News team of Nick Morrison and Martin Laird got a look around the new Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall.
Sturrock Report on NHS Highland : “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing him or her self.”
The allegations of bullying and harassment besieging NHS Highland are to be examined in a summit bringing together the leadership of NHS boards, staff and trades unions, royal colleges and professional and regulatory bodies.
Overall Cancer Care in Scotland Rated Highly at 95%
“I expect health boards to listen to what people with cancer are saying about what matters to them, and make improvements based on their views.”
