Health workers should take advantage of significant life events among the middle-aged to get them to be healthier, new NHS guidance suggests. People whose children are leaving the nest, those
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Lancaster University is working on a major project that will help people to live longer and healthier lives thanks to new Government funding. The £17 million investment, through the Government’s
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Scots First Minister Alex Salmond has come to the defence of Health Secretary, Alex Neil, claiming calls for his resignation were “ridiculous”. Labour leader Johann Lamont had called for Mr
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A new freephone number for NHS 24 will help protect the “founding principles” of the health service, the Scottish Government has claimed. The medical advice line – which people can
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People over the age of 50 will be able to perform online health checks as part of a new scheme designed to improve people’s health. The Addtoyourlife.co.uk website, developed by
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Sufferers of chronic pain are having to wait two years to access some specialist services, a new report has revealed. Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) found people in the NHS Borders
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A new health “atlas” has for the first time revealed extraordinary patterns in disease across the country. The series of high resolution maps covering England and Wales show striking variations
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When is the last time you had to organise a hospital discharge at short notice or skip lunch in order to type up a backlog of needs assessments? Perhaps you’ve
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There are still “significant challenges” to overcome in tackling Scotland’s “stubbornly persistent” health inequalities, doctors’ leaders have warned. The British Medical Association (BMA) in Scotland is calling for integrated action
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The UK’s biggest care home provider has been ordered to pay £170,000 in fines and costs after a vulnerable resident choked to death on fish and chips during an entertainment
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