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07/07/2025

A group of health professionals have become the UK’s first doctors to qualify after completing a predominantly part-time medical degree👇

04/07/2025

What do you think about mental health funding in Scotland?

Let MSPs know in a new consultation - more details in the comments 👇

27/06/2025

An additional £500,000 will be invested this year to support the work of a new taskforce established to drive improvements to the care available to children and young people with autism and/or ADHD.

More information available in the comments 👇

21/05/2025

A project led by NHS Lothian to help people cope better with lung cancer treatment has allowed patients to live longer and spend less time in hospital.

Find out more in the comments 👇

16/05/2025

Membership of an interim board tasked with advising Scottish ministers on the future of social care has been announced.

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24/04/2025

The distressing testimonies of women with sight loss have influenced new guidelines designed to make cervical screening more accessible. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Scotland says the more than 100,000 blind and

16/04/2025

New analysis has for the first time estimated the number of people at risk of Huntington’s disease in North Scotland.

With the region having one of the highest rates of the degenerative brain condition in the world, Aberdeen researchers leading the work say the Scottish government must now work to expand specialist Huntington’s services.

Read on in the comments 👇

11/04/2025

NHS Tayside's decision to halt all new ADHD and autism referrals to its CAMHS neurodevelopment pathway is denying local children their right to an autism diagnosis, the leader of a support organisation in Perth has said.

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28/03/2025

Pharmacy groups and an MSP have raised the alarm over the future of Boots high street pharmacies in rural Scotland, after the sale of its parent company to a private equity firm.

👇Read more in the comments

19/03/2025

New analysis estimates there will be a 54% rise in people living with chronic liver disease by 2044.

Dr Alastair MacGilchrist, chair of doctors’ group Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), said:

“Today’s PHS figures are a call to action. If we introduce public health preventative measures and make early detection and treatment of both heavy drinking and liver disease routine, we can prevent this huge rise in liver disease. But we need to act now.”

Read more in the comments ⬇️

18/02/2025

MSPs are being asked to support the introduction of a temporary parking pass for pregnant women to ensure they can get into their cars without others parking too close. 🚗🤰

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02/12/2024

Is reducing the number of longest NHS waiters the best metric of success? Read what speakers at a recent Scotland Policy Conference had to say 👇

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