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WEBAttendees at this week’s Scotland Policy Conference on priorities for cancer provision heard that challenges across the workforce must be addressed to ensure good cancer care – …

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Realistic Medicine agenda moves forward

WEBScotland’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has laid out 13 steps for Scotland to ‘accelerate’ its efforts to transform its health and social care system into one where sustainability, …

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Money matters for poverty and health in Scotland

WEBThe Poverty Alliance has called for the government to provide more support for people living in poverty in Scotland, particularly through uprating of social security and benefits in line …

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Inside Scotland's widening health inequalities

WEBTuesday 6th December 2022. Health inequalities are pervasive across Scotland, and with the gap in health between the wealthiest and most deprived widening in recent years, …

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Action needed on women's brain health

WEBFriday 6th October 2023. The Scottish government is being called on to address a series of inequalities for women across the brain heath, dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, which …

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Ambitions for health and social care launched

WEBSaturday 9th December 2023. The ALLIANCE’s Health and Social Care Academy has set out the conditions it believes are necessary for achieving a more equitable Scotland that …

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Adopting innovation can be ‘Once for Scotland'

WEBAdopting innovation can be ‘Once for Scotland’. Scotland’s Chief Scientist for health says the NHS can and will adopt good ideas and improved treatments across the whole of …

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Analysis: drugs and alcohol in Scottish health survey

WEBThe survey also found that men were more likely than women to report having experienced problems with drugs and alcohol in 2021, with 4% of men responding that they had a …

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75 years in the making: NHS Scotland

WEBIn the second of two articles focusing on the birth of the National Health Service in Scotland, journalist and historian Chris Holme looks at the growing pains of …

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Community Link Workers can't solve inequalities alone

WEBIn its first ever Scottish Community Link Worker Network (SCLWN) Conference, Voluntary Health Scotland hosted speakers including the Minister for Social Care and Mental …

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New action plans signal mental health ‘reset'

WEBNew action plans signal mental health ‘reset’. New plans to drive the Scottish government’s ambitions in mental health focus on supporting services to shift the balance of care to …

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Pharmacy's crucial role in fair access to health

WEBPharmacy’s crucial role in fair access to health. The professional body for pharmacists has called for its members to rethink how they deliver services, with a …

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Has progress been made on women's health

WEBFriday 16th September 2022. Maree Todd, Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport, told parliament good progress has been made in delivering commitments from the …

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580% rise in mental health calls

WEBThe total number of calls made to NHS 24 for a mental health concern has risen from 20,434 in 2019 to 139,008 in 2022, a sharp increase of 580% in just three …

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Innovation key to improving NHS Scotland, say staff

WEBTuesday 21st March 2023. Most NHS Scotland staff agree ‘innovation must be at the heart of improving NHS Scotland services’, according to new research, as many say they want …

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Profile: Dr Stephanie Adams

WEBSunday 22nd October 2023. At the intersection of Sport Science and Psychology: meet Scottish Brain Sciences’ Head of Sports Science. With a Master’s in Cognitive …

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Vision for NHS reform in coming weeks

WEBVision for NHS reform in coming weeks. Scotland’s new Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care has welcomed Audit Scotland’s latest NHS …

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New VHS chief executive named

WEBWednesday 31st January 2024. The board of Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS), which represents Scotland's third sector health and social care organisations, has revealed the …

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Who is Scotland's new health and care secretary

WEBFirst Minister Humza Yousaf has named Neil Gray as the new Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care today following the resignation …

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