Media Release: ‘Take the leap’ on No Smoking Day
March 13, 2012

SMOKERS across Lothian are being encouraged to ‘take the leap’ tomorrow on No Smoking Day (14...

Media Release: Type 2 diabetes sufferers who self-monitor blood glucose levels at home need more education, says study
March 13, 2012

A STUDY led by Dr Josie Evans, senior eecturer in Public Health in the School...

Media Release: Time capsule sunk at Musselburgh Primary Care Centre
March 8, 2012

CHILDREN from Musselburgh Burgh Primary School today (Thursday 8 March) sunk a time capsule at the...

Media Release: H1 Healthcare launches recruitment drive in Aberdeen City and Shire
March 6, 2012

A LEADING Aberdeen healthcare agency has announced a major new recruitment drive in Aberdeen City...

Media Release: Lawyer comment on metal hips report
February 29, 2012

REACTING to BBC reports that that patients who have undergone large-head metal-on-metal hip implants should...

Media Release: Hawkhill House Nursing Home makes key appointment
February 29, 2012

ABERDEEN’S only independently-owned private nursing home has announced the appointment of a new matron/manager. Hawkhill House...

Media Release: Over-50s in rural areas missing out on modern healthcare communications benefits, says study
February 28, 2012

A STUDY by researchers at the University of Stirling shows that, due to a lack of...

Media Release: The weight is over – Shrinking Thinking reaches Perth
February 28, 2012

AN innovative weight management course in being brought to Perth in March. Shrinking Thinking is...

Media Release: PiP victims take campaign to Holyrood
February 21, 2012

SPEAKING ahead of today’s (Tuesday) meeting with Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish victims of...

Media Release: Scottish PiP victim tells of rupture ‘nightmare’
February 15, 2012

SCOTS PiP victim, Jenny Brown, told of her “rupture nightmare” today (Wednesday). The woman from...

Media Release: H1 Healthcare launches recruitment drive
January 26, 2012

A LEADING UK care provider has announced plans to recruit additional staff across the West...

Media Release: Boots Opticians launches the ‘Great Big Eye Check’, supported by RNIB and Action for Blind People
January 12, 2012

FIFTY per cent of sight loss is avoidable1, a fact that eight in ten Scots (82...

Media Release: RS Occupational Health signs deal with Highland Council
January 9, 2012

RS Occupational Health has signed a contract worth more than £1.5 million with Highland Council...

Media Release: Parents ‘facing the financial cost of cancer’ could save money with family health insurance
December 19, 2011

CHILDREN’S charity, CLIC Sargent, interviewed 245 parents whose children were suffering from cancer. Their findings, published...

Media Release: H1 Healthcare launches information service
December 14, 2011

LEADING care provider, H1 Healthcare, has launched a brand new information service aimed at helping people...

Media Release: Severe weather affecting Scotland is having an impact on several NHS Lothian services
December 8, 2011

SEVERE weather affecting Scotland is having an impact on several NHS Lothian services. Police have issued...

Media Release: Small steps, big difference
December 6, 2011

RADIO celebrity, Arlene Stuart, joined a group of local mums and their babies this morning...

Media Release: NHS Lothian rehab service launches innovative DVD
December 1, 2011

NHS Lothian today (01 December) launched an innovative DVD to help people who have suffered...

Media Release: Community Pharmacy owners respond to care homes review
November 29, 2011

SCOTLAND’S Community Pharmacy owners today expressed their support for a Health Committee recommendation to increase the...