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Scotland’s winter vaccination programme gets underway

Scotland’s winter vaccination programme gets underway

Scotland’s winter vaccination programme gets underway

14 August 2022

Letters with appointment times for those aged 65 and over will begin landing on doormats this week.


Plans for additional coronavirus boosters welcomed by MSP

Plans for additional coronavirus boosters welcomed by MSP

Plans for additional coronavirus boosters welcomed by MSP

18 July 2022

Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin has welcomed plans to provide additional Covid boosters.


Autumn/Winter Covid-19 booster programme will see additional doses from September

Autumn/Winter Covid-19 booster programme will see additional doses from September

Autumn/Winter Covid-19 booster programme will see additional doses from September

17 July 2022

A further booster vaccination will be offered to those at highest risk in line with other nations in the UK.


Artist appointed for Remembering Together: Aberdeenshire

Artist appointed for Remembering Together: Aberdeenshire

Artist appointed for Remembering Together: Aberdeenshire

10 July 2022

Artist Claudia Zeiske will gather the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of communities across the region between July and October.


Plea for visitors to healthcare settings in NHS Grampian to remember to ‘mask up’

Plea for visitors to healthcare settings in NHS Grampian to remember to ‘mask up’

Plea for visitors to healthcare settings in NHS Grampian to remember to ‘mask up’

30 June 2022

Anyone attending healthcare appointments or visiting loved ones in hospitals should continue to wear face masks.


Covid helpline closing Thursday

Covid helpline closing Thursday

Covid helpline closing Thursday

29 June 2022

THE official non-clinical Covid helpline is permanently shutting down this week.


Coronavirus update: Spring booster dose reminder

Coronavirus update: Spring booster dose reminder

Coronavirus update: Spring booster dose reminder

19 June 2022

Eligible groups are urged to come forward before the end of June.


Aberdeenshire Council buries time capsule full of children and young people’s memories of lockdown

 Aberdeenshire Council buries time capsule full of children and young people’s memories of lockdown

Aberdeenshire Council buries time capsule full of children and young people’s memories of lockdown

14 June 2022

The custom-made capsule contains poems from Turriff and Banff as well as a knitted worry doll made in Inverurie.


Coronavirus update: Lady Poole says Scottish Covid inquiry won’t shy away from making findings

Coronavirus update: Lady Poole says Scottish Covid inquiry won’t shy away from making findings

Coronavirus update: Lady Poole says Scottish Covid inquiry won’t shy away from making findings

25 May 2022

A new dedicated website has been launched and explains how the Inquiry team will carry out their investigations.


Breaking News: First case of monkeypox confirmed in Scotland

Breaking News: First case of monkeypox confirmed in Scotland

Breaking News: First case of monkeypox confirmed in Scotland

23 May 2022

The individual is receiving care and treatment appropriate to their condition and contact tracing is underway.


Coronavirus Update: £3 million awarded to long Covid projects

Coronavirus Update: £3 million awarded to long Covid projects

Coronavirus Update: £3 million awarded to long Covid projects

22 May 2022

Targeted support is to be based on views of patients and clinicians.


NHS Grampian announces further extension to hospital visiting

NHS Grampian announces further extension to hospital visiting

NHS Grampian announces further extension to hospital visiting

03 May 2022

In some clinical areas of hospitals there will be opportunity for patients to have an increase in the number of visitors they have on any given day.


Coronavirus Update: New ‘stay at home’ guidance published

Coronavirus Update: New ‘stay at home’ guidance published

Coronavirus Update: New ‘stay at home’ guidance published

28 April 2022

From Sunday, May 1 public health advice will change to a ‘stay at home’ message replacing self-isolation.


Coronavirus Update: End of the Highest Risk list

Coronavirus Update: End of the Highest Risk list

Coronavirus Update: End of the Highest Risk list

27 April 2022

The shielding list will be formally closed on May 31 with support remaining in place for those who are immunosuppressed.


Coronavirus update: Fall in cases is being sustained

Coronavirus update: Fall in cases is being sustained

Coronavirus update: Fall in cases is being sustained

22 April 2022

Reported levels continue to drop as the last of the free tests are used up by residents.


Free lateral flow tests available for hospital or care home visitors

Free lateral flow tests available for hospital or care home visitors

Free lateral flow tests available for hospital or care home visitors

22 April 2022

It remains possible for people who are visiting relatives or friends in hospitals or care homes to order free lateral flow device tests.


Coronavirus update: Daily case falls level off

Coronavirus update: Daily case falls level off

Coronavirus update: Daily case falls level off

20 April 2022

The overall number of cases in the north-east continues to fall but is slowing down again.


Patient visiting rules relaxed at Buckie's Muirton Ward

Patient visiting rules relaxed at Buckie's Muirton Ward

Patient visiting rules relaxed at Buckie's Muirton Ward

20 April 2022

MUIRTON Ward at Buckie's Seafield Hospital is taking part in a trial to relax the rules surrounding the number of visitors a patient can have.


Coronavirus update: Daily cases continue to see a fall in the north-east

Coronavirus update: Daily cases continue to see a fall in the north-east

Coronavirus update: Daily cases continue to see a fall in the north-east

19 April 2022

Levels have fallen over the Easter weekend.


More NHS Grampian hospital wards to return to person-centred visiting

More NHS Grampian hospital wards to return to person-centred visiting

More NHS Grampian hospital wards to return to person-centred visiting

19 April 2022

There will be an opportunity for patients to have an increase in the number of visitors they have on any given day.


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