Health

A charity gig held at the Hopeville Social Club in Inverurie as seen over £6400 raised in support of bowel cancer support and research.

The successful completion of a trial of the initiative by Scottish agricultural charity, RSABI, and ANM Group sees a new leader for the scheme.

NHS Grampian’s “failed infrastructure” has been upgraded to the highest category — with funding half a billion pounds less than improvements bill.

DESPITE agreeing £36 million of cuts last month, NHS Grampian’s budget still has not been signed off by the Scottish Government.

Fyvie Oldmeldrum Medical Group will now be handed over to new owners Newburn Medical at the start of June.

Cancer care charity Maggie’s Aberdeen is celebrating 11 years of support in the north-east with the return of its glamorous fundraising ball.

Frontline north-east staff members from the Scottish Ambulance Service will appear on a new series of Paramedics on Scene.

Social care charity VSA has announced it will be supporting young and adult unpaid carers living across Aberdeenshire.

In a bid to encourage open communication between patients and healthcare professionals, NHS Scotland is promoting the It's OK to Ask campaign.

There are worries after statistics show cancer waiting times in the NHS Grampian area are among the highest in Scotland.

MP David Duguid focuses on the problem of littering in his latest column.

MP David Duguid is to meet with a new GP services contractor amid fears for the future of Aberdeenshire doctor surgeries.

Research forecasts a projected rise from 1.4 million cases per year in 2020 to 2.9 million per year by 2040 worldwide.

Asda’s Jane Bradshaw, went above and beyond to help a customer who was shopping for her daughter, who had been newly diagnosed with diabetes.

Sarah Murray will attend the award ceremony in Birmingham in June.

The Aberdeenshire Adult Support and Protection Network has been recognised for “sector leading work” by the Care Inspectorate.

A consultant at NHS Grampian has welcomed the forthcoming low emission zone being introduced in Aberdeen.

“SUBSTANTIAL support” for the north-east’s health and social care services is contained in the Scottish budget, a local MSP has stated.

Mum Amie Taylor, of Ellon said ScotSTAR provided an invaluable service to her very sick son, Jackson, who was born four weeks prematurely in 2022.

MORAY’S acute mental health ward does not meet standards designed to prevent patients hurting themselves, a meeting last week heard.