Health

Around 230,000 birds now killed in Aberdeenshire due to avian flu just weeks before Christmas as MP meets Scotland’s chief vet to express concerns

The spirit of Christmas was much in evidence in Kemnay's at the Strength and Balance group's meeting in the village hall.

NHS 24 are advising people in Scotland to check their prescription medication and ensure they have enough to last throughout the festive holidays.

The Aberdeenshire Shared Lives Team has won the Rural Ways of Working Category at this year’s Scottish Social Services Awards.

Vaccination clinics in Stonehaven, Banchory, Inverurie, Huntly, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Macduff, and Elgin will open for walk-ins.

Ministers have declared an Avian Influenza Protection Zone at premises at Mains of Auchenbadie, Alvah.

An MSP has urged the Government to recruit more officers over concerns they are increasingly looking after people in need of hospital care.

"Residents have a sense of fear living in the town when an emergency occurs due to the lack of local ambulance provision available to them."

NHS 24 Online will offer a new way to access health advice and wellbeing services in Scotland.

A mental wellbeing app is being rolled out to young farmers in a pilot scheme to support young people in the Scottish agricultural industry.

NHS Grampian is to welcome Geraldine Fraser as the organisation’s new executive lead for its Integrated Family portfolio later this month.

The Scotch Whisky Action Fund has announced that Home Start Garioch is amongst the projects to be supported over the coming year.

Armed forces veterans in Aberdeenshire are being encouraged to speak up about mental health and get help when they need it as part of a new campaign.

With Christmas parties set to get into full swing, NHS Grampian is encouraging everyone to have a fun and safe festive season.

Thousands more people living with long Covid will find it easier to get help as the Scottish Government boosts funding for an advice line.

Families in Scotland raising disabled or seriously ill children on low incomes have the chance to secure critical support from a national charity.

MSP Gillian Martin and Christine Wilson have shared the common symptoms of pancreatic cancer – and urged people with symptoms to see their GP.

Preparatory works have begun for the new Mortuary and Green Space Project at Foresterhill Health Campus.

MP Richard Thomson has highlighted a campaign by SAAS for students studying away from home to register with a local GP Practice.

NHS Grampian will work with a local energy charity and an innovation hub to offer support to people with respiratory conditions.