FIT for purpose: Bowel cancer test simplified to encourage take-up

Thousands more people across Scotland will benefit from the roll-out of a new and easier screening test to detect symptoms of bowel cancer. The Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) requires participants to collect one bowel motion sample, rather than the current test which requires samples over three days. Continue reading FIT for purpose: Bowel cancer test simplified to encourage take-up

Corstorphine pilot project bridges generation gap

A six-week pilot project is aiming to bridge the city’s generation gap through organising weekly meet-ups between Gylemuir Primary School Nursery pupils and residents from a local housing association for older people. Continue reading Corstorphine pilot project bridges generation gap

Joint call for new public board members

The Scottish Ambulance Service and NHS 24 have launched a nationwide recruitment drive to fill vacant positions on their public boards. Both organisations are hoping to attract interest from a broad cross-section of society, in every part of Scotland, to further enhance the mix of skills and experience on their non-executive boards. Continue reading Joint call for new public board members

Briggs chairs national cancer conference

The Scottish Cancer Conference has held it’s twelfth event for a range of organisation and people who are involved with cancer to come together and share information, network, learn and discuss the latest developments in the fight to beat cancer. Yesterday’s event was hosted by Cancer Research UK and the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Cancer and held at the Royal College of Surgeons. Continue reading Briggs chairs national cancer conference