Tag: Health and wellbeing

Detecting Cancer Early: Sir Alex hails ‘great example’ Tom

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A man who survived lung cancer after seeking help early has been praised as setting a ‘great example to everyone in Scotland’ by Sir Alex Ferguson, who fronts the Scottish Government’s Detect Cancer Early (DCE) lung campaign. Continue reading Detecting Cancer Early: Sir Alex hails ‘great example’ Tom

‘Think Fast. Acting Faster’: Scottish Ambulance Service film raises stroke awareness

NEW STROKE FILM HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR FAST ACTION

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The Scottish Ambulance Service has released a brand new film to coincide with World Stroke Day (29th October) to highlight the need for fast action when it comes to a suspected stroke. 15,000 people in Scotland suffer from stroke every year. Continue reading ‘Think Fast. Acting Faster’: Scottish Ambulance Service film raises stroke awareness

Meet up for a local Buggy Walk on Wednesdays

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PILTON BUGGY WALK: Meet outside Royston Community Centre for circular walk 10am every Wednesday until the 30th November.

We have changed the meet up point for Pilton to the community centre at Wardieburn as an experiment as it may be more appealing and we will do a circuit from there, through the streets around taking in a few green spaces and circling back to the community centre for a cuppa, chat and baby changing and so on. Hope to see you there!

You can just turn up or sign up at:

http://www.meetup.com/Buggy-Walks-MeetUp-Edinburgh/events/234836637/

Your walk leader will be Hannah.

It would be great if you could get us a few more new Parents to come along!

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Johnstone concern over missed tooth decay targets

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Alison Johnstone MSP, Health spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, has expressed concern at statistics showing that half of Primary One children in deprived communities have tooth decay.

The NHS report concludes that “clear health inequalities persist, and reducing dental health inequality must remain a priority.”

The main finding is that in the most deprived communities 55 per cent of P1 children have no obvious tooth decay. The national target is 60 per cent. In the least deprived communities, 82 per cent have no decay.

Alison Johnstone MSP said: “Poor dental health among children in less well-off communities is a tragedy and we must do more to turn this around. Getting children into good habits to look after their teeth is vital and there are good schemes in operation across Scotland, but we need to see greater effort to support parents, carers, school staff and communities.

“On top of that, there are steps that we can take to reduce the income inequality that contributes to poor health outcomes. I’ve already persuaded Scottish Ministers to roll-out the Healthier Wealthier Children project which boosts the incomes of vulnerable families. We can go much further by improving wages and using tax powers to put more money in the pockets of those who need it most.”

National Dental Inspection Programme (NDIP) Report 2016:
https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Dental-Care/Publications/2016-10-25/2016-10-25-NDIP-Summary.pdf