From Johnny Cash to Amy Winehouse, alcoholism and the spiral down into addiction is a recurring theme amongst musicians. But one man from Blackburn, West Lothian, hopes the music he wrote as part of his recovery will now help the service which turned his life around. Continue reading Recovery on record
In the run up to the most romantic day of the year, NHS 24 is issuing a set of top ten tips on how to have a healthy heart. Continue reading Love your heart this Valentine’s Day!
Health Secretary Shona Robison has marked World Cancer Day today by reflecting on the strides made in Scotland over the past year to help bring cancer down to size. Ms Robison highlighted recent positive developments made across Scotland – and underlined the government’s continued focus on turning Scotland’s Big C into the ‘wee c’ through awareness and action. Continue reading Awareness raising campaign to follow World Cancer Day
Scotland’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer has urged all people at risk of flu to get their flu vaccine as early as possible this year. Continue reading Flu: get your vaccine as early as possible
Edinburgh Wellbeing public social partnership (psp)
“Talk, Share, Plan, Repeat” Coproduction Events
Public Social Partnerships (PSPs) are about people working together to design what services and supports are needed to meet the need of people who have mental ill health, or mental health difficulties, and then building partnerships to deliver the services and supports. There will be two city wide events, the first to capture the main themes and the second to capture work across the city and to begin to make these links. The locality events will be focused more around understanding the needs of that particular community, opening up local dialogue, and building relationships for future partnership working.
To registers for one/or more events or general enquiries please email: EdinburghPSP@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Sixteen projects across Scotland will share £350,000 to help families access fresh and healthy food, Communities Secretary Angela Constance has announced. It’s the second allocation of money from the £1 million Fair Food Fund which is already funding 20 projects. Continue reading Tackling the scourge of food poverty
A new set of emoji stickers has been launched to help people in the workplace articulate how they are truly feeling as they move through the ‘January blues’. Continue reading Feeling blue: MHScot launches ‘shades of blue’ emojis
Homecare Support, a care at home service contracted by the City of Edinburgh Council, has been told to make urgent improvements to in the care it provides to vulnerable people. Continue reading ‘Failings’ at local care at home service
Give yourself some Breathing Space and beat those January blues
Continue reading Beating the winter blues
Broccoli and cauliflower are back on the menu
A campaign to help Scottish parents get greens on plates launched this week as new research revealed almost a third (29 per cent) of parents surveyed have at some point given up trying to feed their children vegetables. Continue reading ‘Yuck … I’m not eating THAT!’
