A charity football match between the Hospice Heroes and Dukla Pumpherston, a well-known charity team of ex-footballers and sports personalities, will take place at 2pm on Sunday 16 August at Castle Park, Blantyre (home of Blantyre Victoria football club). There will be food, drinks, raffles and a chance to socialise after the match in the […]

A series of road shows have highlighted the successes of NHS Lanarkshire’s campaign to improve services for those who use ‘augmentative and alternative communication’ (AAC). AAC can include various methods that can support or get around problems that an individual might have with speaking or understanding information. These range from simple systems such as pictures, […]

Health literacy is the range of skills that support people to find health information, understand it and to take action on it in a way that helps improve their health. Therefore, people with lower health literacy skills can be at risk of poor health outcomes if information is not available or provided in a way […]

Nominations are now open for the Scottish Health Awards 2015. Now in its 14th year, the Scottish Health Awards are run by the Daily Record in partnership with the Scottish Government. The Awards recognise the important contribution of those working in and with the NHS in Scotland to provide the very best of health and […]