Category: Health & Wellbeing

Scottish Parliament Committee ask for your views on NHS Grampian

published on 19th November 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Health & Wellbeing, NHS #Tagged: Lewis Macdonald, NHS Grampian

MSPs from the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee are putting questions to NHS Grampian and they want to hear about your experiences of health services in the area.

Walking netball comes to Turriff

published on 16th May 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Sport #Tagged: Aberdeen Ladies Walking Netball Club, Age Scotland, Anne Simpson, Anne Stirling, Netball Scotland, Turriff Walking Netball Club

Aberdeen Ladies and Turriff Walking Netball Club competed in a walking netball game at Turriff Sports Centre

Kevin Gilbert discusses mental health in farming

published on 15th May 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Farming, Health & Wellbeing #Tagged: Kevin Gilbert, Mental Health Awareness Week, NFU Scotland, NFUS, NHS

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, former NFU Scotland Pigs Committee Chair Kevin Gilbert discusses some of the issues which he has faced with mental health in farming.

Help & Support

published on 30th December 2018 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Featured, Health & Wellbeing

It’s OK to not be OK, sometimes you need to talk to someone, these number and websites might be useful to someone

Survey on allotment space across Aberdeenshire

published on 1st October 2018 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Council News, Featured, Health & Wellbeing

Aberdeenshire Council is conducting a survey about allotments, demand for allotments and future provision.

New scheme to help trace people living with dementia quicker launched in North East

published on 6th June 2018 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Police Scotland #Tagged: Dementia Awareness Week, George Herbert, Herbert Protocol, Inspector Carron McKellar

The Herbert Protocol, a scheme to help trace people living with dementia more quickly after they are reported missing, has been launched in the North East os Scotland this week. The launch coincided with the start of Dementia Awareness Week in Scotland.

Minor Injury Unit Review

published on 28th February 2018 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Featured, Health & Wellbeing, Turriff News

A review of Minor Injury Units (MIUs) in Aberdeenshire, which is currently underway, is moving into the next phase with a series of public events.

#notafavour campaign launched

published on 13th November 2017 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Health & Wellbeing #Tagged: #notafavour, Smoking

#notafavour a new campaign targeting adults who give cigarettes to children has been launched across Scotland this week.

Can you help save lives in Turriff?

published on 4th November 2017 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Community Safety, Featured, Health & Wellbeing, Turriff News #Tagged: Sandpiper Trust, Sandpiper Wildcat Project, Wildcat Cardiac Arrest Responders

The Sandpiper Trust are looking for volunteers in Turriff to join the Sandpiper Wildcat Project to help provide immediate care to patients who are suffering a cardiac arrest.

Calling All Beauty Consultants – Look Good Feel Better needs your help

published on 25th May 2017 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Health & Wellbeing

National cancer support charity, Look Good Feel Better, urgently needs beauty volunteers to help run their free skincare and make-up Masterclasses for women with cancer in Peterhead, Fraserburgh & Turrif Look Good Feel Better (LGFB) is the only cancer support charity providing practical support for women and teenagers struggling with the visible side effects of […]