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NHS Fife: New Kincardine Health Centre plans dealt funding blow

WEBIn a planning statement, NHS Fife said their vision was to create a new Community Health and Wellbeing Centre for Kincardine that would allow services to be …

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Prison staff ‘on the brink’ take equivalent of 770 years mental …

WEBPrison and probation staff have taken the equivalent of 774 years mental health sick leave over the last year (PA) Prison and probation staff took the equivalent …

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Army veteran named Orange dressing up as a lemon to run …

WEBAn army veteran who has run a marathon on every continent dressed as a fruit or vegetable is preparing to run the world’s highest marathon dressed as a lemon. …

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‘Defensive culture’ hindering timely patient safety investigations, …

WEBA culture of defensiveness, avoidance, complacency and denial in the health service is hindering patient safety issues being investigated in a timely manner, MPs …

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Survivors of massive Papua New Guinea landslide moved to safer …

WEBEmergency crews in Papua New Guinea are moving survivors of a massive landslide – feared to have buried scores of people – to safer ground as unstable earth …

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Sexual health services expanded at the Queen Margaret

WEBThe new clinical area, which opens this week, will benefit patients by increasing accessibility to a wider range of services. Bringing together sexual health …

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NHS Fife health chief looking to tackle "significant inequalities" in

WEBThe figures, revealed in a report put to NHS Fife Health Board last week, showed that life expectancy at birth in Fife was 77.2 years for males and 81.4 years for …

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Kincardine: Planning application for new health centre submitted

WEBA NEW £7.8 million health facility in Kincardine has moved a step closer after plans were submitted to Fife Council. NHS want to create a health and wellbeing centre …

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West Fife: NHS patients at Valleyfield surgery forced to drive to

WEBPATIENTS at Valleyfield's health centre are being forced to drive to Dunfermline for medical attention and are "repeatedly being denied" care. The practice …

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Police and HSE to investigate death of girl killed in mudslide on

WEBPolice and health and safety investigators will probe the death of a 10-year-old girl killed in a mudslide while on a school trip. Leah Harrison, from Darlington, died …

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Nethertown GP Surgery announces urgent-only system

WEBPATIENTS at a Dunfermline GP practice could be left waiting until the new year to see a doctor for non-urgent care. A recorded message for patients left by …

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Fife's health board overspent by £19.5m after eight months

WEBThe projected year-end deficit hasn’t altered either with NHS Fife still expecting to be in the red by £23m by the end of March. NHS Fife's overspend for 2023 …

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Dunfermline: NHS Fife confirm vaccination centre to relocate to

WEBDUNFERMLINE'S vaccination clinic is to relocate to a new site at Lynebank Hospital. The new centre, which will replace the facility at Dunfermline East Church, will …

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Tel Aviv takes cover as Hamas targets Israel with rocket barrage

WEBTel Aviv takes cover as Hamas targets Israel with rocket barrage. By PA News Agency. An Israeli female soldier sits atop a tank in a staging area near the Gaza …

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US defence secretary resumes duties after undergoing medical …

WEBUS defence secretary Lloyd Austin has resumed duties after undergoing a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Friday, officials …

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Plea to new health minister for Kincardine Health Centre …

WEBA CAMPAIGNER desperate to see a replacement health centre built in Kincardine wrote to Scotland's new health minister within an hour of his appointment …

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Caleb Carr, military historian and author of The Alienist, dies at 68

WEBCaleb Carr, the gifted son of Beat poet Lucien Carr who endured a traumatising childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military …

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Waire Health raises £2 million to develop monitoring device

WEBA DUNFERMLINE firm that's developed a remote patient monitoring device which could ease the pressure on hospitals has raised £2 million. Waire Health's new …

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Patricia Kilpatick is the new chair of the NHS Fife board

WEBA new leader of the NHS Fife Board has been announced. Patricia Kilpatrick - currently vice chair of the NHS Tayside board - has been formally appointed Chair of …

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Rosyth: NHS Fife seeking GPs for Park Road Medical Practice

WEBPark Road Medical Practice in Rosyth has been run by NHS Fife and the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership since April. (Image: Google Maps) “Having …

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NHS Fife appoints new director of acute services Dunfermline Press

WEBNHS Fife has appointed Claire Dobson as the new director of acute services. THERE'S a new health chief in charge of accident and emergency in the Kingdom with …

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Nursery nurse to be sentenced for manslaughter of ‘wonderful’ …

WEBBy PA News Agency. Nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan was unlawfully killed by nursery nurse Kate Roughley (Greater Manchester Police/PA) A nursery nurse will be …

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AI should be used to develop an app which detects skin cancer, …

WEBA Labour shadow minister said he hopes artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to develop an app that could detect whether a mole is a potential skin cancer. Sir Chris …

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FIFE: Mossmorran complex has no impact on local cancer rates

WEBAn independent monitoring group has concluded that Fife’s Mossmorran Gas complex has not impacted local cancer rates or had an adverse effect on health. A …

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New unit opens in Queen Margaret Hospital Dunfermline Press

WEBA NEW unit described as "a major milestone in the project to redevelop Queen Margaret Hospital" opened last week. Housed on the third level of the hospital, …

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‘I’ve tried my hardest’ – Matt Hancock gives final speech as MP

WEBFormer health secretary Matt Hancock said in his final speech in the Commons that the vaccine programme was ‘without doubt one of the country’s finest …

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Fife: New GPs take over at West Fife surgery Dunfermline Press

WEBNEW GP contractors have begun work running a troubled West Fife surgery. Health chiefs have confirmed that Dr Gilani and Partners have now taken over at the …

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