Health

The country’s first online map showing weekly organised health walks in the Scottish Borders has been launched.

People are being encouraged to learn the symptoms of leukaemia during Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) which takes place throughout September.

Air Ambulance charities are aiming to raise awareness and much-needed funds during National Air Ambulance Week (NAAW), September 9 to 15.

Health chiefs in the Borders have voted to axe nearly half of the region’s acute dementia beds. 

Live Borders is inviting the people of Eyemouth to come along to their Healthier, Happier, Stronger Taster Day to see just how easy it is to become more physically active.

The Dermatology department of the BGH has received a PUVA machine costing more than £23,000.

In January of this year, Alzheimer Scotland Borders resource centre moved into Kelso town centre.

Thousands of children in Scotland could be at risk of having a life-threatening asthma attack as they return to school after the summer holidays.

The number of men being tested for bowel cancer is at its highest ever level in Scotland.

Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol has been implemented effectively, with complaince high amongst licensed premises across Scotland.

The new chair of NHS Borders says she won’t ‘run away from a challenge’ as she starts work on rescuing the board from financial ruin. 

The growing Men’s Shed movement in the Borders offers males (and females) the opportunity to come together, pursue hobbies, and share skills and experience.

A charity founded seven years ago in the Borders will open a permanent base in Galashiels next month.

Scotland already has the highest number of people on the organ donor register in the UK.

Delays in patients being discharged from hospital cost NHS Borders more than £200,000 in April this year.

Local Democracy Reporting Service