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Healthy eating as we age

March 20, 2016
Eating properly for good health is a relevant topic for our time. There are fears that increasing obesity levels will overwhelm our health services with the associated health problems which…
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Rights in Mental Health Support Services

March 13, 2016
Scottish charities involved in support and advocacy in mental health have launched a 19 point charter of rights for service users. The launch event took place on 22 February 2016.…
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Supporting Compassion in Care

March 4, 2016
A recent research study, reported in Nurse Education Today, was carried out jointly by several universities across the UK. The study pointed out that while the ‘system’ is often blamed…
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Balancing central and local services

February 25, 2016
Mr. Robertson, a recently retired NHS Chairperson for Greater Glasgow and Clyde has thrown a new perspective on how to balance increasing demand on health services with the need to…
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Activity and ageing

February 22, 2016
There is an increasing availability of resources and evidence to help care services to implement and benefit from active living for older people, and indeed for us all generally. Health…
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Countdown – New Care Standards in Scotland

February 13, 2016
The National Care Standards in Scotland are available to service users and their carers in choosing and evaluating the service they receive. They are service specific standards in developing and…
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Nature and stress

February 2, 2016
A six month research study carried out by a researcher from Exeter University has shown that watching nature films can reduce anxiety symptoms for people in the early stages of…
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New standards for health and social care in Scotland

January 30, 2016
Registered health and social care services in Scotland are inspected and regulated using the National Care Standards. These are also used by service users and their carers in choosing and…
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