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| x x | 8th August: Investment in children's homesA £3 million one-off grant from the Scottish Government will help looked after children are to get extra help to support the transition to living on their own, and pay for general improvements to residential schools and care homes. Read more ... |
| 8th August: Board approves £31.7m plan to improve services across the region Long-awaited new health facilities for Forres were given the go-ahead by NHS Grampian yesterday as part of a £31million investment for the north-east. Read more ... | 8th August: Campaigners say a "postcode lottery" exists in Scotland for eye drug LucentisPatients losing their eyesight are facing a postcode lottery over accessing groundbreaking treatment for their condition. Read more ... |
| 5th August: Chlamydia test kits to be rolled out A pilot scheme providing free postal testing kits for chlamydia is to be rolled out across Scotland amid soaring cases of the sexually transmitted infection. Read more ... | 5th August: Project aims to tackle superbugA new project aimed at tackling hospital superbugs has been launched. Read more ... |
| 4th August: Cancer patients forking out for 'life-saving' drugs Cancer patients in Grampian are forking out thousands of pounds to buy potentially life-saving drugs not available on the NHS. Read more ... | 2nd August: Scottish Household Survey reports that inequalities in health continue in ScotlandThe eighth annual and technical reports of the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) are released today. It reports at both national and local authority level. Read more ... |
| 2nd August: Schizophrenia drug 'kills cancer'A schizophrenia drug developed at Dundee University is to be tested as a new cancer treatment. Read more ... | 1st August: Heart attack survival rate improvesPatients rushed to hospital with heart attacks and strokes have a growing chance of survival in Scotland. Read more ... |