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| Month | Day | Title | Summary | Source |
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| March | 18 | Legal guarantee to be given for treatment waiting times | Patients will be legally guaranteed hospital treatment within 12 weeks under new legislation which has been unveiled by the Scottish government. | BBC News |
| March | 17 | NHS champions new 'cure' for depression | Hundreds of NHS staff have been trained to help patients with mental health problems as part of efforts to reduce reliance on drug treatments in Scotland. | The Scotsman |
| March | 17 | Muscular Dystrophy support | A service for muscular dystrophy patients will now be funded by NHSScotland, safeguarding its future for people with this group of diseases and their families. | Scottish Government |
| March | 17 | Council cuts make 'perfect storm' for charities | Voluntary organisations in Scotland could be facing a "perfect storm" through a combination of funding cuts and increasing demands for their services, it has been warned. | BBC News |
| March | 16 | £7m Borders health centre plans approved | Plans to build three new health centres in the Borders at a cost of more than £7m have been approved. | BBC News |
| March | 14 | Mental illness epidemic hits asylum seekers in Scotland | The head of a leading charity?has?accused the?Government?of deliberately ignoring an epidemic of poor mental health among asylum seekers, because admitting it would mean allowing greater numbers to stay in the country. | Sunday Herald |
| March | 11 | Funding for NHS Boards | Revenue funding for NHS Boards for 2010-11 will rise by 2.7 per cent to a record £8.464 billion, it was announced today. | Scottish Government |
| March | 11 | A third of Scottish councils claw back surpluses from charity contracts | A third of local authorities in Scotland still claw back surpluses from voluntary sector contracts, and more than half do not regularly offer three-year funding, according to a survey of local third sector bodies. | Third Sector |
| March | 11 | Scotland's doctors call for end to supermarket ‘reward' points for alcohol | GPs have said that alcohol purchases should not be eligible for “customer loyalty points” as part of a series of measures to tackle the promotion of cheap alcohol in supermarkets. | BMA Scotland |
| March | 10 | Help at hand for smokers aiming to quit | This is national No Smoking Day – and smokers in Inverness and across the Highlands wishing to kick the habit can get advice on support available locally. | Press & Journal |