Tag: public health

Improving lives by uniting police and frontline public health providers

Business

Joe Hutchison - October 18, 2019

SCOTLAND will next week host a major conference aimed at changing lives by strengthening links between public health and law enforcement services. Around 500 delegates...

New funding for active and independent living

Health

Deadline News Journalist - May 19, 2015

A new £3 million fund has been announced to enable active and independent living for people who are recovering from illness or injury. The fund...

DIY tattoos spark public health warning

UK & World

Christine Lavelle - April 10, 2011

GROWING numbers of do-it-yourself tattoo kits being sold to youngsters could lead to health risks in the future, experts have warned. The kits are being...

Experts round on Salmond’s “weight problem” ahead of obesity war

Deadline News Journalist - February 21, 2010

By Michael MacLeod SCOTLAND’S First Minister has been slammed for “letting himself go” by fat-fighting health campaigners. The National Obesity Forum say curry-loving SNP leader Alex...