Plans for an “ambitious” new £110m emergency care centre in Aberdeen have taken another step forward.
The full business case was approved at a meeting of the board of NHS Grampian, and the plan will now be submitted to the Scottish government.
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Published Date: 18 February 2010
By Lyndsay Moss
Health Correspondent
MORE patients calling an ambulance in Scotland could be treated at home by paramedics rather than going to hospital, a report on the future for the service reveals.
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Cutting-edge operating theatre to transform healthcare in Scotland
Read more on Endoalpha operating theatre formally opened at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary…
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09/09/2009
Women risk lives by delaying calling 999
BHF launches 999 Day to raise awareness of heart attack symptoms
A third of women wouldn’t recognise they are suffering a heart attack because they would expect to experience crushing or severe chest pain (33%), a symptom which mainly affects men, according to survey results released by the British Heart Foundation on 999 Day – a drive to raise awareness of the need to call 999 at the first sign of a heart attack.
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Watch your own heart attack
Visit British Heart Foundation special 999 Day site for more on the campaign
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