• A report by a think-tank and auditors calls for more research into regional behaviour and health systems – to explain why Scotland’s health continues to struggle to improve. Picture: Getty
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30 May 2010
The Western Isles’ director of public health is warning the Outer Hebrides faces a population timebomb, with the young leaving in droves and the area becoming an enclave for the elderly.
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Text message plan to curb binge drinking among young adults
NHS Grampian researchers have been chosen to carry out a year-long project in which people in their twenties seen as “hazardous” drinkers will be sent text messages, it was revealed yesterday.
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The Registrar General for Scotland today published a report on differences in life expectancy between urban and rural areas, deprived and less deprived areas, and Community Health Partnership areas. The report shows life expectancy in the period 2006-2008.
Filed under Public health, Scottish Government, Scottish Healthcare by on Mar 27th, 2010. Comment.
