Health

Shopping and travelling are two everyday activities that most of us take for granted, but for people with hidden disabilities the experience can be a stressful one.

NHS Fife has achieved its most successful ever staff flu immunisation campaign – smashing Scottish Government’s target.

A war veteran with sight loss has reconnected with his Royal Navy heritage thanks to a specialist video magnifier from charity Scottish War Blinded.

It would be fair to say that Cor Hutton’s life has changed beyond all recognition in the last six years.

An NHS project in Fife is helping people to remain in work by providing easier access to health professionals.

MSPs have called for action to be taken to curb the “shocking” number of physical and verbal assaults on NHS Fife staff, which amounted to more than 7000 over four years.

Fifers are being invited to have their say on plans for a new multi-million pound orthopaedic centre in Kirkcaldy.

A Kinglassie soldier has been pushing his body to the limit to raise funds for his fellow veterans.

A patient waited 447 days to be discharged from a hospital in Fife because of the lack of available support.

People who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are being invited to come along to the Old Kirk in Kirkcaldy this Sunday to help beat the blues with a party.

Fifers are being urged to start 2020 by becoming a ‘dementia friend’.

A Fife social worker, who assessed an elderly woman while she was asleep, has been struck off for misconduct.

Pamela Harrower was just 35-years-old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

With colder weather coming in, Fife Council is urging residents to be prepared.

Most pharmacies in Fife will be closed for a couple of days over the Christmas and New Year period.

Bosses and employees in Fife are being urged to look out for the mental health of colleagues as the end of the year draws closer.

NHS Fife staff were on hand to save Christmas as part of a festive video released by the health board this week.

NHS Fife has become the first health board in Scotland to perform a successful total knee replacement in 12 hours.

Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital could cost NHS Fife £9m more than originally anticipated when it was built.