Health

The First Minister is to look at the possibility of compensation for those those who have suffered as a result of pollution from the Mossmorran plant in Fife.

An investigation into the health impacts of flaring at Mossmorran has found it has had an unacceptable impact on the surrounding communities.

Fifers are being advised to talk before they walk, ahead of the roll out of the redesigned out of hours service on Monday (November 4).

A new out of hours GP service is set to roll out across Fife on November 4.

A Kirkcaldy charity that supports the town’s hospitals is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

A Virtual Dementia Tour, which gives people the opportunity to walk in the world of those living with dementia, will visit St Andrews on Tuesday.

A young Kirkcaldy woman has sadly lost her battle with cancer.

Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has appointed a new director.

The early stages of the flu vaccination programme for young people in Fife is “likely” to be disrupted by a UK-wide supply issue of the nasal spray.

NHS Fife has been told to improve its management of trainees by inspectors.

The Active Schools programme continues to have a positive impact on children’s physical activity levels, according to the latest figures.

Patients in Fife suffering from winter vomiting virus – norovirus – could be discharged from hospital more quickly after NHS Fife has become the first microbiology laboratory in Scotland to be recommended for ‘flexible scope’ by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

A Glenrothes couple are walking the entire 55 miles of the Fife Pilgrim Way on Sunday in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity.

Fife Alcohol Support Service (FASS) is helping to tackle social isolation and loneliness in the Kingdom’s communities with Curnie Clubs.

A mum has hit out at the lack of community paediatricians, as she continues to wait to have her son assessed for ADHD and autism.

The founder of a Christmas toy appeal and the local MP have teamed up to call for more to be done to tackle poverty in north east Fife.

A man with Multiple Sclerosis has been stuck in a St Andrews care home for 18 months – even though he is fit to go home.

A Kirkcaldy nurse has been suspended for groping a female colleague and putting his hand down her trousers.

The Scottish Ambulance Service is set to apologise for taking upto 40 minutes to arrive as a man with a head wound lay in the street having a seizure.