NHS Fife

Storm Eowyn and (inset) the text alert sent out by the Scottish Government (Pics: Submitted)

Storm Eowyn in Fife: afternoon update - bridges closed, few shops open

The new land deal will Lucky Ewe expand its operations (Pic: Lucky Ewe)

New land deal lets Fife charity expand its hands-on experiences of animal care

Adamson Hospital, Cupar (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Fife hospital wing closure: patients face nine-mile trip for treatment

Fife councillors were given an update on the overspend last week (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Concern over spiralling health care costs as Fife Council faces £10m shortfall

A&E at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy is dealing with 180 patients a day (Pic: NHSFife)

A&E: Vic under ‘considerable’ pressure as some patients face wait in ambulances

People are being urged to get the flu vaccination. Pic: Contributed

Winter flu: NHS Fife ‘under increased pressure’ as cases rise

Walking sticks are among the equipment which can be re-used (Pic: NHS Fife)

Renewed appeal in amnesty for return of unwanted walking aids to NHS Fife

David Archer with, Liza Quin, founder and manager of Autism Rocks Fife, and volunteer Dave Moug (right) (Pic: Submitted)

Bumper Christmas donation to Fife autism charity battling to save its premises

Reclaim the Night march in Kirkcaldy (Pic: Submitted).

Hundreds of Fifers rally to support campaign to end violence against women

How the new Lochgelly Health Centre could look - if the Scottish Government coughs up the funding

MSP calls for Scottish Government action over two outdated Fife health centres

Janet Stirrat at the awards event

Local Nurse receives prestigious Queen's Nurse award

Costs keep piling up for Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Five areas of blame as Fife health costs soar by £5.5million

NHS staff and Men's Shed representatives with the frames on the wall (Pic: NHSFife)

How a men’s shed brightened the day unit for patients at Victoria Hospital

It is on track to make £23m of savings, but some schemes are at “significant risk” (Pic: Fife Free Press)

NHS Fife finances: £1.7m behind savings targets, board members warned

Jim Metcalfe (Fife College), left, and Councillor David Ross (Pics: Submitted)

Why Fife’s economy is ‘under-performing’ and the steps being taken to tackle it

Fifers who are under the weather have bene urged not to visit loved ones in hospital (Pic: TSPL)

Plea to Fifers who are full of the cold planning to visit hospital patients
Fifers who are full of the cold or under the weather have been urged to stay away from hospital wards at visiting time.
Allan Crow

Walking sticks are among the equipment which can be re-used (Pic: NHS Fife)

New appeal to check cupboards and attics and return unwanted walking aids

Hands up if you can volunteer and help make a difference (Pic: geralt/Pixabay)

Fife-wide campaign to recruit volunteers after slump in numbers after pandemic

Methilhaven Surgery's temporary premises at Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Buckhaven (Pic: NHS Fife)

NHS Fife search to find GP contractors to take on two busy surgeries

Questions were raised over waiting times for Fife patients (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Minister’s apology over ‘unacceptable’ two year specialist waiting times in Fife

Liza Quin, founder of Autism Rocks.

Fife-based charity Autism Rocks seeking support amid closure fears

A £13.5m recovery plan has been put in motion by health bosses in Fife (Pic: StockSnap/Pixabay)

Fife's £13.5m health recovery plan – board wants more detail before saying yes

NHS Fife's Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (Image by Danyel VanReenen)

Fife health bosses reveal 'most significant risk' to finances in £55m black hole

Jane and Neil Robertson, parents of a local organ donor and (inset), transplant recipient Alison Gray (Pics: NHSFife)

Organ donors: Fife families on the gift of life after life-saving donations

The charity is offering funding to community groups (Pic: nattanan23/Pixabay)

Fife Health Charity opens door to funding to community projects

Lynne Garvey is the new director of health and social care for the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (Pic: Submitted)

Key health appointment in Fife for Lynne who started career as district nurse

The Hospital At Home programme has had a funding boost (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Extra cash for Fife’s ‘Hospital At Home’ teams to get patients home quicker
NHS Fife is one of 13 local healthcare authorities to be awarded a share of £3.6 million from the Scottish Government for Hospital at Home services. Locally, the programme has saved more than 850 hospital bed days so far this year.
Danyel VanReenen, Local Democracy Reporting Service

NHS Fife initiative ‘labour hopscotch’is aimed at preparing both the “mind and body for birth” (Pic: NHS Fife)

‘Labour hopscotch’ brings new birthing stations to Fife to help pregnant mothers

Nicky Connor (left) is the new CEO at NHS Tayside, with Fiona McKay stepping in as Fife Health and Social Care Partnerhips’s interim director.

New temporary leadership team at helm of Fife’s health partnership

NHS Fife is facing major financial challenges

NHS Fife finances: things are getting worse with £55m budget gap early in 2025

Fife Rider Martin Harris with CAS pilot Tony Hall on the tarmac at Fife Airport

Blood bikes take vital medical sample from Fife hospital to specialist laborator...

Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership's deficit is projected to grow to £24m gap by March 2025. (Pic: TSPL)

Fife health funding crisis: social care deficit set to soar to £24m report warns

Fife Pride is expected to draw huge crowds to Kirkcaldy (Pic: Fife Photo Agency)

Fife Pride: when is the parade, what is the route, who is performing on stage

Councillors will get public's views on plans to deploy parking attendants at the hospital (Pic: St Andrews Citizen)

NHS Fife asks council to deploy parking attendants at Fife hospital

There were winners across 16 categories at the voluntary sector awards (Pic: Fife Voluntary Action)

Fife groups honoured at Volunteering and Voluntary Sector Awards

The ‘A Light of Love’ memorial service was months in the planning (Pic: Submitted)

First memorial service in Fife for organ and tissue donors who helped save lives

The overspend was revealed this week (Pic: FFP archives)

‘Unexpected’ £800,000 hole in Fife health budget revealed

NHS Fife faces some tough financial decisions ahead. (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Cash-strapped NHS Fife outlines major review in bid to make savings of £25m

NHS Fife's Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (Pic: Danyel VanReenen)

Scottish Government’s second bail out as NHS Fife faces £11m black hole finances

A screenshot from the new website (Pic: NHS Fife)

New campaign to reduce Fife’s levels of unnecessary pain medicine prescriptions

Benjamin Hannan, NHS Fife's director of reform and transformation, has been designated a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. (Pic: NHS Fife)

NHS Fife director becomes Royal Pharmaceutical Society Fellow

Members of NHS Fife's workforce and chaplaincy teams with three of the Board's international recruits (Pic: NHS Fife)

NHS Fife’s award for the support it gives to international recruits

The 'People's Piano' in the Victoria Hospital is looking for a new home. (Pic: NHS Fife)

Hospital's 'People's Piano' is looking for a new home

Improvement works in the ENT department at Victoria Hospital are now complete. (Pic: NHS Fife)

Refurbishment of Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital ENT department is now complete

New GP contractors are set to take over the Rosyth practice (Pic: Google Maps)

Fife medical practice with over 6000 patients taken over by three GPs

NHS Fife's Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (Pic: Danyel VanReenen)

Children ride bikes through Victoria Hospital causing a disturbance

Staff and patients have been alarmed by the teenagers' conduct in the grounds of Cameron Hospital (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Teenagers run wild at Fife hospital alarming patients and causing damage

Kirkcaldy Health Centre will reopen to patients and staff on Wednesday, but roadworks will continue on Whyteman's Brae as engineers replace gas pipelines. (Pic: FFP)

GP services to resume on Wednesday following gas works closure

Barbara Inglis from The Sunshine Box with Barbara Inglis, Asda Dunfermline Community Champion (Pic: Submitted)

Fife supermarket donates Easter eggs to hospital support charity

Kirkcaldy Health Centre remains closed to patients and staff due to ongoing gas works in the area. (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Disruption to continue as Kirkcaldy Health Centre will not reopen on Tuesday

Kirkcaldy Health Centre and neighbouring Well Pharmacy are to be closed all week due to urgent gas works. (Pic: Google Maps)

Kirkcaldy Health Centre to remain closed for the week due to urgent gas works

The administrative building at Hayfield, Kirkcaldy, is one of three to be closed (Pic: Google Maps)

NHS Fife to close three admin buildings to save £650,000

The Scottish Government is bailing NHS Fife out of a £23 million blackhole this year with £10.2 million in additional money from the UK’s HM Treasury. (Pic: Scott Louden)

Bail outs plug NHS Fife £23m black hole – but it still won’t balance the books

Patients face a difficult task finding a new dental surgery in Fife (Pic: drshohmelian/Pixabay)

Fife patients left to find another dentist as surgery set to close

NHS Fife has become the first health board in Scotland to offer a pioneering treatment for enlarged prostate as an outpatient appointment without the need for general anaesthetic. (Pic: NHSFife)

Fife pioneers treatment for enlarged prostate without general anaesthetic