Tayside and Fife miss children’s mental health targets
During the last quarter of 2019, both NHS Fife and NHS Tayside failed to meet the Scottish Government’s target of 18 w...
Category: Health
Serious criticism of Fife Integrated Joint Board’s financial management
Scotland’s local authority watchdog, the Accounts Commission, part of Audit Scotland, reports that Fife's Integrated J...
Total knee replacement: in and out in 12 hours!
NHS Fife has become the first health board in Scotland to perform a successful total knee replacement with the patient, ...
Out-of-hours service chaos at Victoria Hospital
High demand and staff shortages and staff shortages led to long waits for patients using Fife’s redesigned out-of-hour...
State of the art orthopaedic centre moves a step closer
Fife Health Board approved the business case for a £33 million orthopaedic centre in Kirkcaldy when it met this week an...
Roadside air pollution stunts children’s lungs
Campaigners have called on the government to commit to tackling "dangerous" air pollution in the UK after research showe...
Community Hub buys St Davids Centre
North East Fife Community Hub, which currently provides a range of support services to for residents, including a commun...
New out-of-hours GP services launched despite concerns
Implementation of a new model of out-of-hours GP services in Fife began yesterday despite warnings that it is a dangerou...
Serious failings in medical training at Victoria Hospital
In a damning report by the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Deanery, which is responsible for managing medical training ...
Fierce backlash against plans to reduce East Sands Leisure Centre opening hours
Fife Sports and Leisure Trust has announced reduced opening times by nine hours at the East Sands Leisure Centre in St A...
St Andrews Out of Hours service “set up to fail”
Campaigners warn that the St Andrews Out Of Hours service may still face closure as managers seek to impose reduced hour...