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		<title>Fife first to intoduce targeted blood test</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/11/fife-first-to-intoduce-targeted-blood-test/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NHS Fife has become the first Board in Scotland to introduce a targeted blood test for pregnant women at increased risk of pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is serious condition and can pose considerable risks to the health of both women and their babies. Around 10% of pregnant women present with the possible signs of pre-eclampsia, such as &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/11/fife-first-to-intoduce-targeted-blood-test/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fife first to intoduce targeted blood test"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Large Black Hole in NHS Fife&#8217;s Finances</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/06/large-black-hole-in-nhs-fifes-finances/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[NHS Fife is struggling financially, as are other NHS Boards in Scotland. In March, the Health Board was forced to ask the Scottish Government for a £11 million loan to break even, but its finance director is forecasting a £29.8 million overspend for the coming year. Introducing her report to the Board last week, Margo &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/06/large-black-hole-in-nhs-fifes-finances/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Large Black Hole in NHS Fife&#8217;s Finances"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NHS Fife and Fife College to form a New Partnersip</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/nhs-fife-and-fife-college-to-form-a-new-partnersip/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 11:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Metcalfe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS Fife]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of a partnership agreement between NHS Fife and St Andrews University to train medical students in Fife, comes an agreement between  NHS Fife and Fife College to improve education and training opportunities for people in Fife and enable much greater collaboration between the two institutions. The new formal five-year partnership was &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/nhs-fife-and-fife-college-to-form-a-new-partnersip/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "NHS Fife and Fife College to form a New Partnersip"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews medical students now able to complete their training in Fife</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/st-andrews-medical-students-now-able-to-complete-their-training-in-fife/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 18:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NHS Fife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andews medical school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st andrews university]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Picture: Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE (left), Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of St Andrews, and NHS Fife Chief Executive Carol Potter sign the Memorandum of Understanding A major new partnership between the University of St Andrews and NHS Fife will benefit patient care and medical research in the Kingdom of Fife, while boosting Scotland’s overall training provision &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/05/st-andrews-medical-students-now-able-to-complete-their-training-in-fife/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews medical students now able to complete their training in Fife"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>First Minister Officially Opens Fife National Treatment Centre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Treatment Centre - Fife]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In what was her last public engagement, outgoing First Minister, Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP, was welcomed to Fife last week (25th March) to officially open the new Fife Orthopaedic National Treatment Centre. The Fife Orthopaedic National Treatment Centre (NTC) will provide additional capacity for more than 700 orthopaedic procedures a year including hip and &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/03/first-minister-officially-opens-fife-national-treatment-centre/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "First Minister Officially Opens Fife National Treatment Centre"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NHS Fife create online cancer hub</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/01/nhs-fife-create-online-cancer-hub/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 14:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new online cancer hub created by NHS Fife will help patients and people affected by cancer to access the information they need to help navigate through their cancer journey. The hub on the NHS Fife website is for those who have received a cancer diagnosis, those awaiting procedures or results, people living with cancer &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/01/nhs-fife-create-online-cancer-hub/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "NHS Fife create online cancer hub"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Calling prospective medical students!</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/06/calling-prospective-medical-students/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS Fife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S6 pupils]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[NHS Fife is offering students considering a career in medicine the opportunity to find out what it&#8217;s like. Run jointly with the University of St Andrews, the course will be available to current S6 pupils, recently having completed S5. Running for a week in the summer, this programme will give you MMI interview skills practice, provide you &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/06/calling-prospective-medical-students/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Calling prospective medical students!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fife Orthopaedic Centre topped out</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/04/fife-orthopaedic-centre-topped-out/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[NHS Fife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthopaedic Centre]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[An important milestone has been reached in the construction of the new elective orthopaedic centre at the Victoria Hospital, with a topping out ceremony marking the completion of the highest point of the build. Work commenced on the construction in March 2021, with the facility forming part of the network of National Treatment Centres across &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/04/fife-orthopaedic-centre-topped-out/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fife Orthopaedic Centre topped out"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Record number of cases reported in St Andrews</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/01/record-number-of-cases-reported-in-st-andrews/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2022 19:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Covid 19 hospital admissions]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the 7 days ending on the 4th January, 166 cases of Covid-19 were reported in St Andrews: 38 in the Central area , 50 in North and Strathkinness,  36 in South West St Andrews  and 42 in South East St Andrews. The highest concentration of cases was in South East St Andrews at 1031 &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/01/record-number-of-cases-reported-in-st-andrews/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Record number of cases reported in St Andrews"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NHS Fife cancels non-urgent appointments and surgical procedures</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/12/nhs-fife-cancels-non-urgent-appointments-and-surgical-procedures/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[appointments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the sudden increase in Covid cases very likely to lead to a sharp rise in hospitalisations and potentially impact on the availability of our own workforce, NHS Fife is moving quickly to mitigate the impact of this new variant on already stretched services and help safeguard urgent care and cancer services. With the ongoing &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/12/nhs-fife-cancels-non-urgent-appointments-and-surgical-procedures/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "NHS Fife cancels non-urgent appointments and surgical procedures"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s Here!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS Fife]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[NHS Fife has reported a rapid increase in the Omicron variant, with the first case reported on the 6th December and rising steeply since the 14th. Numbers are still small but, given that the R number is somewhere between 3 and 5, numbers are expected to double every two days or less, they are expected &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/12/its-here/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "It&#8217;s Here!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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