Be Ready for Winter zone on NHS inform

Be Ready for Winter

For information on how you can help to look after you and your family’s health this winter.

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Palliative Care Zone

Palliative Care

Information and advice on different aspects of palliative care, regardless of the condition.

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Musculoskeletal Zone

Musculoskeletal Zone

Offering information, advice and assessment to people with muscle or joint pain, to prevent it interfering with their daily lives.

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Mental Health and Wellbeing zone

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Scottish-focused information on different aspects of mental health and wellbeing

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Health Library on NHS inform

Health A-Z

Everything you need to know about illnesses, tests, treatments, operations and services.

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Common Health Questions

Common Health Questions

Find answers to Common Health Questions. Not able to find what you are looking for? Ask a Health Information Advisor

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Support Service Directory on NHS inform

Support Service Directory

Information on Local and National groups & organisations that can help you with any health or well-being problem.

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NHS in your area

Find out about local Health Information services, and get contact details for your local Health Board. Click here to see what services are available in your area.

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Health Events

Health in Focus

This week in our Health in Focus section you can find out more about the launch of our Palliative Care zone, Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, Food Allergy and Intolerance Week, bowel cancer and Love Your Liver Month.

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Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) breast implants update 6 January 2011

NHS Inform wishes to update people in Scotland on the PIP breast implant issue. Here you will find links to the latest information.

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Breast implants scrutinised following cancer death

Many newspapers have reported details of a possible link between a French brand of breast implants and a rare form of cancer. It is thought that up to 50,000 British women have had the implants concerned, which are subject to a major investigation in France.

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