The Southern Reporter - Health Feed

Phone lines restored to Borders General Hospital

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:51:06 GMT

Phone lines to Borders General Hospital have been restored over seven hours after first being reported.

Public asked not to call Borders General Hospital unless urgent due to phone fault

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:22:01 GMT

A telephone fault at Borders General Hospital this morning means members of the public have been told to only contact via phone if it is a matter of urgency.

NHS hit out at BBC

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:03:48 GMT

NHS Borders chief executive has stuck the boot into the BBC for its interpretation of the health board’s spending on private healthcare.

Janet is star of show

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:45:06 GMT

A Kelso woman, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, has beaten more than 200 other entries to scoop a major care sector award.

Borders women and girls walk the MoonWalk for cancer

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:50:33 GMT

The charity fundraising MoonWalk Edinburgh attracted local walkers on Saturday night.

Campaign points out illegal tattoo dangers

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:51:40 GMT

A drive to get people to ‘Think twice, tattoo once’ has been launched this week at Selkirk High School by the council and NHS Borders.

Grandad Bob’s bike back to fitness

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:43:49 GMT

Hawick nutrition and fitness enthusiast Bob Mitchell talks about his return to health...

CrossFit explained at Selkirk gym open day

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:43:49 GMT

The Borders’ only CrossFit gym is holding an open day next Saturday.

Combating obesity is ongoing project say health bosses

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:41:50 GMT

A trial this month will see nutrition experts coach primary seven school children in Galashiels on healthy eating before they make the transition to high school.

Warm welcome for hero soldiers

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:14:51 GMT

The Lauderdale Hotel in Lauder recently played host to 22 bikers who were undertaking a sponsored cycle ride on behalf of military charity, Help for Heroes.

Sports pitch dog ban motion ‘not lawful’

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:08:36 GMT

A Kelso councillor has been forced back to the drawing board with his plans to get dogs banned from all of the region’s sports pitches.

Councillors quiz health bosses on BGH pool closure

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:39:03 GMT

Senior management of NHS Borders were grilled by

Jed residents want action over underpass kerb issue

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:33:05 GMT

Disabled people and the less mobile are being discriminated against by a decision not to allow dropped kerbs at an underpass in Jedburgh.

Councillors told ‘stop obsessing about nonsense’

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:10:36 GMT

A ‘bonkers discussion’ was how a senior member of Scottish Borders Council

Every dog has its day – will Tom?

Wed, 29 May 2013 16:21:04 GMT

The lives of dogs and humans have been intertwined for possibly as long as 33,000 years.

Call for dogs to be banned from local sports pitches

Wed, 29 May 2013 16:02:05 GMT

A motion calling for a by-law banning dogs from all of the region’s sports pitches will be debated by the full Scottish Borders Council today.

National rollout of BGH’s digital ward system

Wed, 29 May 2013 15:50:12 GMT

Touchscreen technology piloted within Borders General Hospital has shown it can reduce patients’ average lengths of stay.

A&E waiting times in Borders hospitals improve

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:43:08 GMT

A total of 97 per cent of patients admitted to A & E departments in the Borders in March were seen within the four hour target.

Clues sought in Kelso stained glass mystery

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:35:02 GMT

A probe has been launched in Kelso to try to uncover the

Cancer charity therapists making a real difference

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:54:27 GMT

In the latest in our series marking the 10 years of The Lavender Touch, we focus on the work of therapists