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Minister for Women’s Health @Jenni_Minto visited Maggie's Edinburgh to meet women with lived experience of cancer treatment induced menopause and hear about the work the Maggie’s Centre are doing to support these women.
During his visit to Reachout with Arts in Mind in Alloa, Health Secretary @NeilCGray heard from community organisations how they were supporting health and wellbeing with help from Scottish Government’s £15m Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults, part of NHS and social care recovery.
Today marks the start of #WorldImmunisationWeek . Vaccines save lives, prevent outbreaks of serious diseases such as measles and give children and teenagers the best start in life.
Find out about immunisations offered at: nhsinform.scot/immunisation #WIW24 #HumanlyPossible
Minister for Wellbeing Maree Todd visited NHS Tayside's early intervention in psychosis service CONNECT in Dundee.
Ms Todd met the team and heard about their important work and aspiration for the future of the service.
Find out more ➡️bit.ly/4d0BzMx
Public Health Minister Jenni Minto MSP visited Duns Dental Care & Coldstream Dental Centre NHS Borders.
Ms Minto met staff & was given a tour of the Centre and Duns Dental Care, the new practice which opened last year thanks to @ScotGov funding.
Read more➡️bit.ly/3VZjpF0
As MSPs voted to continue MUP and increase it to 65p, Drugs and Alcohol Policy Minister Christina McKelvie highlighted that PHS’s evaluation estimated Scottish Government's policy saved 156 lives a year during the period reviewed.
➡️ bit.ly/MUPrise
Drugs and Alcohol Policy Minister Christina McKelvie congratulated graduates at Scottish Drugs Forum’s award-winning National Traineeship ceremony - Scottish Government has provided an extra £480,000 a year until 2026 to support up to 20 additional trainees annually.
➡️ bit.ly/SDFtraineeship
The minimum price per unit of alcohol will increase to 65 pence on 30 September after Scottish Parliament approved plans to continue the public health measure.
🏴 Scotland's Minister for Public Health and Women's Health Jenni Minto MSP has praised GCU’s “breadth of research and its impact” ahead of its Research Centre for Health ‘Power of Partnership’ event on Tuesday, April 23.
Find out more and register:
📲 gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/unive…
Health Secretary Neil Gray MSP attended Beatson Cancer Charity's Civic Reception to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
He thanked all involved in the organisation for their boundless time and energy towards supporting and caring for people affected by cancer in the West of Scotland.