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NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside is an NHS board which forms one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in Angus, Scotland, Angus, the Dundee City council area and Perth and Kinross. NHS Tayside is headquartered at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee; one of the largest hospitals in the world. It has three Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs): Angus, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Performance In July 2020 the board announced that it had achieved the Scottish Government’s 2024 target of a 90% reduction in prevalence of hepatitis C, after 1970 people were diagnosed and treated, making it the first region in the world to effectively eliminate the virus. It signed a five-year agreement with Alcidion to deploy Miya Observations, an electronic monitoring system which alerts clinical staff when patients show signs of deterioration, in 2022. History NHS Tayside was originally formed as Tayside Health Board in April 1974. It replaced the Eastern Regional Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundee
Dundee (; ; or , ) is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for the locality was . It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea. Under the name of Dundee City, it forms one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas used for local government in Scotland. Within the boundaries of the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Angus, Scotland, Angus, the city developed into a burgh in the late 12th century and established itself as an important east coast trading port. Rapid expansion was brought on by the Industrial Revolution, particularly in the 19th century when Dundee was the centre of the global jute industry. This, along with its other major industries, gave Dundee its epithet as the city of "jute, jam and journalism". With the decline of traditional industry, the city has adopted a plan to regenerate and reinvent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Margaret's Hospital, Auchterarder
St Margaret's Hospital is a health facility in Western Road, Auchterarder, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Tayside. It is a Category B listed building. History The facility was financed by a gift from Andrew Thomson Reid (1863-1940) of Auchterarder House. It was intended to be a memorial to his father, who had founded the Hyde Park Locomotive Works in Glasgow, and his mother. It was designed by Stewart & Paterson and opened in 1926. After joining the National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ... in 1948, an outpatients clinic was added in 1950. References Hospitals in Perth and Kinross Hospital buildings completed in 1926 1926 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1926 NHS Scotland hospitals {{UK-hospital-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Health Partnership
Community Health Partnerships, known as CHPs (pronounced ''Chips'') were subdivisions of Health Boards in Scotland, from 2005 to 2015, after which their functions were fully taken over by Health and Social Care Partnerships in April 2015. CHPs had four roles within their locality: * To deliver primary care services, including community mental health and sexual health services * To work with social services to provide social care * To promote health improvement * To influence strategic planning, including the primary-secondary care interface History In 2003 it was announced that CHPs would be set up as a means to devolve more power to frontline staff, and allow the NHS to work more effectively with other organisations, such as local authorities and the voluntary sector. At the time, this model was suggested as a way to better integrate health services with the council's social work department and some areas of children’s services. The National Health Service Reform (Scotla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Regional Hospital Board
Eastern or Easterns may refer to: Transportation Airlines *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 Roads *Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India Other *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) *Eastern College (other) Sports * Easterns (cricket team), South African cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcidion
''Alcidion'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:Bezark, Larry GA Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. * ''Alcidion aestimabilis'' (Melzer, 1934) * ''Alcidion albosparsus'' (Melzer, 1934) * ''Alcidion alienum'' (Melzer, 1932) * ''Alcidion apicalis'' (Bates, 1864) * ''Alcidion chryseis'' (Bates, 1864) * ''Alcidion dominicum'' (Fisher, 1926) * ''Alcidion humeralis'' (Perty, 1832) * ''Alcidion inornatum'' Monne & Monne, 2007 * ''Alcidion ludicrum'' (Germar, 1824) * ''Alcidion partitum'' (White, 1855) * ''Alcidion quadriguttatum'' (Aurivillius, 1920) * ''Alcidion ramulorum'' (Bates, 1864) * ''Alcidion sannio'' (Germar, 1824) * ''Alcidion sulphurifer'' (White, 1855) * ''Alcidion umbraticum'' (Jacquelin du Val in Sagra, 1857) * ''Alcidion unicolor'' (Fisher, 1932) References Alcidion, Acanthocinini {{Acanthocinini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. During the initial infection period, people often have mild or no symptoms. Early symptoms can include fever, dark urine, abdominal pain, and jaundice, yellow tinged skin. The virus persists in the liver, becoming Chronic condition, chronic, in about 70% of those initially infected. Early on, chronic infection typically has no symptoms. Over many years however, it often leads to liver disease and occasionally cirrhosis. In some cases, those with cirrhosis will develop serious complications such as liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer, or esophageal varices, dilated blood vessels in the esophagus and gastric varices, stomach. HCV is spread primarily by blood-to-blood contact associated with injection drug use, poorly sterilized medical equipment, needlestick injuries in healthcare, and blood transfusions, transfusions. In r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Government
The Scottish Government (, ) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was formed in 1999 as the Scottish Executive following the 1997 referendum on Scottish devolution, and is headquartered at St Andrew's House in the capital city, Edinburgh. It has been described as one of the most powerful devolved governments globally, with full legislative control over a number of areas, including education, healthcare, justice and the legal system, rural affairs, housing, the crown estate, the environment, emergency services, equal opportunities, public transport, and tax, amongst others. Ministers are appointed by the first minister with the approval of the Scottish Parliament and the monarch from among the members of the Parliament. The Scotland Act 1998 makes provision for ministers and junior ministers, referred to by the current administration as Cabinet secretaries and ministers, in addition to two law officers: the lord advocate and the solicito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health And Social Care Partnership
Health and Social Care Partnerships, (HSCPs) are organisations formed to integrate services provided by Health Boards and Councils in Scotland. Each partnership is jointly run by the NHS and local authority. There are 31 HSCPs across Scotland. These are statutory bodies, which took over responsibilities from Community Health Partnerships. They are responsible for £8.5 billion of funding for local services. List of HSCPs The Health and Social Care Partnerships are: * Aberdeen City HSCP * Aberdeenshire HSCP * Angus HSCP * Argyll and Bute HSCP * City of Edinburgh HSCP * Clackmannanshire and Stirling HSCP * Dumfries and Galloway HSCP * Dundee City HSCP * East Ayrshire HSCP * East Dunbartonshire HSCP * East Lothian HSCP * East Renfrewshire HSCP * Falkirk HSCP * Fife HSCP * Glasgow City HSCP * Highland HSCP * Inverclyde HSCP * Midlothian HSCP * Moray HSCP * North Ayrshire HSCP * North Lanarkshire HSCP * Orkney HSCP * Perth and Kinross HSCP * Renfrewshire HSCP * Scottish Borders HSCP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundee City Council Area
Dundee (; ; or , ) is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for the locality was . It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea. Under the name of Dundee City, it forms one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas used for local government in Scotland. Within the boundaries of the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Angus, Scotland, Angus, the city developed into a burgh in the late 12th century and established itself as an important east coast trading port. Rapid expansion was brought on by the Industrial Revolution, particularly in the 19th century when Dundee was the centre of the global jute industry. This, along with its other major industries, gave Dundee its epithet as the city of "jute, jam and journalism". With the decline of traditional industry, the city has adopted a plan to regenerate and reinvent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It operates 14 territorial NHS boards across Scotland, supported by seven special non-geographic health boards, and Public Health Scotland. At the founding of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, three separate institutions were created in Scotland, England and Wales and Northern Ireland. The NHS in Scotland was accountable to the Secretary of State for Scotland rather than the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as in England and Wales. Prior to 1948, a publicly funded healthcare system, the Highlands and Islands Medical Service, had been established in Scotland in 1913. Following Scottish devolution in 1999, health and social care policy and funding became devolved to the Scottish Parliament. It is currently administered through the Health and Social Care Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forfar
Forfar (; , ) is the county town of Angus, Scotland, and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million-pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town had a population of 16,280. The town lies in Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross, Strathmore and is situated just off the main A90 road between Perth, Scotland, Perth and Aberdeen, with Dundee (the nearest city) being 13 miles (21 km) away. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Glamis Castle, seat of the Bowes-Lyon family and ancestral home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and where the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Princess Margaret, younger sister of Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II, was born in 1930. Forfar dates back to the temporary Scotland during the Roman Empire, Roman occupation of the area, and was subsequently held by the Picts and the Kingdom of Scotland. During the Scottish Wars of Independence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitehills Hospital
Whitehills Hospital is a health facility in Station Road in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Formerly an isolation hospital and then a geriatric hospital, in its current form, it is a community hospital known as the Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre. It is managed by NHS Tayside. History The original facility on the site, which was designed by McArthy and Watson as an isolation hospital, opened as the Forfarshire County Fever Hospital in 1901. After joining the National Health Service in 1948, it became a geriatric facility known as Whitehills Hospital in 1949. A modern community hospital known as the Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre, which was commissioned to replace the aging Forfar Infirmary Forfar Infirmary was a health facility in Arbroath Road in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, Angus, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Tayside. History The facility had its origins in the Forfar Poorhouse which was completed in June 1861. The infirmary, whi ..., was built on the site a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
