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Edinburgh food project launched

NEWS 20 April 2020 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

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City of Edinburgh Council and voluntary sector organisations have teamed up to ensure communities can access vital food supplies

https://tfn.scot/news/edinburgh-food-project-launched

For children with ME, school education can be a grave threat

OPINION 19 May 2017 Guest post

Health & Social Care

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Lesley Scott explains why the Scottish Government presumption that attending school is always best can affect the health of children with ME

https://tfn.scot/opinion/for-children-with-me-school-education-can-be-a-grave-threat

More cash for food poor families

NEWS 5 April 2018 by Susan Smith

Health & Social Care

Scottish Government food welfare plans include scrapping stigmatising paper food vouchers and giving families more freedom to buy what they need

https://tfn.scot/news/more-cash-for-food-poor-families

Obese Scots at risk of cancer, charity warns

NEWS 9 September 2016 by Susan Smith

Health & Social Care

Most Scots don't realise that being overweight can increase their chances of getting a range of different cancers, new research finds

https://tfn.scot/news/obese-scots-at-risk-of-cancer-charity-warns

Charity wants more care home partnership working

NEWS 19 May 2020 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

Age Scotland has welcomed efforts to support care homes through the coronavirus crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-wants-more-care-home-partnership-working

If the government won’t take ME seriously who will?

OPINION 29 August 2018 by TFN

Families & Young People

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Lesley Scott of Tymes Trust argues ME can't be fixed through psychological interventions and the authorities need to take a different tact

https://tfn.scot/opinion/if-the-government-wont-take-me-seriously-who-will

Where being a stakeholder might be a stretch too far

OPINION 21 July 2017 Guest post

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James Jopling believes a warm welcome from power brokers might be lulling us all into a false sense of security

https://tfn.scot/opinion/where-being-a-stakeholder-might-be-a-stretch-too-far

Whoever governs now they will have to listen: let’s make ourselves heard

OPINION 9 June 2017 Guest post

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Martin Sime says that no majority means no monopoly on wisdom

https://tfn.scot/opinion/whoever-governs-now-they-will-have-to-listen-lets-make-ourselves-heard

“Cautious welcome” for NHS fees u-turn

NEWS 22 May 2020 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

Health and social care workers from abroad will not have to pay to use the NHS, however care organisations have said more info is needed

https://tfn.scot/news/cautious-welcome-for-nhs-fees-u-turn

Charity in Brexit flu vaccine warning

NEWS 11 October 2019 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

Age Scotland has urged older people to access the vaccine before the end of the month

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-in-brexit-flu-vaccine-warning

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Edinburgh food project launched

For children with ME, school education can be a grave threat

More cash for food poor families

Obese Scots at risk of cancer, charity warns

Charity wants more care home partnership working

If the government won’t take ME seriously who will?

Where being a stakeholder might be a stretch too far

Whoever governs now they will have to listen: let’s make ourselves heard

“Cautious welcome” for NHS fees u-turn

Charity in Brexit flu vaccine warning

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