Category: BHG News

A Big Thank You

A Big Thank You to all who filled out the Scottish Community Alliance Survey.    They also helped with a Stakeholders and Partners analysis and our appreciation goes to all who participated in this as well. 85% of those filling out the Survey were for a Health and Wellbeing Hub in the area.  The biggest need …

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New Trustees

At the January trustees meeting there were three new trustees welcomed.  They are Alison Cameron,  Lindsay Cameron and Stanley Callaghan. From Alison: I’m a mature, mother of 2, married to the recently retired local vet, and have been interested and worked in healthcare most of my adult life.  After leaving school I trained as a …

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A fantastic personal wellbeing website to check out!

NHS UK has produced an excellent website for personal wellbeing.  It is entitled ‘One You’ and it is worth your time!  https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/ This website has a quiz to help you see where you are health wise and where you need to pay a little more attention.  It has connections for apps to help you quit smoking, or …

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Ways to Have Your Say…

We are seeing many changes in the way that health and social care services are organised and provided both locally and across Tayside. Sometimes we feel that we have no say in this but in fact there are arrangements which allow us to have our say, to make our views, opinions and concerns known. There …

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The Healthwatch Project Won!!

Thank you for your votes to help the HealthWatch Project win! Healthwatch, a sub group of Brechin Healthcare Group, is a high school group led by Mrs Black and Dr Hamish Grieg. The group has gone from strength to strength and have won the Rural Innovators Award from Scottish Rural Action! Not only did they …

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Little Brechin Telephone Kiosk

Since the BHG bought the telephone box – for £1 – at Little Brechin, a lot of work has been done by the villagers to make it a fitting home for a defibrillator. It has been repaired and painted, and planters placed to make an attractive addition to the village. There has been a real …

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