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Finalists announced for NHS Ayrshire & Arran's healthcare heroes awards

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday, June 1 at University Hospital, Ayr.

Daily Record

Dog owner sends urgent warning as poisonous snake bites pooch's face

Mahri and Colin Paterson were walking on the Isle of Arran in Scotland with their dogs Kaia and Bree, when a snake bit their six-year-old dog's face, leaving her in pain, before they rushed to the vet

Daily Mirror

Ayrshire assault victim complains after being refused reconstructive surgery

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman upheld the complaint against NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran deficit doubles to £56m as cost of paper towels, pay deals and medicine mounts

NHS Ayrshire and Arran Health Board faces financial challenge as it prepares to set budget on Tuesday.

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Ayrshire 'superhospital' plan on backburner as NHS faces 'deteriorating’ finances

NHS Ayrshire and Arran Chief Executive was giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee.

Daily Record

'World class' adventure centre won't close as axe threat removed by council

The Arran centre was supposedly an option for budget savings.

Daily Record

Diabetes patients make up majority of those waiting 18 months for an appointment in NHS Ayrshire & Arran

A breakdown of figures for outpatients waiting more than a year and a half for an appointment showed most had diabetes or a similar condition.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran to cut number of hospital beds

NHS Ayrshire and Arran Chief Executive says that the aim is to provide the right balance between 'place based' community care and acute hospital beds, with no more covid funds for extra staff.

Daily Record

New Arran ferry service for freight only gets underway from Troon

The new service began today following trials last week.

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Moment Ayrshire fishing crew rescue another boat off the coast of Arran in horrific conditions

The Spes Bona crew from Troon leapt to the rescue to tow a stricken trawler back to the mainland

Daily Record

Fresh Arran ferry concerns after prolonged period without taskforce meeting

The concerns were highlighted at a North Ayrshire Council meeting.

Daily Record

'Hands off our hospital': Bob Shields says as NHS bosses deny Ayr service changes

Questions over the 'running down of services' at Ayr Hospital have been raised, writes Bob Shields.

Daily Record

NHS Ayrshire and Arran spent more than £1m on agency nurses in one month as health board faces £30m funding gap

NHS Ayrshire and Arran Health Board heard that an additional £4m would need to be found to balance the books on Monday.

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Police to be called in over Arran ferries 'scandal' as fears mount island could be 'irreparably harmed'

Councillors on North Ayrshire Council voted to urge Scotland's police chief to launch a probe into severe delays and an overspend on the vessels.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran chief working 'like a dog with a bone' to turn health board's fortunes around

Claire Burden hasn't had her problems to seek but the boss is bidding to convince staff and patients alike that the service is not crumbling around them.

Daily Record

Scots acting legend James Cosmo bigs-up Ayrshire and Arran film locations in new guide to the country's big screen locations

The star of iconic Scottish films, Highlander, Braveheart and Trainspotting, and TV fantasy series, Game of Thrones, pens the foreword to the national tourism organisation’s revamped guidebook, Set in Scotland.

Daily Record

Ayrshire woman backs hospice's 'Light up a Life' fundraising campaign after losing daughter to cancer

Light up a Life is an annual appeal to the Ayrshire and Arran community to remember their loved ones at what can be a very emotional time of year.

Daily Record

No new nurses to be taken on by NHS Ayrshire and Arran for a year

A crisis over recruitment has seen NHS Scotland appoint all new graduate nurses, causing issues for health services who will need to add staff during the year.

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Tens of thousands of Ayrshire residents decide whether to donate organs when they die

The new figures come from NHS Ayrshire & Arran as the organisation gets behind Organ Donation Week (26 September to 2 October).

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Scotland’s second home hotspots revealed in new report

THE areas of Scotland with the highest proportions of second homes have been revealed in a new report, which shows major hotspots in rural…

Daily Record

Alcohol deaths in Ayrshire on rise as health and care chiefs react to grim figures

New statistics show that 91 people died of drink-related deaths in the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region in 2021.

Daily Record

NHS Ayrshire & Arran staff forced to restrain patient during life-threatening episode

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) said the organisation’s treatment of the patient was of a “reasonable standard” and that the likelihood of having to restrain the patient “had been anticipated.”

Daily Record

Ayrshire tot diagnosed with same condition that claimed baby cousin's life

Kirstine Christie plans to scatter her son's ashes on Arran following a sponsored cycle for Irvine tot Willow

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Inside the making of Britain’s lesser-known Pride celebrations

In today’s newsletter: Nimo Omer speaks to LGBTQ+ organisers from Arran to the Isle of Wight on how they’re marking Pride month

Daily Record

Covid rising again as pressure on NHS remains high in Ayrshire amid new Omicron sub-variant concern

An increase of positive cases in hospitals and communities has been reported by NHS Ayrshire & Arran.

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