Message from NHS Tayside
A number of blue vaccination appointment letters have been sent in error to housebound patients. We would ask any housebound patient who has received a letter to cancel their appointment,
Diabetes Scotland
Diabetes Scotland
Most publicity centres on the rising numbers of patients with Type 2 diabetes and the association with obesity. However, the numbers of children with Type 1, which is caused by an autoimmune process which attacks the insulin producing cells in the pancreas, are also rising rapidly -by 2-3% per year in most countries.