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Charity Hosts Aberdeen Celebration Event to Say ‘Thank You’ to Local Volunteers

Scotland’s leading health charity, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland held its first ever Volunteer Appreciation Event on Wednesday 1st March to say thank you to all the fantastic people across…

Have a ‘Heart to Heart’ this International Women’s Day to Save Lives

CHSS is calling on women across Scotland to look out for each other’s heart health on International Women’s Day (Wed 8th March)  10 women a day in Scotland die from…

Charity volunteer gets ready for 100ft abseil in memory of beloved mum

Beverley Curran, 61, is a volunteer in Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s Linlithgow shop. In March, Beverley will take part in an abseil off the Falkirk Wheel to raise funds…

Award-winning Long Covid support service extended to Midlothian

An innovative project to provide much-needed support to Long Covid patients has been extended to Midlothian. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland has worked with NHS Lothian, Pogo Digital Healthcare, patients…

Stroke survivor and son are stepping out at the Glasgow Kiltwalk

Leeann Armstrong, 47, lives in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, with her husband Thomas and 10-year-old son Mason. In November 2019, Leeann had a stroke that has left her with limited movement…

Action Call to Avoid Escalating the Crisis in Community Care

Call for Charity Run Community Services to be at the Heart of new National Care Service Scotland’s largest charity caring for people in the community with stroke and heart conditions…

A mistake to cut funding for life-enhancing stroke treatment

Health charities and NHS clinicians have united in a call for the Scottish Government to reverse a cut to the funding of a vital stroke treatment that significantly reduces long-term…

Opposition MSPs call for national roll out of ‘groundbreaking’ Long Covid Service as thousands of patients have nowhere to turn

Opposition health spokespeople have united in a call to end the postcode lottery in treatment for the 180,000 Scots living with Long Covid, saying most Scots with the condition are…

Thousands of Scots with COPD could end up in hospital this winter

Thousands of Scots living with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), an illness that affects their ability to breath, will risk serious health problems if forced to cut back on heating…

Long Covid population grows to size of Aberdeen

New figures from the Office of National Statistics estimate that there are now more Scots living with Long Covid than live in Aberdeen. We are calling on the government to…