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Borders General Hospital full to capacity

Sarah Horan, director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals at NHS Borders

NHS Borders recognised for being ‘baby friendly’

Borders General Hospital.

BGH again at capacity

Borders General Hospital.

Borders couple's concerns over Paediatric surgery "postcode lottery"

Borders General Hospital.

BGH under ‘extreme pressures' once again

Borders children at risk are in safe hands, claims a recent inspection report.

Local children at risk are ‘in safe hands’, says report

Construction costs of the new Earlston Primary have put the brakes on building an adjoining medical centre.

Construction costs go through the roof at new Earlston school

What the new school would look like.

Go-ahead for £16.6m new Borders school – but £5.4m health centre facing delay

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose.

Hospital visiting restrictions eased

Lynda Taylor, Macmillan Nurse Consultant and lead clinician in cancer at NHS Borders.

Service to save lives

Scottish Borders Council HQ in Newtown St Boswells.

SBC headquarters to become a ‘civic hub’ as £480k revamp set for green light
Scottish Borders Council headquarters is set to become a ‘civic hub’ as a new vision for the future of the building is revealed.

Blood Bikes Scotland is looking for Borders volunteers.

Can you help blood bikes?

Gareth Clinkscale, Director of Acute Services.

More patients with Covid than ever before, says NHS Borders director

The Volunteer Hall, Galashiels.

Public meeting of NHS Borders board

Sarah Horan, NHS Borders.

Nursing recruitment drive is launched

Ralph Roberts, chief executive of NHS Borders.

NHS Borders deficit of £14.4m predicted

Borders General Hospital

NHS Borders welcomes BGH inspection report

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose.

Plan to free up hospital beds

Shingles can prove very painful.

Shingles jabs available for over 70s

Borders General Hospital.

Norovirus outbreaks add more pressure on BGH

Ralph Roberts, Chief Executive Officer at NHS Borders.

Plea from health chief over “extreme pressure” on services

The Borders General Hospital is once again full to capacity.

‘Extreme pressures' as BGH is at capacity once again

Tania Ferguson with her Queen's Nurse Award. Photo: Lesley Martin.

Tania awarded Queen’s Nurse title

Claire Weddle receives the Arts In Older People’s Healthcare award from Clare Adamson, MSP. Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic.

Claire wins Luminate award

After 12 to 48 hours the characteristic fine red rash of scarlet fever develops

Scarlet Fever: UK sees a rise in contagious Victorian illness

Chirnside Branch Surgery is to close.

Public meeting to be held over Chirnside surgery closure

Kelso Community Hospital.

Kelso hospital re-opens to admissions

Tweed Horizons business centre, near Newtown St Boswells.

NHS Board meets in-person ... and the public are invited
Members of the public are invited to attend the first in-person NHS Borders public board meeting in two and a half years.

Covid boosters are being made available from September 5. Photo: Paul Reid.

Covid boosters programme

Doctor Andrew Docherty at the Borders General Hospital.

New working group formed to tackle  NHS Borders concerns

Doctor Andrew Doherty at the Borders General Hospital. Photo: Bill McBurnie.

Former BGH doctor launches scathing attack on NHS Borders management

Over 30 Borders businesses are members of the breastfeeding friendly scheme.

Businesses urged to provide relaxed space for breastfeeding mums

Dr Tim Patterson.

NHS Borders issues heat warning

Newcastleton GP Howard Kennedy was named the best in the country in 2019.

Time to vote for your favourite health workers

Sarah Horan, director of Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Professionals at NHS Borders.

Borders cancer waiting times better than national average

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose. Photo: Bill McBurnie.

Hospital is at capacity

Staff at the Borders General Hospital at Melrose are struggling to cope with current staffing levels, says the union Unison. Photo: Bill McBurnie.

NHS workers “can no longer cope” with staffing pressures, says union

Dr Tim Patterson.

Ward closed as Norovirus returns

Ralph Roberts, NHS Borders chief executive.

NHS Borders chief says the knock-on effect of Covid is "as challenging now as at...

Rachel was awarded the title at a ceremony in Edinburgh

Nurse receives stamp of approval from The Queen

Karen Hamilton, chair of NHS Borders.

Public invited to NHS board meeting

Hawick Community Hospital.

Covid-19 outbreak at Hawick hospital

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose.

Increase in number of visitors at NHS Borders’ sites

NHS Borders' Huntlyburn facility.

The hour delay that could have ended in daughter's death

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose. Photo: Bill McBurnie.

NHS Borders apologises to patient's family after treatment leaves them bleeding ...
NHS Borders has apologised to a patient’s family after a medical treatment saw the patient bleeding for nine days, and left them permanently incontinent and susceptible to ongoing urinary infection.

Scott Hamilton.

Youngest Scottish Borders councillor facing an age-old dilemma in a vital new ro...

A lateral flow test.

Covid test support for businesses

NHS Borders

NHS Borders in bid to streamline GP services

Dr Lynn McCallum

Covid patients set to be sent home in "virtual ward" roll-out

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose. Photo: Bill McBurnie

Claims raised that Borders General Hospital is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

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Have your say in scheme of integration

Ralph Roberts.

BGH teams "decimated" by Covid

MSP Colin Smyth

MSP attacks rising waiting list figures

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose. Photo: Bill McBurnie

Routine operations cancelled again

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose. Photo: Bill McBurnie.

Top award for NHS Borders midwives