Following the news that GP’s in the UK were going to start ‘prescribing’ parkrun and a more active lifestyle to patients, GP’s across the Shetland Islands will now start prescribing birdwatching, rambling and beach walks to help treat chronic and debilitating illnesses.

The College of Medicine has partnered with ITN Productions to launch ‘Creating a Healthy Future,’ a thought-provoking news and current affairs-style programme exploring alternative ways to improve the public’s health and wellbeing, from social prescription to nutrition.

Research gleaned from 18 international case studies show that the care and expertise shown by nurses is equal to that of doctors in primary care

Almost a three-quarters of a million more working days were lost in June and July because of mental health-related absence, compared with the same period last year.

Widespread use of the flu vaccination could save up to £28.9 million in averted sick day costs, in addition to increased productivity at work.