British Sign Language (BSL)
Information about immunisation, screening and other health topics in British Sign Language (BSL). BSL users who need more information can communicate with our health information team on 0800 22 44 88 via Contact Scotland BSL (https://contactscotland-bsl.org/).
What is NHS inform (BSL)
Information about Scotland's national health information service.
Make the most of webchat (BSL)
Webchat is a communication tool that connects you with our health information team in real-time.
Health rights
Giving feedback or making a complaint about your care (BSL)
How you'll be supported when giving feedback or making a complaint about the NHS in Scotland
How the NHS handles your personal health information (BSL)
How your personal health information will be used and shared when you access NHS services in Scotland
Patient Charter of Rights and Responsibilities (BSL)
Explanation of the 'Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities' and how to use it effectively
Registering with a GP practice (BSL)
How to register with a GP practice in Scotland
Healthy living
Eatwell Guide (BSL)
How to eat a healthy balanced diet.
Keeping active guidelines (BSL)
To stay healthy, people should try to be physically active every day.
Stopping smoking (BSL)
Benefits of stopping smoking and how to prepare a quit plan
Illnesses and conditions
Chronic pain (BSL)
What causes chronic pain and how it's treated
Coeliac disease (BSL)
What coeliac disease is and how it's treated
Coronavirus (COVID-19) (BSL)
British Sign Language (BSL) information, advice and guidance about coronavirus (COVID-19)
Cough (BSL)
What can cause a cough and how they're treated
Diabetes (BSL)
What causes diabetes and how it's treated
Heart attack (BSL)
What can cause a heart attack and how they're treated
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (BSL)
What IBS is and how it's treated in British Sign Language (BSL)
Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (BSL)
How to live well with COPD and access support
Long-term effects of COVID-19 (long COVID) (BSL)
Information and support for people with long COVID
Sore throat (BSL)
What can cause a sore throat and how they're treated
Stomach ache and abdominal pain (BSL)
What can cause a stomach ache and how it's treated
Stroke (BSL)
What can cause a stroke and how they're treated
Type 2 diabetes (BSL)
What causes type 2 diabetes and how it's treated
Immunisation
After immunisations for young people (BSL)
What young people might expect after immunisation
Babies and young children (BSL)
What to expect after immunisation
BCG and your baby (BSL)
The BCG vaccine helps protect your baby against tuberculosis (TB)
Childhood immunisations (BSL)
Vaccines offered as part of the childhood immunisation schedule
Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine (BSL)
Coronavirus vaccination helps to reduce your risk of developing coronavirus and makes symptoms milder if you catch the virus
Hepatitis B and your baby (BSL)
Hepatitis B immunisation for babies
HPV vaccine (BSL)
Vaccine that helps to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV)
HPV: Men who have sex with men (MSM) (BSL)
HPV vaccine for men who have sex with men
NHS Scotland COVID Status (BSL)
British Sign Language (BSL) information about the NHS Scotland COVID Status
Shingles vaccine (BSL)
It's not always possible to prevent shingles, but a vaccine can reduce your chances of developing the condition.
Pneumococcal vaccine (adults) (BSL)
Pneumococcal vaccine, helps protect you against pneumonia and meningitis.
Tuberculosis (TB) fact sheet (BSL)
What Tuberculosis (TB) means for you and your family
Vaccines for young people (BSL)
Vaccinations you'll be offered as a young person in Scotland
Vaccines in pregnancy (BSL)
Vaccines in pregnancy leaflet (BSL)
Whooping cough vaccine (BSL)
What you need to know about whooping cough and immunisation
Menopause
Menopause (BSL)
An overview of menopause, including peri and post menopause
Early and premature menopause (BSL)
Information about early and premature menopause
Signs and symptoms of menopause (BSL)
Information around the symptoms of menopause
After the menopause (BSL)
Find out about how things might change when you are postmenopause
Menopause and your mental wellbeing (BSL)
Information about how menopause can impact your mental wellbeing
Treating menopause symptoms (BSL)
Information about the options available to treat symptoms of menopause
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - BSL
Information about hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
Menopause and the workplace (BSL)
Information on menopause and the workplace
Sexual wellbeing and menopause (BSL)
Information about sexual wellbeing during and after the menopause
Supporting someone through the menopause (BSL)
Find out about how you can support someone through the menopause
Mental health and wellbeing
Anxiety disorders in children (BSL)
British Sign Language advice about anxiety disorders in children
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (BSL)
Learn about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and treatments.
Breathing and relaxation exercises for stress (BSL)
Exercises to help you manage stress and understand where it comes from
Breathing Space (BSL)
A free and confidential phone service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety
Depression (BSL)
What depression is and how it's treated
Five steps to mental wellbeing (BSL)
Steps you can take to help you feel happier and more positive.
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) (BSL)
What GAD is and how it's treated
How to cope if your parents split up (BSL)
Advice for young people on how to cope if your parents split up
How to cope with feeling sad or unhappy (BSL)
Advice for young people on coping with feeling sad or unhappy
How to cope with the loss of someone close (BSL)
Advice for young people on how to cope with the loss of someone close
How to deal with panic attacks (BSL)
Advice on how to deal with a panic attack
How to make friends and develop friendships (BSL)
Advice for young people on how to make friends and develop friendships
Insomnia (BSL)
Insomnia is difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning.
Panic disorder (BSL)
Panic disorder is where you have recurring and regular panic attacks, often for no apparent reason.
Personality disorders (BSL)
Learn about the signs, symptoms and treatments of a personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (BSL)
Learn about post-traumatic stress disorder, an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events, in BSL.
Psychosis (BSL)
Psychosis is a mental health problem that causes people to perceive or interpret things differently from those around them. This might involve hallucinations or delusions.
Suicide information (BSL)
Learn about why people might attempt suicide and where to find help
Talking, listening and reducing stigma around suicide (BSL)
How to talk, listen and reduce stigma around suicide
Ten ways to fight your fears (BSL)
Advice on ten ways to fight your fears
What to do if you're feeling worried (BSL)
Advice for young people on what to do if you're feeling worried
Why am I so angry? (BSL)
Advice on how to cope with anger
Why do I feel anxious and panicky? (BSL)
Advice on what to do if you feel anxious or panicky
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) (BSL)
BSL information about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Offering support to someone you're worried is suicidal (BSL)
Offering support to someone you're worried is suicidal (BSL)
Getting help with your suicidal thoughts - BSL
Getting help with your suicidal thoughts - BSL
Periods and menstrual health
Periods (menstruation) (BSL)
Information about periods including pain and PMS
Choosing period products (BSL)
Information about period products and where to get them
Delayed start to periods (BSL)
Information about delayed and irregular periods
Period pain (dysmenorrhoea) (BSL)
Information about period pain including ways to help
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) (BSL)
Information about PMS and PMDD
Heavy periods (BSL)
Information about heavy periods including possible causes and when to speak to your doctor
Irregular periods (BSL)
Information about irregular periods including possible causes and when to speak to your doctor
Paused periods (BSL)
Information about why you may have stopped your period
Periods and pregnancy (BSL)
Information about how periods are linked to fertility
Adenomyosis (BSL)
Information about adenomyosis including diagnosis and treatment
Endometriosis (BSL)
Learn about endometriosis symptoms and treatments
Fibroids (BSL)
Learn about fibroids symptoms and treatments
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) (BSL)
Information about polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) symptoms and treatment
Screening
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening (BSL)
Who'll be offered abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening in Scotland and how the test is done
Bowel screening (BSL)
Who's offered bowel screening in Scotland and how the test's done
Breast screening (BSL)
Who'll be offered breast screening in Scotland and how a mammogram is done
Cervical screening (smear test) (BSL)
Who'll be offered a smear test in Scotland and what happens next if the test finds changes that need further investigation
Your baby! Screening tests (BSL)
Information about some of the screening tests offered for your newborn
You're pregnant! Scans and tests (BSL)
A number of scans and tests are offered during pregnancy
Diabetic eye screening (DES) (BSL)
What you need to know about diabetic retinopathy
Your pregnancy, your choice (Parts 1 and 2) (BSL)
What you need to know after getting a higher-chance screening result for Down's syndrome or Edwards' syndrome or Patau's syndrome
Sexual and reproductive
Bacterial vaginosis (BSL)
Learn about the causes and treatment of bacterial vaginosis
Chlamydia (BSL)
Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and often has no symptoms. Learn more about chlamydia testing and treatment.
Genital herpes (BSL)
Genital herpes causes painful blisters to appear on the genitals and surrounding areas. Learn about symptoms, testing and treatment.
Genital warts (BSL)
Learn about genital warts, what to look for and their treatment.
Gonorrhoea (BSL)
Gonorrhoea cases have doubled in Scotland over the past 5 years. Learn how to avoid infection, the symptoms and treatment.
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (BSL)
Information about lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), how it's caused, symptoms and treatment.
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) (BSL)
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can be painful and a serious health risk.
Pubic lice (BSL)
What you should know about pubic lice, how they are transmitted, symptoms and treatment.
Syphilis (BSL)
Syphilis infections in Scotland have increased greatly during the past 5 years. Learn how it's caused, the symptoms and treatment.
Thrush (BSL)
Information about thrush, its symptoms and treatment.
Trichomonas (BSL)
What you should know about trichomonas, its causes, symptoms and treatment.
Turn to SARCS
What is a SARCS and how can it help (BSL)
Hazel Somerville from NHS Forth Valley introduces the SARCS, a service designed to give people a choice in their healthcare and support.
Rape and sexual assault self referral (BSL)
Information about the NHS Sexual Assault Response Coordination Service (SARCS).