From maternity care to hospice support, BBC Scotland speaks to patients at both end of the spectrum.
When the NHS was launched 75 years ago this week its founding principle was providing healthcare free at the point of access from "the cradle to the grave".
"It's really stressful, hormones are all over the place and it's emotional. So when you come here and see a friendly face it's really reassuring.Avery, 4, meet her brother Carter for the first time By the end of the day Louise, Mark, Avery and Carter are given the green light to head home and begin their journey as a family of four.
Following a few years of chemotherapy and radiation, the mother-of-two was given the all-clear and completely changed her approach to life."I was healthier than ever when I hit my 40s and in 2008 I joined the police, at the age of 45," she said."I was watching my children grow up and my husband and I used to go to Europe on our motorbike and we did that every year for about 10 years.
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