30/12/2011
We want everyone to have fun at Hogmanay and a few simple precautions will help make sure that celebrations are a night to remember - for all the right reasons.
23/12/2011
As most thoughts turn to a white Christmas, emergency medics in NHS Lothian are urging people to take extra care this year.
09/12/2011
A day of workshops will take place in Edinburgh today (09 Dec) bringing together young mums to highlight and tackle the issue of Gender Based Violence (GBV).
06/12/2011
The Edinburgh & Lothians Health Foundation today launched a new £1.9 million Grants Programme designed to help improve the health of local people.
06/12/2011
Radio celebrity Arlene Stuart joined a group of local mums and their babies this morning (Tuesday 06 December) for their weekly walk around Inch Park to help raise awareness of Small Steps Big Difference.
01/12/2011
NHS Lothian is supporting World AIDS Day (Thursday 1 December) and encouraging people in Lothian to know the risks and practice safe sex.
01/12/2011
NHS Lothian today (01 December) launched an innovative DVD to help people who have suffered mental or physical health conditions get back into work.
28/11/2011
NHS Lothian is supporting the international 16 days of Action of Violence against women by highlighting the range of services offered by the NHS to support women and children affected by gender based violence (GBV).
21/11/2011
PEOPLE in Edinburgh and the Lothians were today urged to prepare ahead for the winter period as part of a major health campaign.
18/11/2011
A new specialist vehicle has been donated to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.
16/11/2011
East and Midlothian pulmonary rehabilitation team has scooped a prestigious eHealth insider award at a ceremony in London this month.
14/11/2011
BUDDING young radiographers, scientists and engineers are being given the chance to find out more about the professions by visiting the Western General Hospital.
14/11/2011
The new Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre is a step nearer following a turf-cutting event today (14 November 2011) to mark the start of construction of the new building.
14/11/2011
NHS Lothian’s award winning Intensive Home Treatment Team (IHTT) has been shortlisted for another prestigious accolade.
11/11/2011
Four outstanding health professionals and teams from across Lothian have been presented with a national accolade at the Scottish Health Awards 2011 for their invaluable contribution to Scottish healthcare.
10/11/2011
Work on the new Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre moved a step forward following an announcement today (10 November 2011).
28/10/2011
Caring health professionals from across the Lothains have been shortlisted for renowned national accolades at the Scottish Health Awards 2011.
24/10/2011
ALMOST 6,000 patients from across Lothian have benefitted from the Short Stay Elective Surgical Centre at St John’s Hospital.
19/10/2011
An innovative drama and song workshop aimed at young people in West Lothian has been hailed a great success by organisers.
19/10/2011
A celebration of music and dance aimed at promoting positive mental health messages through the arts takes place this Friday evening (21 October 7.30-12pm) in Edinburgh.
18/10/2011
Two innovative short films tackling the experiences of people diagnosed with personality disorder and the experiences of transgender people take centre stage in Edinburgh this evening as part of the Lothian Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
03/10/2011
Expectant mothers in Lothian have more choice about the birth of their baby from today (Monday 3 October 2011) with the opening of NHS Lothian’s new Birth Centre.
30/09/2011
Festival season may have ended for another year but the great entertainment doesn’t stop there with the launch of the Lothian Mental Health Arts and Film Festival this week (Tuesday 4 October).
29/09/2011
"We welcome the HEI visits and use the inspection reports to ensure we continue to provide quality care in safe, clean and comfortable environments across NHS Lothian."
26/09/2011
The official opening of the state-of-the-art Midlothian Community Hospital took place on Monday 26 September 2011.
26/09/2011
Dalkeith Health Centre welcomed the first patients through its doors this morning (Monday 26 Sep 2011).
20/09/2011
Paul Nearn, 38, is to undergo treatment to repair abnormal blood vessels in his brain, using the groundbreaking new Novalis Tx radiosurgery system
15/09/2011
The new £3 million Dalkeith Health Centre has been completed on time and is on course to open its doors to the local community by the end of the month.
01/09/2011
Penicuik Medical Practice celebrated the official opening of its £462,000 new extension this week. Dr Charles Winstanley, Chair, NHS Lothian cut a ribbon with Dr Hamish Reid, Clinical Director and Dr Drummond Begg, to formally open the new facilities.
31/08/2011
NHS Lothian is supporting International Overdose Awareness Day (31 August) by continuing to highlight the issue to drug users across Lothian.
31/08/2011
NHS Lothian’s new Chalmers Sexual Health Centre will be officially opened by Michael Matheson, Minister for Public Health today (Wednesday 31 August).
30/08/2011
PATIENTS at St John’s Hospital have given the hospital the thumbs up by scoring it highly in a national survey.
19/08/2011
NHS Lothian has, this week, begun a process to define how its services will be delivered over the next ten years.
27/07/2011
NHS Lothian has welcomed the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate’s (HEI) report on the announced inspection of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC), published today Wednesday 27 July.
22/07/2011
One of the car parks at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will be closed over the next week.
19/07/2011
The West Lothian Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP) have been praised after securing a Bronze Healthy Working Lives award.
04/07/2011
Edinburgh nurses have come up with a product which could help people, particularly children and young people, deal with the day-to-day practicalities of living with Type 1 diabetes and wearing an insulin pump.
04/07/2011
People in Lothian are being urged to "Sign up to Save a Life" and join the national organ donor register during National Transplant Week.
28/06/2011
A new walking group set up to help people with breathing problems has been organised in East Lothian.
27/06/2011
NHS Lothian has exceeded its target for alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) by almost 30%, according to statistics published by Information Services Division Scotland today (Tuesday 28 June 2011).
27/06/2011
West Lothian Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP) continues to succeed in increasing the uptake rate of MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) immunisation, achieving above the national average in all age ranges.
21/06/2011
Mothers across Lothian are being invited to join a fun-filled picnic to celebrate National Breastfeeding Awareness week.
20/06/2011
Carers and healthcare staff working in Edinburgh will have the chance to learn more about services available to them at a conference to coincide with Carers Week (13 - 17 June)
14/06/2011
Older people in West Lothian are being encouraged to check their eyesight in a bid to minimise the risk of falls.
14/06/2011
Accidents - most of them preventable - remain one of the biggest killers of children in the UK. That’s why the Staysafe project is urging people to ‘take a second look’ this Child Safety Week (20 – 26 June).
07/06/2011
NHS Lothian's new Chalmers Sexual Health Centre has opened its doors.
07/06/2011
The hospital radio airwaves of Edinburgh are set to be filled with the sound of health promotion adverts thanks to an innovative link-up between NHS Lothian, Radio Lollipop and Red Dot Radio.
31/05/2011
Over 4,000 people in Lothian successfully gave up smoking last year, according to figures published today (31 May 2011).
27/05/2011
NHS Lothian’s Parkinson’s Specialist Nurses are hosting an information afternoon on Saturday 28 May, 1-4pm at George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh.
19/05/2011
A new scheme aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people and families in Midlothian has launched this week.
18/05/2011
NHS Lothian is inviting people across Lothian to love their lungs.
17/05/2011
EXTERIOR building work on the £43.6m Royal Victoria Building has been completed after the last section of concrete was laid on the roof.
10/05/2011
“Small Steps really do make a Big Difference to your health,” that’s according to celebrity chef Jacqueline O’Donnell, who today (10 May), helped to launch a healthy living campaign targeting women in Edinburgh.
28/04/2011
As the Royal Wedding and Mayday holidays approach we’d like to remind people to think ahead as services such as GP surgeries, pharmacies and dentists will shut for four days - from Friday 29th April to Monday 2nd May inclusive.
31/03/2011
TEMPORARY changes to the traffic system at the Western General Hospital have been extended as the Royal Victoria Building continues to takes shape.
28/02/2011
HEALTH Minister Nicola Sturgeon has officially opened the Short Stay Elective Surgical Centre at St John’s Hospital.
16/02/2011
TWO NHS Lothian teams have been shortlisted for top awards for patient safety.
14/02/2011
NHS Lothian has become the first health board in Scotland to create an iphone application (app).
21/01/2011
NHS Lothian has appointed a new Divisional Nurse Director to lead nursing across the acute hospital services in Lothian.
20/01/2011
NHS Lothian’s next board meeting is set to take place in a local Edinburgh community setting on 26 January, as part of its ongoing commitment to hold board meetings in different parts of Lothian.
19/01/2011
A SCOTTISH couple have become the first to undergo groundbreaking fertility screening to prevent their son being born with cystic fibrosis.
19/01/2011
Pregnant women across Lothian are being offered a new and more accurate screening test for Down's syndrome.
11/01/2011
David Small has been appointed as the new general manager for East Lothian and Midlothian Community Health Partnerships (CHPs).