Category: Awards

Healthcare workers, support staff and volunteers who have gone the ‘extra mile’ have been recognised at NHS Lothian’s annual Celebrating Success Awards.
September 27, 2024

NHS Lothian patients, supported by volunteers, including staff from NHS Lothian, who attend Muirfield Riding Therapy (MRT) swept up numerous awards at this year’s Riding for the Disabled National Championships in Hartpury.
August 30, 2024

Professor Simon Edgar, Consultant Anaesthetist & Director of Medical Education, and Dr Alistair McNarry, Consultant in Theatres & Anaesthetics were recently awarded by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) for their exceptional contribution to anaesthesiology, research, and education.
July 30, 2024

Two NHS Lothian nurses picked up awards at the highly prestigious RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards. The awards showcase the very best of nursing across Scotland, highlighting and celebrating the unwavering commitment and remarkable professional care provided by nursing staff.
May 27, 2024

Four NHS Lothian nurses, along with a Lothian nursing team, have been announced as finalists in the prestigious RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards 2024. The awards showcase the very best of nursing across Scotland, highlighting, and celebrating the unwavering commitment and remarkable professional care provided by nursing staff.
April 12, 2024

People in Lothian are being encouraged to nominate their health heroes for NHS Lothian’s Celebrating Success Awards. NHS Lothian’s annual Celebrating Success Awards honour staff, in twelve different categories, who have gone over and above in their day-to-day job, embracing the organisation’s core values of care and compassion, dignity and respect, quality, teamwork, openness, honesty
March 28, 2024

Congratulations to NHS Lothian’s Jessica Davidson, Clinical Lead- South East Healthcare & Forensic Medical Services for People in Police Care and Nurse Lead for SARCS Network who received an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours List for services to forensic nursing and victim support in Scotland. As a trailblazer and one of the most
January 5, 2024

The policy team making history in NHS Scotland by leading the move away from harmful medical gases to more sustainable gases has won a 2023 Scottish Public Service Award.
December 13, 2023

Heather Duff, Nurse Team Leader, NHS Lothian, along with seven other Learning Disability (LD) nurses, came together to create an animation highlighting the need for improved support for individuals with learning disabilities within the justice system.
November 28, 2023

NHS Lothian has been honoured with three Mental Health Nursing Forum Awards. The ‘Earn while you Learn’ NHS Lothian and Open University pilot scheme designed to broaden access to Graduate Mental Health Nursing won the best ‘Innovations in Education’ award. It also went on to be declared the ‘Overall Winner’ of the 9 categories of
October 27, 2023

NHS Lothian’s Neonatal Unit, wider Children’s Services and Department of Clinical Neurosciences have been highly commended for their innovative partnership with digital healthcare company vCreate at the Innovate Awards. The awards, delivered in partnership between the AHSN Network and NHS Confederation, celebrate innovation in health and care. This year, they received over 190 entries from
October 10, 2023

Staff in NHS Lothian have been recognised at two separate events for the work they’re doing to help the Health Board in its journey to Net Zero. At NHS Lothian’s 2023 Celebrating Success staff awards a team of anaesthetists won a top honour for their work in the Green Theatres programme to reduce the impact
September 14, 2023