Category: Children & Young People

An Edinburgh children’s hospital has become one of the first in Scotland to use a virtual reality headset to help children prepare for surgery.  Patients at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) will now be able to prepare for surgery through an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience.  Thanks to funding from the Hearts &

February 7, 2024

Fertility experts in Lothian have urged more people to step forward and help scores of couples to have a baby. They are asking more kind-hearted people to become egg and sperm donors to give other people the chance of becoming parents. The clinicians from Edinburgh Fertility Centre at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, joined the

November 24, 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

NHS Lothian is encouraging parents and carers to ensure their child gets their flu vaccine this winter.

September 19, 2023

Chris Watt Photography

This week is Scottish Children’s Health Week! 👧🏾👦🏼 Scottish Children’s Health Week runs from 4 – 10 September 2023 and has been created to focus on the health and wellbeing of children and young people and their right to the best possible health. Read on to find out how NHS Lothian puts children’s rights and

September 7, 2023

Colin Hattersley Photography

Cutting-edge equipment for examining premature and sick babies is now in place at the Neonatal Unit in the Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh thanks to a £73,000 fundraiser by Specsavers stores across Scotland. Teams from across the business raised the money after being moved by the story of colleague

July 26, 2023

NHS Lothian has today (Wed 5 July) welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to officially open the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) and Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DCN). Offering world-class facilities for both children and adults, the building first opened its doors in July 2020, with all services transferred to the new space

July 5, 2023

NHS Lothian Children’s Services is delighted to announce that the service has passed the LGBT Charter at Foundation level. The LGBT Charter is a national programme that supports organisations to continue to proactively include LGBTQ+ people in every aspect of their work, protecting their staff and providing a high-quality service. This award formally acknowledges the commitment of

June 27, 2023

A brave schoolboy is looking forward to the best summer holidays after learning how to walk all over again after he was involved in a horror car accident. Little Denis-Jack Ward, six, has defied all odds after he suffered a nasty open fracture to his leg when he was hit by a car in front

Amy Young, 28, has fundraised over £3,500 for the Regional Eating Disorder Unit (REDU) at St John’s Hospital after a seven-year battle with an eating disorder.

March 14, 2023

Ian Jones

On Wednesday (7 Dec) five-year-old Eilidh Currie and her family from Craigentinny in Edinburgh attended a special Royal Christmas day out alongside NHS Lothian and Roald Dahl Nurse Specialist, Michelle Small. Eilidh and her brother Cameron (aged three) both have Batten’s Disease, a rare life-limiting condition, and are cared for by the team at the

December 22, 2022