Category: Organisation
The number of operations being carried out daily at NHS Lothian is expected to return to normal by the end of the week. It follows news that the Hospital Sterilisation and Decontamination Unit has to be closed temporarily.
August 30, 2022
Shauna Golden has been appointed as NHS Lothian’s first Medical Education Fellow in environmental sustainability.
August 18, 2022
For Scottish Apprenticeship Week we are highlighting our Youth Network, a huge resource available for any apprentices and young people in NHS Lothian – or, indeed, anyone who feels young at heart.
March 11, 2022
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Humza Yousaf MSP, has today announced the appointments of seven new Non-Executive Directors to NHS Lothian Board.
February 28, 2022
Tracy Anne Miller will become the new Employee Director on the NHS Lothian Board on 1 January 2022.
December 16, 2021
An extensive expert review has found failings in the standard of hearing tests carried out for children in NHS Lothian’s Paediatric Audiology service.
December 9, 2021
NHS Lothian is to re-introduce a staff car parking permit scheme on the Little France campus as part of a plan to help ease traffic congestion.
November 25, 2021
The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (SHI) is investigating the construction of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences (RHCYP/DCN) as well as the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
November 2, 2021
As Black History Month draws to a close, we look upon how to continue to promote and cherish diversity in our organisation. Rakiya Suleiman, Equality and Diversity Adviser and co-chair of the BME Network, has written the following piece about the corporate objective set by NHS Lothian last year called Advancing Equality.
October 27, 2021
NHS Lothian yesterday (Tues 25/10/2021) said its hospital sector was under immense pressure and urged patients not to attend A&E unless their condition was life threatening.
October 26, 2021
We are now halfway through Black History Month, which is held throughout October. Black History Month is an opportunity to celebrate the continued achievements and contributions of Black people in our country and organisation.
October 19, 2021
Longer waiting times in our Emergency Departments are usually caused by the volume of activity going on in other parts of our healthcare system. Staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh talked to BBC Scotland's Health Correspondent Lisa Summers recently about what we call 'flow'.
October 12, 2021